2023 Fantasy Lacrosse Draft

[Uklax]

I saw Brandau play as a senior at Boys Latin. He obviously didn't suck but there wasn't a lot about him that lead me to believe that he would score like he's currently scoring. When games would come down to crunch time, he was the go-to guy for BL and... He'd do it by himself with varying levels of success. But all but always by himself. Never impressed me. Until he arrived at Yale. In hindsight, I think he just needed a better supporting cast.

Yeah he was a surprise big W for me, his smaller size made me think he would just be a shooter/finisher for Yale but he actually does it all and if anything 1on1 uses the man to get a shot off. I think he is the kind of player that plays better with better players. His basics are also flawless, rarely does he drop a pass in traffic and has a quick release before anyone can close him down, hence why he will suit the Olympic style game more than your standard lacrosse worlds.The more lacrosse IQ on the field the higher his stats

[Farfromgeneva]

I saw Brandau play as a senior at Boys Latin. He obviously didn't suck but there wasn't a lot about him that lead me to believe that he would score like he's currently scoring. When games would come down to crunch time, he was the go-to guy for BL and... He'd do it by himself with varying levels of success. But all but always by himself. Never impressed me. Until he arrived at Yale. In hindsight, I think he just needed a better supporting cast.

For some reason I stupidly assume you are in Michigan because Matnum PI had the Tigers hat…

Yeah, that is pretty stupid.

I save my intelligence for non affinity sports fan chat boards. No money in being a super fan.

[ohmilax34]

I saw Brandau play as a senior at Boys Latin. He obviously didn't suck but there wasn't a lot about him that lead me to believe that he would score like he's currently scoring. When games would come down to crunch time, he was the go-to guy for BL and... He'd do it by himself with varying levels of success. But all but always by himself. Never impressed me. Until he arrived at Yale. In hindsight, I think he just needed a better supporting cast.

For some reason I stupidly assume you are in Michigan because Matnum PI had the Tigers hat…

Yeah, that is pretty stupid.

I save my intelligence for non affinity sports fan chat boards. No money in being a super fan.

I like having you here FFG. You’re a good sport.

[Farfromgeneva]

I saw Brandau play as a senior at Boys Latin. He obviously didn't suck but there wasn't a lot about him that lead me to believe that he would score like he's currently scoring. When games would come down to crunch time, he was the go-to guy for BL and... He'd do it by himself with varying levels of success. But all but always by himself. Never impressed me. Until he arrived at Yale. In hindsight, I think he just needed a better supporting cast.

For some reason I stupidly assume you are in Michigan because Matnum PI had the Tigers hat…

Yeah, that is pretty stupid.

I save my intelligence for non affinity sports fan chat boards. No money in being a super fan.

I like having you here FFG. You’re a good sport.

Plus you’ll all get your shots in when we start getting punked during the season.

My son will start popping back in. He’s focused on his first practice next Sat for his (our he’s got a shaky HC named dad) 4th/5th grade league at the moment. We’ve been watching various YouTube college lacrosse biggest hits clips lately. He likes playing D…

[PALax11]

I saw Brandau play as a senior at Boys Latin. He obviously didn't suck but there wasn't a lot about him that lead me to believe that he would score like he's currently scoring. When games would come down to crunch time, he was the go-to guy for BL and... He'd do it by himself with varying levels of success. But all but always by himself. Never impressed me. Until he arrived at Yale. In hindsight, I think he just needed a better supporting cast.

For some reason I stupidly assume you are in Michigan because Matnum PI had the Tigers hat…

Yeah, that is pretty stupid.

I save my intelligence for non affinity sports fan chat boards. No money in being a super fan.

I like having you here FFG. You’re a good sport.

Plus you’ll all get your shots in when we start getting punked during the season.

My son will start popping back in. He’s focused on his first practice next Sat for his (our he’s got a shaky HC named dad) 4th/5th grade league at the moment. We’ve been watching various YouTube college lacrosse biggest hits clips lately. He likes playing D…

No one in this league would ever take 'shots'. This is for fun, winning is secondary

[Matnum PI]

This is for fun, winning is secondary

[Farfromgeneva]

I saw Brandau play as a senior at Boys Latin. He obviously didn't suck but there wasn't a lot about him that lead me to believe that he would score like he's currently scoring. When games would come down to crunch time, he was the go-to guy for BL and... He'd do it by himself with varying levels of success. But all but always by himself. Never impressed me. Until he arrived at Yale. In hindsight, I think he just needed a better supporting cast.

For some reason I stupidly assume you are in Michigan because Matnum PI had the Tigers hat…

Yeah, that is pretty stupid.

I save my intelligence for non affinity sports fan chat boards. No money in being a super fan.

I like having you here FFG. You’re a good sport.

Plus you’ll all get your shots in when we start getting punked during the season.

