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RedFromMI wrote: ↑Thu Mar 02, 2023 7:02 am Wednesday 1 March

Adelphi (#4) 24, Georgian Court 4
Pace (#13) 13, Molloy 6
Franklin Pierce 16, Bridgeport 7
St. Anselm (#11) 16, Saint Rose 8
Wheeling 29, D'Youville 10
Lynn (RV) 24, Dominican 4
Emmanuel (GA) 13, Shorter 10
Quincy 30, Monmouth (Ill./D3) 5
Lees-McRae 6, Tusculum 14
Lenoir-Rhyne (#6) 21, Mars Hill 2
Thiel (D3) 9, Malone 21

KnowingWizardofODAC wrote: ↑Wed Mar 01, 2023 7:54 pm I want to put this out there, Division II Lacrosse means about as much as the WNBA. We all know it’s there, but do we really find ourselves watching it, much less caring about it. The talent pool in this league is spread between 2 teams and they could not compete with the top Division 3 teams. We need to take a deep dive into this and figure out why this is such a problem. Feel free to reply.

NCLax14 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 02, 2023 12:37 pm

KnowingWizardofODAC wrote: ↑Wed Mar 01, 2023 7:54 pm I want to put this out there, Division II Lacrosse means about as much as the WNBA. We all know it’s there, but do we really find ourselves watching it, much less caring about it. The talent pool in this league is spread between 2 teams and they could not compete with the top Division 3 teams. We need to take a deep dive into this and figure out why this is such a problem. Feel free to reply.

Oldest troll schtick in the book, get new material

LAXDADFERRUM wrote: ↑Thu Mar 02, 2023 12:53 pm Let’s take a look at colleges like lees McRae that are in D2. If they play ferrum I’m taking the 25-1 win from Ferrum. Lees McRae can’t even keep up with the mud dogs

KnowingWizardofODAC wrote: ↑Wed Mar 01, 2023 7:54 pm I want to put this out there, Division II Lacrosse means about as much as the WNBA. We all know it’s there, but do we really find ourselves watching it, much less caring about it. The talent pool in this league is spread between 2 teams and they could not compete with the top Division 3 teams. We need to take a deep dive into this and figure out why this is such a problem. Feel free to reply.

Laxfan00 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 02, 2023 11:40 pm

KnowingWizardofODAC wrote: ↑Wed Mar 01, 2023 7:54 pm I want to put this out there, Division II Lacrosse means about as much as the WNBA. We all know it’s there, but do we really find ourselves watching it, much less caring about it. The talent pool in this league is spread between 2 teams and they could not compete with the top Division 3 teams. We need to take a deep dive into this and figure out why this is such a problem. Feel free to reply.

Top few D2 teams have as much if not more talent than the bottom 25% of D1 teams. I know because I played on one and we beat D1 teams. Also, why are you on a D2 board if nobody cares? I’ll hang up and listen

KnowingWizardofODAC wrote: ↑Fri Mar 03, 2023 8:14 am Explain why queens is getting run through like a GTA stoplight. Even if you played 10 years ago, times have changed. To be fair if any D2 player was stuck in Russia, it would not be like Russell Melendez, your D2 player would be stuck.

RedFromMI wrote: ↑Fri Mar 03, 2023 9:18 am Last year they were in my estimation in the 10-15 range - 14-5 record with four of their five losses to better teams (L-R, Wingate and Limestone twice) with their other loss to Belmont Abbey, a not bad D2 team.

In recent history, though, they have not been top 10 material, but second 10.

That is pretty consistent with a 1-3 record so far (with their only D1 win over lowly Hampton).

GaitsRightHand wrote: ↑Fri Mar 03, 2023 9:12 am

KnowingWizardofODAC wrote: ↑Fri Mar 03, 2023 8:14 am Explain why queens is getting run through like a GTA stoplight. Even if you played 10 years ago, times have changed. To be fair if any D2 player was stuck in Russia, it would not be like Russell Melendez, your D2 player would be stuck.

Queens was a top 15-20 team in D2. Never a top 5 D2. Graduated their best players last year and are transitioning to D1. Their transition was announced in late April/Early May of 2022, and had a lot less publicity than Lindenwood going D1 back in the fall of 2021. Queens was in the talks of going D1 for a few years now but never knew an exact start date. Hard to recruit D1 guys to a D2 school when you're not sure what year you'll be going D1. Give them a couple years to recruit real D1 guys.. They have the appeal... In Downtown Charlotte, Great Academics/Business school named after the head of Wells Fargo (easy entry into finance), and a solid athletic department.

With that being said... HPU will beat them this weekend by 12+

AbeFroeman wrote: ↑Fri Mar 03, 2023 9:39 am

GaitsRightHand wrote: ↑Fri Mar 03, 2023 9:12 am

KnowingWizardofODAC wrote: ↑Fri Mar 03, 2023 8:14 am Explain why queens is getting run through like a GTA stoplight. Even if you played 10 years ago, times have changed. To be fair if any D2 player was stuck in Russia, it would not be like Russell Melendez, your D2 player would be stuck.

Queens was a top 15-20 team in D2. Never a top 5 D2. Graduated their best players last year and are transitioning to D1. Their transition was announced in late April/Early May of 2022, and had a lot less publicity than Lindenwood going D1 back in the fall of 2021. Queens was in the talks of going D1 for a few years now but never knew an exact start date. Hard to recruit D1 guys to a D2 school when you're not sure what year you'll be going D1. Give them a couple years to recruit real D1 guys.. They have the appeal... In Downtown Charlotte, Great Academics/Business school named after the head of Wells Fargo (easy entry into finance), and a solid athletic department.

With that being said... HPU will beat them this weekend by 12+

I think you basically made the guys point. Queens was a D2 school that is getting hammered in D1. And you are saying, give them a few years (to get rid of the D2 recruits) and replace with D1 recruits.
I think the original comment was an exaggeration (talent being spread by two teams, but the talent in D2 is much thinner than D1 or D3.
D1, the top 25 teams are stacked. And you can find a 20 something ranked team beating a top 5 team
D3, the top 15 are solid (but no where as deep past the starters as D1). you can find a mid teen team beating a top 5
D2 is very top heavy. I don’t think a team ranked 11-20, is going to compete with a top 5 team.

Top 10 D3 can compete with mid level D1 teams
I would say maybe the top 4 or 5 D2 programs can compete with the same mid level D1

I feel like this is because the media pushes D1. And D3 also gets some media play. But D2 seems to get ignored. Most high school kids can only name a handful of D2 schools.

I would love to see Tampa play RIT. That would be a good game to watch