laxxygilmore wrote: ↑Thu May 09, 2019 4:21 pm
xxxxxxx wrote: ↑Thu May 09, 2019 3:14 pm
I am not a Navy guy but have tremendous respect and gratitude for all who serve. I am just curious, in today's world with 73 D1 teams and large resources committed to these teams, what is a reasonable expectation for a Service Academy Lacrosse program? Is it National Champion/Final Four contender? Is it Patriot League contenders with a league championship every few years? Is it a winning record? I am not being sarcastic or disrespectful to anyone, just curious as to what are the expectations.
Great question. IMHO...over an 8 seasons time frame...
Games W-L Overall @ .680 or >, not 54-56/.490
SOS Rating Avg.@ <20, not +-#32
W Seasons @ .750 or >, not 3 of 8/.375
Games W-L vs. “Top 30” Teams @ .600 or >, not 21-48/.304
Games W-L vs. “Bottom 43” Teams @ >.805, certainly not below 33-8/.805!
One Goal Games W-L @ .750 or >, not 12-15/.444
9 Goals Scored or Less by Navy W-L @ .750 or >, not 10-50/.166
Scoring O @ >12.0g/gm avg, not 9.32g/gm avg.
Scoring D @ <8.0ga/gm avg., not >9.38ga/gm avg.
Scoring O – Scoring D Difference @ 4.0g/gm avg., not -0.06g/gm avg.
PLT Qualified @ .875 or >, not 5 of 8/.625
PLT Championships @ .750 or >, not 0 of 8/.000 overall or 0 of 5 when in the PLT
PLT Championships Runner-Up @ only when losing the final 1x or 2x in 8 years, not 0 of 5/.000
PLT Games W-L @ .750 or >, not 0-5/.000 when actually making the PLT to begin with.
And not being outscored overall 51-32 or 10.2 to 6.4 avg./gm in PLT play.
NCAAT Qualified @ .750 or >, not 1 of 8/.125
NCAAT Games W-L @ .600 or >, not 1-1/.500
Overall Post Season Tourney Games W-L @ .600 or >, not 1-6/.143
Overall vs. Army Games W-L @ .875 or >, not 4-6/.400
(Not being outscored overall by Army 97-78 or 9.7 to 7.8 avg./gm)
PLT Army Games W-L @ 1.000, not 0-2/.000
(Not being outscored overall in PLT by Army 20-10 or 10.0 to 5.0 avg./gm)…w/ L’s to Army in PLT when it matters most.
Overall vs. Maryland Games W-L @ .600 or >, not 0-8/.000
(Not being outscored overall by MD 93-51 or 11.6 to 6.3 avg./gm)
Overall vs. Hopkins Games W-L @ .600 or >, not 1-5/.166…assuming their back after dropping Hopkins after 2017.
(Not being outscored overall by Hopkins 63-44 or 10.5 to 7.3 avg./gm)
Overall vs. Loyola Games W-L @ >.600, not 1-5/.166
(Not being outscored overall by Loyola 84-44, or 14.0 to 7.3 avg./gm)
Record alone vs. Maryland + Hopkins + Loyola (aka, “Top 20” teams) totals @ .600 or >, and not @ 2-18/.100 of the 20-46/.303 overall within vs. Top 30 teams from 2012-2019.