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MCLA schools most definitely recruit. With the limited amount of NCAA scholarships, and the increasing cost of tuition, lots of kids are choosing to play at an MCLA school because They aren’t going to get a scholarship, don’t want to go to school far away from home, and it’s a lot cooler to play...

The ACC tournament will become less meaningful as the parity and talent pool increases. Those extra games won’t have the same impact as they do now. No one on this board can look 5 years down the road and accept that the ACC won’t be as dominate (in lax) as it has been. The ACC needs an AQ in...

The ACC needs to add a sixth team, that’s it. Until they do, the ACC tourney is basically meaningless. It gives teams a few more quality games, but it doesn’t serve the AQ purpose, which will become more important in years to come. In the coming years you won’t see 3+ ACC teams getting bids as...

I think there will be some surprises. Lots of parity and lots of good teams this year.

Realistically, had SU played a lower SoS they probably would have been 10-3 or 11-2 going into the ACC tourney.

SU charges too much for tickets. They’re only about $7 behind football tickets for big games. I don’t see many CNY lax families with two or more kids shelling out $50+ for admission, $10 for parking and another $35-50 on concessions when all the games are on ESPN or some other streaming service...

I agree. I don’t want to see Cornell or Albany in the first round.

Possible for Cornell to host Denver?

What does the outcome of the ivy game have for SU?

Final score was still 13-8. Only a 5 goal game. Not exactly a blow out. We want Yale to win, right?

The Cornell and Rutgers games were not blow outs. Albany and Hopkins were blow outs.

The face off stats need to improve. I think the issue is more about winning the ensuing ground ball than winning the draw. As for goalie stats: I compared Madonna's stats to the other ACC goalie stats and there are a few things that really stand out. (I was able to get the exact amount of shots...

Not easy to come back from a game like UVA with some of the hate mail he got and play like he did today. Lots of HHH from that guy all season. Nice to see the D actually hit people and not swing and olé dodgers.

How bad would a Gtown win hurt us?

I love it. They’re finally playing physical.

SU needs to have solid fundamentals to take this one home. They can’t throw the ball away, miss first time ground balls, lose face offs and have long, empty possessions. They need to keep the pressure off the defense and build a lead quickly. If they can go into half time up 4-6 goals they could...

I don’t expect UMass to come. It looks like getting anyone will be impossible.

Never said all 5 teams doing poorly. I said one team. My scenario is entirely possible. The conference needs an AQ. With the AE, Patriot, Ivy and pretty much everyone else starting to play well it will become more and more possible for ACC teams to have losing or .500 records. I’m not saying...

Are they FBS for football?

I don’t ever see that happening. GT going D1 has been a pipe dream for over 10 years. If Lovic couldn’t do it with all his connections at GT I don’t see it ever happening. Florida State has a better shot at going D1, but again I don’t see that happening. It just costs too much money and Title 9...

The ACC needs to add a sixth team to get their automatic qualifier back. With the growing parity counting on at-large bids in the future might be difficult. Who could that sixth team be?

I think it needs to be at a neutral site. Perhaps somewhere in Maryland.

The ACC needs to pick an actual neutral site, like Georgia for the tournament. It’s not fair that Virginia gets home turf as a 4 seed. People would be upset if the tournament was at the Dome.

A lot of dangerous teams this year. Should be an interesting tournament. SU needs to win Friday.

I have a feeling we’re gonna have a good two weeks.

Jeremy, if they somehow manage to win out and finish 10-5 do you think they have a 4th seed argument or are we on the road at this point no matter what?

After thinking about it, I think SU needs to win the ACC tourney to guarantee a spot. Too many things that could happen. Leaving the ACC season. 6-0 and 9-5 is a lot better than 8-6. I think Colgate is a pivotal game. If they win the ACC and then drop Colgate that could be disastrous. Could it...

The ACC needs to find a 6th team so they can get the AQ back. Do we want Albany to win the AE tourney so they don’t take up an at-large bid? Who do we want to win Ivy and Patriot?

I think it’s time for a new look at SU. Desko might have 5 titles under his belt, but they’re from a different era. Their last title was 2009, which was just the beginning of skill parity across D1 men’s lacrosse. There are so many talented players coming out of HS now that you can’t rely on...

I thought Albany has more attendance. Still, 7200 is a good number. The TV and streaming coverage is a good thing overall. I just think too many people are not going to pay the ticket prices SU is commanding. SU should do a family package or game package. 4 premium games for $45 instead of $60.

The prices are too high. $15 for adults and $10 for kids is too much. Then you have the concessions, it turns into a $125 day easily. $10 or $7 for adults would be more reasonable. Heck, aren’t football tickets like $20 or $25??

Syracuse needs to do a better job advertising the games. There is no reason they can't consistently get 8k+ to a Saturday afternoon game. I was in the Dome and it was rocking with 5.5k in attendance. The Albany game had about 8.5k in attendance and was really noisy. It would be great if SU put...

I'd argue another huge stat was 13 saves to 7. Madonna made some enormous stops toes-on-the-chalk that ND should have dunked. He played out of his mind. I counted about 4-5 saves he shouldn't have made. If those shots find net we're looking at a 4-4 record. The defense stepped up big time...

Solomon won't be a huge loss. Voigt can play.

The offense played much better today than they have the past two games. Putting up 7 in the first half was a nice showing. However, they needed to put up another 7 in the second half, especially after the defense and Madonna shut UVA out in the 3rd. A 13 or 14 goal performance would have kept...

UVA will probably try to shoot low on Madonna to take advantage of the surface change for him. He has seemed to be devouring low shots so it might be a non factor. As for middies, I don’t see much of a game plan issue. SU can’t dodge as is so playing a motion style O won't be impeded too much...

“The Assist” by Madonna to Simmons is easily a Top 10 play by a Syracuse team in the past 10-15 years. Spectacular play. Madonna is aggressive. I’m sure that we’ll have more of these moments from him as well as some “what just happened” moments. That happens with aggressive players. Too many...

The Syracuse offence has been abysmal for the most part. They were able to get it together in the second half, but I worry about the upcoming schedule. The strategy they're trying peddle as an offence is anaemic and unproductive. Donahue needs to do some reevaluation of their ability and make...

This O is not a dodging O. They don't have the athletic ability to consistently dodge and beat their defenders, at least I haven't seen it yet. The offence seems like more of a blob than any type of strategy. Against teams like Army that slide early, often and quickly, packing 3 guys in tight on...

Madonna saw 50 shots. They credited him with 11 saves but I counted 13-15. That’s close to 50% save pct in a pure bloodbath. Any goalie that sees 50 shots with a 2-1 lopsided time of possession is going to get tired and miss a few. That kid stood on his head in the first half to keep them in...

The Defense played fairly well today. They mostly gave up outside shots, which is good, except Molloy is so inconsistent they can't count on him to make those 12-15 yard saves. He takes too long to see the ball and just can't make clutch saves. He HAS to make saves on goals #7 & #8 (not like...

Maybe this will be enough to win.

The camera work is as sloppy a the game.

Did Molloy really just ejector pocket that clear...

STJ outside shots = goals all day.

SU has no spark. A close win or a loss to STJ could be a real killer when selection time comes along. This game could have down-the-road implications.

WTH kind of shot was that serg

Like I said earlier, this is like watching a JV game. And there's 6-5. Gotta clear that crease.

STJ seems to be getting a handle on face offs.

I sort of feel like I'm watching a HS JV game.