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Just an absolute joke that we have to watch all 3 games of the tournament on Lacrosse TV. The quality of the stream is terrible. The America East's championship is going to be on ESPNU and we'll have to miss the first 5 minutes of the CAA championship, as LTV replays the 2022 CAA Championship.

sc lax wrote: ↑Mon May 01, 2023 10:24 am Just an absolute joke that we have to watch all 3 games of the tournament on Lacrosse TV. The quality of the stream is terrible. The America East's championship is going to be on ESPNU and we'll have to miss the first 5 minutes of the CAA championship, as LTV replays the 2022 CAA Championship.

And that's why the CAA will remain as a mid to lower tier conference. Zero exposure to lure the top recruits. Flo and LacrosseTV are the absolute worst. The CAA really need to look at better TV coverage options.

The America East finals on ESPN as I recall goes back to the Thompsons, to get the Thompson’s exposure, Albany, then with Connor Fields - they had some serious players worth watching - Stony Brook with Crowley and then later Nanticoke at UAlbany.

Atlantic 10 tournament is on ESPN+, which ESPN+ just ends up using local resources — so long as Flo / Lacrosse TV uses the UDel broadcast with the LSN announcers, they’ll be all right, UDel broadcasting is top notch, better than most schools.

Laxhog wrote: ↑Mon May 01, 2023 10:32 am

sc lax wrote: ↑Mon May 01, 2023 10:24 am Just an absolute joke that we have to watch all 3 games of the tournament on Lacrosse TV. The quality of the stream is terrible. The America East's championship is going to be on ESPNU and we'll have to miss the first 5 minutes of the CAA championship, as LTV replays the 2022 CAA Championship.

And that's why the CAA will remain as a mid to lower tier conference. Zero exposure to lure the top recruits. Flo and LacrosseTV are the absolute worst. The CAA really need to look at better TV coverage options.

Here is a solid writeup on why the CAA went with Flo for everything, football, lacrosse, basketball.
They’re stuck. The football piece just isn’t there to where they could have struck a deal with Fox Sports - that’s who I thought they’d go with. Other schools did the deal with ESPN+ but also got a deal for some broadcasting on the regular ESPN channels. The Patriot League got CBS Sports Net, the Big East got CBS Sports Net, the ACC teams have ACCN, B1Gs have Big Ten Net.
So the CAAers in all sports, not just lacrosse, went with Flo - they show lacrosse games on the local NBC Sports Net - but again, those aren’t national channels, you’d need to be able to access NBC Sports Net Philadelphia.

https://awfulannouncing.com/ncaa/caa-pr ... ports.html

10stone5 wrote: ↑Mon May 01, 2023 11:03 am The America East finals on ESPN as I recall goes back to the Thompsons, to get the Thompson’s exposure, Albany, then with Connor Fields - they had some serious players worth watching - Stony Brook with Crowley and then later Nanticoke at UAlbany.

Atlantic 10 tournament is on ESPN+, which ESPN+ just ends up using local resources — so long as Flo / Lacrosse TV uses the UDel broadcast with the LSN announcers, they’ll be all right, UDel broadcasting is top notch, better than most schools.

+1

CAA dropped all conference awards. Headlined by OPOY DPOY AND COY to Delaware with Kurtz, Grant, and Deluca. Interested what everyone else thinks about the list?

https://caasports.com/news/2023/5/2/del ... wards.aspx

Laxhog wrote: ↑Mon May 01, 2023 10:32 am

sc lax wrote: ↑Mon May 01, 2023 10:24 am Just an absolute joke that we have to watch all 3 games of the tournament on Lacrosse TV. The quality of the stream is terrible. The America East's championship is going to be on ESPNU and we'll have to miss the first 5 minutes of the CAA championship, as LTV replays the 2022 CAA Championship.

And that's why the CAA will remain as a mid to lower tier conference. Zero exposure to lure the top recruits. Flo and LacrosseTV are the absolute worst. The CAA really need to look at better TV coverage options.

Flosports could be the worse move the CAA has made in the last ten years. There is no exposure to High School athletes, the quality of the video looks like a VHS tape circa 1992. To make matters worse, lacrosse tv most often has broadcasting issues. They are broadcasting the wrong game, showing a video of an older game instead of the scheduled live game. Just count how many times you will lose the broadcast on Thursday. Commissioner Joe completely blew it with the TV contract.

harflax wrote: ↑Wed May 03, 2023 5:14 pm

Laxhog wrote: ↑Mon May 01, 2023 10:32 am

sc lax wrote: ↑Mon May 01, 2023 10:24 am Just an absolute joke that we have to watch all 3 games of the tournament on Lacrosse TV. The quality of the stream is terrible. The America East's championship is going to be on ESPNU and we'll have to miss the first 5 minutes of the CAA championship, as LTV replays the 2022 CAA Championship.

And that's why the CAA will remain as a mid to lower tier conference. Zero exposure to lure the top recruits. Flo and LacrosseTV are the absolute worst. The CAA really need to look at better TV coverage options.

Flosports could be the worse move the CAA has made in the last ten years. There is no exposure to High School athletes, the quality of the video looks like a VHS tape circa 1992. To make matters worse, lacrosse tv most often has broadcasting issues. They are broadcasting the wrong game, showing a video of an older game instead of the scheduled live game. Just count how many times you will lose the broadcast on Thursday. Commissioner Joe completely blew it with the TV contract.

The broadcasting comes from whichever school the game is being played, so the broadcasting for the CAAs will be the University of Delaware’s - with LSN broadcasters.
I was watching a St Joe’s ESPN+ broadcast.
They used St Joe’s broadcast with St Joe’s broadcast team.