My son will start popping back in. He’s focused on his first practice next Sat for his (our he’s got a shaky HC named dad) 4th/5th grade league at the moment. We’ve been watching various YouTube college lacrosse biggest hits clips lately. He likes playing D…

No one in this league would ever take 'shots'. This is for fun, winning is secondary

Feels like a setup of the new guy…

[Matnum PI]

Notre Dame's first game in 2022 was on Feb. 19. Hopefully ND will post their official schedule soon so we can make everything official. We'll see. With this said...

Most of these games are back-ups but several are not and... First games (as of now) of the 2023 Fantasy season are:
S* 2/11/2023 Maryland Loyola
S* 2/12/2023 PSU Villanova
5 2/17/2023 Denver Duke
Q 2/17/2023 Duke Denver
F* 2/18/2023 Army Rutgers
F* 2/18/2023 Georgetown UPenn
F* 2/18/2023 Harvard UVA
S* 2/18/2023 JHU Loyola
F* 2/18/2023 Maryland Syracuse
F* 2/18/2023 PSU Stony Brook
F* 2/18/2023 Rutgers Army
F 2/18/2023 Syracuse Maryland
F* 2/19/2023 OSU UNC
6 2/19/2023 UNC OSU
F* 2/21/2023 Princeton Manhattan

The Week One games including Notre Dame (as of now) are:
Date Team Opponent
2/24/2023 Towson Richmond
2/25/2023 Army Mercer
2/25/2023 Brown Vermont
2/25/2023 Cornell Lehigh
2/25/2023 Denver Merrimack
2/25/2023 Duke UPenn
2/25/2023 Georgetown Notre Dame
2/25/2023 Harvard Bucknell
2/25/2023 JHU Utah
2/25/2023 Loyola Rutgers
2/25/2023 Maryland Princeton
2/25/2023 Navy High Point
2/25/2023 Notre Dame Georgetown
2/25/2023 OSU UVA
2/25/2023 Princeton Maryland
2/25/2023 PSU Yale
2/25/2023 Rutgers Loyola
2/25/2023 Umass Boston University
2/25/2023 UNC Syracuse
2/25/2023 Upenn Duke
2/25/2023 UVA OSU
2/25/2023 Yale PSU
2/26/2023 Syracuse UNC
2/26/2023 Villanova Delaware

The Fantasy match-ups are:
DU-Fan vs. CalLaxDad
NC Lax vs. PA Talk
GCCLax vs. Typical Lax Dad
Matnum PI vs. GreenieLax
Maddog vs. Keoni007
Lax1 vs. OCanada
NJLaxx11 vs. UK Lax
GenghiskhanBluejay vs. Farfromgeneva
FCALax vs. ohmilax34
ChopSticks vs. HipandKneeDoc

[PALax11]

Less than a month!

[PALax11]

Congratulations on exceeding last year's draft post count! We still trail the JHU thread by a few...

[Matnum PI]

Less than a month!

2/11 is an NCAA Game that Counts and every NCAA team (I believe) has at least one game that does not count so coaches can tabulate who is playing what position, who is starting, etc. Soon...

[PALax11]

Less than a month!

2/11 is an NCAA Game that Counts and every NCAA team (I believe) has at least one game that does not count so coaches can tabulate who is playing what position, who is starting, etc. Soon...

Good, that helps. Looking forward to scrimmages starting this weekend, although we don't always see great information coming out of them. Lots of draft picks will have a chance to show.

[Matnum PI]

...Looking forward to scrimmages starting this weekend, although we don't always see great information coming out of them. Lots of draft picks will have a chance to show.

Agreed. The websites tell us nothing, there are rarely box scores but... People's posts within the Forum help a lot...

[Uklax]

Congratulations on exceeding last year's draft post count! We still trail the JHU thread by a few...

i'd be surprised if our entire season outdoes a month of that forum

[PALax11]

I have been looking at my draft trying to project fantasy points. Does anyone do this? Any predictions you're willing to share?

[ohmilax34]

I have been looking at my draft trying to project fantasy points. Does anyone do this? Any predictions you're willing to share?

I did something like that last year. Projecting with some degree of accuracy how many points a player will get in a whole NCAA season seems doable, but to predict how many fantasy points they'll get in the selected games is harder. Also, each week we are a bit at the mercy of our Defense's match up and the D match up for our opponent, so using the points we're projecting for our starters to predict wins becomes harder.

[PALax11]

I have been looking at my draft trying to project fantasy points. Does anyone do this? Any predictions you're willing to share?

I did something like that last year. Projecting with some degree of accuracy how many points a player will get in a whole NCAA season seems doable, but to predict how many fantasy points they'll get in the selected games is harder. Also, each week we are a bit at the mercy of our Defense's match up and the D match up for our opponent, so using the points we're projecting for our starters to predict wins becomes harder.

