Re: D1 Men Rankings
Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2021 9:10 pm
All I was pointing out was the seemingly illogical statement that the terps are “boring” seeing as how they’re one of the highest scoring teams in that country. A statement like that makes it sound like you haven’t gotten over Tillman’s stall ball teams of years past. This team is a far cry from those pre-shot clock days.TAV wrote: ↑Wed Mar 24, 2021 11:57 amYeah, all of them.NYterp09 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 23, 2021 7:53 pmSince when has a team scoring 17 goals a game ever been boring? Have you even watched a Maryland game this year?TAV wrote: ↑Sun Mar 21, 2021 2:06 pmI knew that response was coming. That have a good program, no doubt. The play is boring, just my opinion. If they were still in the ACC, I think their record would be a bit less. They’ve won 1 NC in the last 35 years; Carolina has won? 3-4-5? I forget. Making it too the FF is one thing, actually win it is another. Both programs have a rich history and are among the historic “elite” lacrosse programs...I just prefer Carolina style of play and being ACC, I’d prefer that conference win the NC. No big deal. I will say that Tillman is a class act. We’ll see how it all shakes out...jrn19 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 21, 2021 10:08 am“Maryland’s play is predictable - same thing, year in and year out”TAV wrote: ↑Sun Mar 21, 2021 6:37 amAs a Carolina Fan, all I can say is 2016.Gorilla Fan wrote: ↑Sat Mar 20, 2021 9:48 pm Maryland is the best team. They most likely will go undefeated and will be regarded as one of the all time great teams. Pains me to say it. They pass the eyeball test.
This year, I think Maryland would have a tough time against ANY ACC team and that includes ND.
An ACC team will win it all, hopefully UNC, but I could make a good case for any of them; the Big 10 doesn’t compare to the competition of the ACC. Maryland’s play is predicable - same thing, year in and year out.
Who cares about undefeated in the regular season. @ 10-6 Carolina didn’t have a chance in 2016.
I think Duke is probably the most complete team; we’ll see April 1st.
At this level, there’s always an X Factor come May, we’ll see who’s on a roll then.
Is that predictability making 7 of the last 9 Final Fours, 5 of the last 9 Championship Games, being a #1 seed in 3 of the last 4 tournaments? I suppose that is more predictable than UNC who hasn’t even made the tournament since 2017.
I’m not arguing with you, it’s my opinion. Move on.
If they win the NC, so be it. They will be 4-11 lifetime.
With parity, year in and year out, there are roughly 6-8 teams that have a legit shot @ winning the tournament, much has to do with team chemistry and who’s consistently hot at that time of year - there’s no real way to foresee that so much of the ranking is silliness and fun for week to week discussion.
All statistical models exclude control chart variation analysis so are limited @ best. Also, we have the comparatively subjective NCAA input, so most of the handwringing should be about the 8 at large bids.
On all counts, Maryland will make the Tournament and will be a very high Seed if not #1 or #2 and thus far looks like they have a very good chance of winning their 4th NC.
Are you happy now?
I’m a Carolina fan, but have you watched Duke and SU play? They can play some Lacrosse. UVA has talent and has time to fix and make a run. Even ND, with a quality defense, could be in the mix.
All I was pointing out is that this year, the ACC has 5 pretty good lacrosse teams. The Big10 looks to have 2.