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ICGrad wrote: ↑Mon May 08, 2023 3:09 pm

xxxxxxx wrote: ↑Mon May 08, 2023 2:25 pm Hopkins at 6 got a huge break, Bryant didn't even play one team in the top 20 yet alone beat one. You can argue their best win was Brown. Penn St at 5 gets a much tougher draw in Princeton.

I can't believe this isn't getting more discussion.

#4 Maryland is playing Army, #17 RPI
#5 Penn State is playing Princeton (!), #9 RPI
...
#7 Georgetown is playing Yale, #11 RPI
#8 Cornell is playing Michigan, #12 RPI

#6 Johns Hopkins is playing Bryant, #33 RPI

Hopkins got a better draw than Duke and Virginia, as well; Virginia plays 23 Utah, Duke gets an opponent with a to 20 RPI.

Hopkins may have fallen to a 6 seed with their blowout loss to Maryland in the Big10 semis, but they were gifted with a matchup worthy of a 2 seed. Maybe the committee wanted to be sure to avoid yet another first round whitewashing.

HopFan16 wrote: ↑Mon May 08, 2023 3:12 pm
Would a 2 seed get Notre Dame in the second round? Enough with the crying. It's incessant. Yeah, they got an easier 1st round matchup than PSU and Maryland but a much harder quarterfinal/FF path. It's a wash. Ask Tillman if he'd like to switch with Hopkins and I guarantee he'd say no.

BTW, Bryant is #19 RPI, not 33.

10stone5 wrote: ↑Mon May 08, 2023 3:22 pm Of course

there is no 2022 Maryland this year
they all have flaws.

HopFan16 wrote: ↑Mon May 08, 2023 3:25 pm

10stone5 wrote: ↑Mon May 08, 2023 3:22 pm Of course

there is no 2022 Maryland this year
they all have flaws.

Duke, UVA, and ND all individually have flaws but collectively they're probably a tier ahead of every other team in the tournament. I don't think the gap between those tiers is insurmountable, but it does make it likely that one of the three hoists the trophy on memorial day. It helps that they are seeds #1-3 and they won't cross paths until the Final Four or championship game.

Laxinmay wrote: ↑Mon May 08, 2023 4:08 pm Since my son graduated in May I have watched a lot of lacrosse. I know my eyes deceive me a lot but what is ND missing that Duke and UVA have? All things considered, ND lost to Virginia twice, beat Duke by 5, Michigan by 10, UNC by 9 and 9, Syracuse by 8, Georgetown by 7.

If just NCAA tourney teams:
Michigan by 10
Georgetown by 7
Duke by 5
Maryland by 1

Sure I have been saying they are top tier all year but seems that you either love ND or you just hate them.

Laxinmay wrote: ↑Mon May 08, 2023 4:08 pm Since my son graduated in May I have watched a lot of lacrosse. I know my eyes deceive me a lot but what is ND missing that Duke and UVA have? All things considered, ND lost to Virginia twice, beat Duke by 5, Michigan by 10, UNC by 9 and 9, Syracuse by 8, Georgetown by 7.

If just NCAA tourney teams:
Michigan by 10
Georgetown by 7
Duke by 5
Maryland by 1

Sure I have been saying they are top tier all year but seems that you either love ND or you just hate them.

Laxinmay wrote: ↑Mon May 08, 2023 4:08 pm Since my son graduated in May I have watched a lot of lacrosse. I know my eyes deceive me a lot but what is ND missing that Duke and UVA have? All things considered, ND lost to Virginia twice, beat Duke by 5, Michigan by 10, UNC by 9 and 9, Syracuse by 8, Georgetown by 7.

If just NCAA tourney teams:
Michigan by 10
Georgetown by 7
Duke by 5
Maryland by 1

Sure I have been saying they are top tier all year but seems that you either love ND or you just hate them.

MoralTerpitude wrote: ↑Fri May 12, 2023 6:02 pm The NCAA should really consider starting the first round on Friday night, maybe play a couple of games. It would give the tournament some of that March Madness feel.

laxfan1313 wrote: ↑Sat May 13, 2023 7:22 pm In men's lacrosse, during a penalty, one team is man up. So what's with the woke BS that it has now become "player up?"

jff97 wrote: ↑Mon May 15, 2023 9:26 am Did a little digging and found this is the first time we'll have four different teams in the Final Four from the previous year since 2007.

Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Mon May 15, 2023 9:30 am

jff97 wrote: ↑Mon May 15, 2023 9:26 am Did a little digging and found this is the first time we'll have four different teams in the Final Four from the previous year since 2007.

Thanks I had commented on another thread it looked like a fresh set of FF teams for the first time in a while. 16yrs is a while. That was Del and UMBC w Hop and someone else that year right?