Agree defenses will swing results significantly and not something I'm trying to look at or look at weekly matchups and fantasy opponents to project W-L.

An example, just looking at my draft. I selected 7 field players and I think 6 will contribute this season. I think 5 players will score 10+ fantasy points and 1 of those players will exceed 20. If this comes to fruition, it would be a very successful draft IMO.

We all draft hoping for starters with fantasy relevant production which I believe starts at 10+ fantasy points. It doesn't always work out. 2-3 hits a year usually makes for a competitive roster. We needed more after graduating 136 points! Who else feels confident they drafted 2-3 day 1 contributors?

[Uklax]

I have been looking at my draft trying to project fantasy points. Does anyone do this? Any predictions you're willing to share?

I did something like that last year. Projecting with some degree of accuracy how many points a player will get in a whole NCAA season seems doable, but to predict how many fantasy points they'll get in the selected games is harder. Also, each week we are a bit at the mercy of our Defense's match up and the D match up for our opponent, so using the points we're projecting for our starters to predict wins becomes harder.

Agree defenses will swing results significantly and not something I'm trying to look at or look at weekly matchups and fantasy opponents to project W-L.

An example, just looking at my draft. I selected 7 field players and I think 6 will contribute this season. I think 5 players will score 10+ fantasy points and 1 of those players will exceed 20. If this comes to fruition, it would be a very successful draft IMO.

We all draft hoping for starters with fantasy relevant production which I believe starts at 10+ fantasy points. It doesn't always work out. 2-3 hits a year usually makes for a competitive roster. We needed more after graduating 136 points! Who else feels confident they drafted 2-3 day 1 contributors?

Pretty confident Matt Campbell might see some game time

[Uklax]

I have been looking at my draft trying to project fantasy points. Does anyone do this? Any predictions you're willing to share?

I did something like that last year. Projecting with some degree of accuracy how many points a player will get in a whole NCAA season seems doable, but to predict how many fantasy points they'll get in the selected games is harder. Also, each week we are a bit at the mercy of our Defense's match up and the D match up for our opponent, so using the points we're projecting for our starters to predict wins becomes harder.

Agree defenses will swing results significantly and not something I'm trying to look at or look at weekly matchups and fantasy opponents to project W-L.

An example, just looking at my draft. I selected 7 field players and I think 6 will contribute this season. I think 5 players will score 10+ fantasy points and 1 of those players will exceed 20. If this comes to fruition, it would be a very successful draft IMO.

We all draft hoping for starters with fantasy relevant production which I believe starts at 10+ fantasy points. It doesn't always work out. 2-3 hits a year usually makes for a competitive roster. We needed more after graduating 136 points! Who else feels confident they drafted 2-3 day 1 contributors?

But more seriously, I’ll be pleased if Spanos sees plenty game time from last year, I drafted him in mind to be starting by junior year and hoped he would redshirt freshman as would have been a waste for my fantasy team as he would not have started in my fantasy last year…so any contributions this year is a plus.

Outside of my senior drafts I think Carson Kuhl may see more time and Kurdyla could see the field a lot too, but I don’t need any non seniors from my draft this year.

[DU-fan]

I have been looking at my draft trying to project fantasy points. Does anyone do this? Any predictions you're willing to share?

I did something like that last year. Projecting with some degree of accuracy how many points a player will get in a whole NCAA season seems doable, but to predict how many fantasy points they'll get in the selected games is harder. Also, each week we are a bit at the mercy of our Defense's match up and the D match up for our opponent, so using the points we're projecting for our starters to predict wins becomes harder.

Agree defenses will swing results significantly and not something I'm trying to look at or look at weekly matchups and fantasy opponents to project W-L.

An example, just looking at my draft. I selected 7 field players and I think 6 will contribute this season. I think 5 players will score 10+ fantasy points and 1 of those players will exceed 20. If this comes to fruition, it would be a very successful draft IMO.

We all draft hoping for starters with fantasy relevant production which I believe starts at 10+ fantasy points. It doesn't always work out. 2-3 hits a year usually makes for a competitive roster. We needed more after graduating 136 points! Who else feels confident they drafted 2-3 day 1 contributors?

But more seriously, I’ll be pleased if Spanos sees plenty game time from last year, I drafted him in mind to be starting by junior year and hoped he would redshirt freshman as would have been a waste for my fantasy team as he would not have started in my fantasy last year…so any contributions this year is a plus.

Outside of my senior drafts I think Carson Kuhl may see more time and Kurdyla could see the field a lot too, but I don’t need any non seniors from my draft this year.

Defensive match ups definitely make a difference. However, the hardest part is dealing with injuries. Sometimes, the injury is well known. However, all too often coaches are quiet and a player is not on the field. Injuries also give other players more playing time. Depth on our lineups seems to be the best way to adapt week to week.