Take a look at the above link, and it lays out how the Flo contract came about,
the question I always have,
what is the alternative, ESPNU -
ESPNU isn’t going to broadcast the CAA.

ESPN+ — they do what Flo does — except, the Ivies did a deal with ESPN+ to get some of their games on the regular ESPN channels because they’re the Ivy League.

I thought the CAA would get a deal with Fox Sports, but FS1 and FS2 would only put the CAA on their App, not on their cable stations FS1 and FS2.

Have to get over the ESPN thing. Im more concerned about the lack of competition thing in the conference, and the additions. Lacrosse TV is a joke. The little worm who went to Syracuse is off the broadcasts.

Well,
and look at the all CAA teams,

there are plenty of players that are as good as any conference’s -which the CAA should promote,

Owen Grant, JP Ward, Tye Kurtz, Kyle Berkeley, Nick DeMaio, Mike Weisshaar, Dylan Pallonetti, Gerard Kane, Luke Tomak, Villagomez is another - players that are worth watching.

That Stony Brook - Hofstra game is a game you’d have want on ESPN, on some national level channel, FS1 maybe,
a standard issue CAA wild affair that you’d want the young lax bro’s watching to promote the CAA.

Tightyrighty wrote: ↑Wed May 03, 2023 3:41 pm CAA dropped all conference awards. Headlined by OPOY DPOY AND COY to Delaware with Kurtz, Grant, and Deluca. Interested what everyone else thinks about the list?

https://caasports.com/news/2023/5/2/del ... wards.aspx

2023 Men’s Lacrosse First Team All-CAA
Name School Class Pos. Hometown
Tye Kurtz Delaware R-Sr. A Puslinch, Ont.
Dylan Pallonetti Stony Brook Sr. A Stony Brook, N.Y.
JP Ward Delaware Jr. A Owings Mills, Md.
Matt Anderson Stony Brook Gr. M Burlington, Ont.
Noah Armitage Stony Brook Jr. M New Westminster, B.C.
Kyle Berkeley Towson Gr. M Dunkirk, Md.
Jack Mulcahy Drexel Sr. M Chester Springs, Pa.
Matt Soutar Monmouth Sr. FOGO Mount Laurel, N.J.
Colby Barsz Towson Jr. D Matthews, N.C.
Owen Grant Delaware R-Sr. D Newmarket, Ont.
Christian Lowd Stony Brook Sr. LSM Smithtown, N.Y.
Danny Ochs Hofstra Gr. D Syosset, N.Y.
Matt Kilkeary Delaware Gr. GK Lake Sherwood, Calif.

2023 Men’s Lacrosse Second Team All-CAA
Name School Class Pos. Hometown
Nick DeMaio Towson Sr. A San Diego, Calif.
Sean Donnelly Drexel Jr. A Bradenton, Fla.
Bryce Ford Fairfield R-Jr. A South Salem, N.Y.
Will Consoli Fairfield Fr. M Glen Rock, N.J.
Jason Seiter Delaware R-Sr. M Bethpage, N.Y.
Luke Tomak Drexel R-So. M North Haven, Conn.
Josh Webber Towson Jr. M Sykesville, Md.
Matt Constantinides Towson So. FOGO New Fairfield, Conn.
Zach Antoniou Fairfield So. D Tampa, Fla.
Dy-Jae Pearson Hampton Gr. D Baldwinsville, N.Y.
Pat Udovich Drexel Gr. D Media, Pa.
Garrett Zungailia Towson Gr. D Timonium, Md.
Evan Long Towson R-Jr. GK West Chester Pa.

CAA Offensive Player of the Year: Tye Kurtz, Delaware
CAA Defensive Player of the Year: Owen Grant, Delaware
CAA Rookie of the Year: Will Consoli, Fairfield
CAA Coach of the Year: Ben DeLuca, Delaware

2023 CAA Men’s Lacrosse All-Rookie Team
Name School Class Pos. Hometown
Ty Caffarelli Monmouth Fr. A Newport Beach, Calif.
Will Consoli Fairfield Fr. M Glen Rock, N.J.
Michael DeSano Stony Brook Fr. D Smithtown, N.Y.
Miles Edmiston Monmouth Fr. D Davidson, N.C.
Conor Hooley Drexel Fr. A Woodbury, Minn.
Brendan Powers Delaware Fr. M Skaneateles, N.Y.
Ryan Schrier Towson Fr. A Odenton, Md.
Will Snyder Fairfield Fr. GK Brightwaters, N.Y.
Mikey Weisshaar Towson Fr. M Arnold, Md.
Joaquin Villagomez Towson Fr. A Severna Park, Md.

Tigers taking it to the Hens again,

3-1 Tigers.

Good solid game
Hens playing solid, making the plays they need is the best I can do here,
10-7 Hens start of 4th.

Kyle Berkeley with his 4th goal,
10-8 Hens 10 mins left.

Kurtz and Robinson taking over,
11-8 Hens 6 left.

Now its the Hens defense taking over,
11-8
3 left.

This one is over

Hens make the CAA finals again.

I’m guessing this is it for Kyle Berkeley,
I believe this was his 6th overall year including injury year or years,

He was able to prove over two years that he’s a top midfielder and produced - and he went out swinging,

Scoring
# Player G A P SH SH%
8 Kyle Berkeley 4 1 5 10 40%

10stone5 wrote: ↑Thu May 04, 2023 7:26 pm This one is over

Hens make the CAA finals again.

Go hens, hope Big Ben wins it all

Let’s see which team gets to lose to the Hens