NCAA bracket says TBD.
Either the Terps or the Jays get to go to Albany for the QF.
I propose a Greco-Roman wrestling match between Milliman and Tillman to decide.
NCAA bracket says TBD.
Both are funneled to Annapolis: https://www.ncaa.com/brackets/print/lac ... en/d1/2023
No one will fill up Annapolis like Maryland and Johns Hopkins (other than Navy itself).
Bracket says ND v Hop(assuming both win) in Annapolis. Time is TBD.
Why?
MD & JHU are the biggest potential attendance draw for the Annapolis QF.JHU69 wrote: ↑Mon May 08, 2023 12:05 amBracket says ND v Hop(assuming both win) in Annapolis. Time is TBD.
I think the Jays lucked out drawing Bryant and not getting Princeton or Army.
So what you're saying is the team directed by the worst coach in the history of Hopkins lacrosse and you didn't see how they were ever going to get to 500 and the adminstration had either hired that coach to destroy the program OR couldn't figure out that they had hired his replacement has a chance to go to the NCAA quarterfinals??? AmazingSagittarius A* wrote: ↑Mon May 08, 2023 8:11 am This is a game the Jays can win if they play their game, limit turnovers, and stay focused.
It's better to be lucky than good, or maybe the tournament committee gave them a sympathy break due to the last three years of frustration.
Have at it 51. LOL
Is there something I should know about Hawley? While I can well imagine he might have employment and want to get on with things - he has another year of eligibility (Can get a medical redshirt for 2021).
Nope just assuming he'll be gone because it'd be his 6th year. Would love to have him back if he wants to pull a Chris Boland.51percentcorn wrote: ↑Mon May 08, 2023 12:58 pmIs there something I should know about Hawley? While I can well imagine he might have employment and want to get on with things - he has another year of eligibility (Can get a medical redshirt for 2021).
The only long timers that are clearly playing their last game on Homewood Field as Blue Jays are Degnon and Narewski. They are joined by the two transfer goalies and Mazzone ( ). Otherwise theoretically anything can happen. Hopefully we will have until May 30th to ponder these questions
We need to take care of Bryant first so this will be the first and last thing I say on a possible ND matchup but the one silver lining there might be the faceoff dot. The Irish can generate extra possessions via the ride but we should at least be able to go 50/50 or better on faceoffs which would limit their ability to go on big runs — a theme of some of our losses this year (PSU). It's the one and only "weakness" of their game if you can call it that. They play methodical on offense like us, so I think they'd be less likely to just completely run away with it than some other teams. If you can keep it within striking distance...maybe the "hometown" Annapolis crowd can nudge the Jays into the upset. Would be a good time for Pat Deans and the transition game/pole goals to show up.51percentcorn wrote: ↑Mon May 08, 2023 12:31 pm I on the other hand don't think the committee did the Jays any favors with the 6th seed because it means a very likely date with Notre Dame IF they defeat Bryant and while UVA (obviously) and Duke are no picnics - Notre Dame would appear to be a particularly bad match up for Hopkins. They have throttled every single opponent except for the losses to UVA and an early season match up with Maryland. Otherwise it's been carnage across the board and Dobson with the step downs and Nick Taylor with the crease cuts not to mention the bros/the goalie/the defense don't forshadow a great day in Annapolis. I would rather take on the Maryland/Army/Penn State/Princeton pod than any section that has Notre Dame.
Reasonable assumption - maybe we'll get lucky and his grad program is two years.
The one interesting thing from the PM interview with Foy, who like quint and the rest of the lacrosse media needs to cut the bs and ask more direct questions about what's happening on and off the field, was talking about how hard it is to deal with an opponent like Bryant when you haven't played them and don't have any common opponents. Add in the fact that it's a coach in his first year and for a may game it has a bit of a feel of an early february game from his comments to Foy. I'm not sure how many other teams there are in the field that we either haven't played or don't have any common opponents with. He referenced Jacksonville last year as a similar situation.51percentcorn wrote: ↑Mon May 08, 2023 3:56 pmReasonable assumption - maybe we'll get lucky and his grad program is two years.
One stat I noticed - I wondered how Bryant essentially has 100 more ground balls than Hopkins while playing the same number of games. One of the answers is that the Bulldogs two headed face-off monster wins a very high percentage of face-offs to themselves - Alexander has 89 face-off wins and 59 ground balls while Laiberte has 189 wins and 111 ground balls - therefore Mssrs Hawley and Mazzone have a crucial roll to play as well as Dunn Narewski who must at least tie them up and stop front door roll outs