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I just discovered that Payton is the son of Rob Anderson, the former head lacrosse coach at my town's high school, Briarcliff NY. He became the coach in 2014, immediately elevated the program, and was NY State Coach of the Year in 2015. My sons graduated 1 and 3 years, respectively, before...

very much agreed

I think a key issue regarding PT for third line middies involves next's year's needs for the second line. Our attack and first line mids will be pretty stacked. But with Kirst and Simmons gone, some combination of Kempney, Cordes, White, Borges, Cohen, Lewis, White et al will need step into more...

If Roy wasn't happy that Desko didnt recruit Ryan harder, he has to be even less happy that Lars is now bringing in the two top attackmen in the '23 and '24 classes on top of an already stacked unit. The problem for Cuse though is that attack represents our deepest set of positions if Ryan...

Coach Boeheim walked on to the basketball team in the 1960s, went on to become the second winningest coach in NCAA history and led us to our only national championship. Now he has the opportunity to coach both his sons this year. Buddy wasnt even ranked in the top 200 coming out of high school...

For the five ACC schools, here are the Top 50 recruits for the 2020, 2021 and 2023 classes and the Top 10 ones for 2022 per Inside Lacrosse: Duke 2020: #1 Brennan O’Neil A, #26 Aidan Danenza M, #28 Cole Krauss LSM/D, #42 Charilie O’Connor M 2021: #1 Andrew McAorey M, #2Keith Boyer LSM/D, #10...

Millon understands that being the No. 1 player in the class adds an even bigger target than ever on his back, but it’s something that he welcomes. He got to play with NLF No. 1 ’22 Joey Spallina (Mount Sinai, N.Y. / Team 91 LI Smash / Syracuse) at his father’s well-known Project 9 camp, and he...

National Lacrosse Federation Rankings: Jake Spallina NLF March 2021 Super 60 2023 Rankings Ranked No. 28 overall, No. 1 FO/SSDM/midfield ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Rating: 94 Spallina has his older brother Joey’s mean streak, aggressiveness and tenacity, although he’s a completely different player. He’s very...

Effectively, IL acknowledges we have 4 of the top 25/27 mens players in the country

Don't forget, Quincy hasnt just done it well the past two games, he started putting it together toward the end of last year including an impressive performance in the final game against North Carolina's bigs. Too early to talk superstar but the guy is definitely a beast on the boards and put...

The number one ranking is a great statement to recruits and the fan base after recent tourney disappointments and recruit de-commits that led to a worry SU was headed to becoming a bit irrelevant as a national contender

Definitely like the passing that has emerged since Girard took the PG reigns. But in terms of the running game, we will need to do a good job on the glass against bigger teams to keep it up

Regarding scholarship availability, is Buddy using a schollie or is he not and getting free tuition because JB is a university employee?

I always wondered why the D3 programs were so much better teed up to provide academic aid than the D1 schools. This explains it. One of my sons played D3 lax and got more academic aid than any of his friends/fellow players in the region who went D1 received in athletic aid.

After spending 3 days evaluating goalies at The Goaliesmith Experience, here are just a few that impressed: Blake Ulmer, Wilbraham & Monson Academy (Mass.), True, 2019 | Syracuse Ulmer brings a rare combination of size, athletisicm and talent. Combine those factors with an obession to compete...

The staff is clearly high on Cook's potential and he is probably on top of the depth chart to be the third starting attackman as of now. That said, it seems to make a lot of sense to see how Dordevic performs at attack. And if he clicks there, he could get the role, with Cook getting in a lot...

Just saw that Connecticut powers New Fairfield and Ridgefield are the only teams that have scored more than nine goals against Briarcliff all season, and that while the Lafayette has been a high scoring team, it is just 1-5 when they net 10 or fewer

Offense has historically best Briarcliff’s Achilles heel when playing elite teams, and I too was surprised they didn’t score more against Schuylerville. It was a closer score than expected. The local Westchester paper did not have much of a write-up on this game. But The Saratogian reported...

I live in Briarcliff Manor and put two son’s through the high school’s lax program, though that was long ago as both are out of college now. I actually did not get a chance to see any of the team’s games this year, the first time in a long time. But here is the team’s MO: Briarcliff is...

Down in Section 1, the local newspaper lists SU commit Joey Carino among the second ten in terms of the best players in the area, and among the top 5 or so among underclassmen. The guy who Desko needs to really get after is soph long pole Keith Boyer (I think the younger brother of ND LSM Jose...

A few thoughts: yes our schedule is tough but it might be panning out better than expected. The competition is tough but we seem to increasingly be playing up to it, and improving because of it. At the same time, the match-ups are not proving as brutal as anticipated. Opponents we thought would...

Maybe Kevin Drew is a good comparison for Dearth in terms of on ball coverage and transition skills

Zion being out improves our odds of winning but the atmosphere surrounding the game isn't as exciting. With all that has happened, the aura around this game suddenly lurched from great theater to a weird unknown. The game will be host to the biggest college crowd in history, Zion's injury has...

Agreed that the team is now playing its best ball when these five are on the court. Neither Buddy nor Marek get much in terms of style points but they make plays on both sides of the court and the ball moves notably better when they are out there

I watched the second half and thought Penn executed quite well. Villanova was a bit lucky to keep it close. They got outplayed. Nova's defense was weak

Essentially, among the 2020 attackmen, based on Xanders assessments, we lost the 7th (Maher) and 12th (Blake) most highly rated players, gained the 20th best (Erlbeck) and at least so far kept no. 14 (Hay). Clearly not as strong as before in terms of the rankings, but not a disaster either. The...

With the first day of fall classes now just 11 days away, is it likely that players who still are planning to transfer have not informed the school or have most likely already told the staff and no one has just made it public? Not much time left

Battle’s return clearly pushes Hughes into a SF role Hughes can effectively sub for both Marek and Oshae as Marek can shift over to PF when Oshae needs a break Defense will clearly remain filthy as all five starters now return Offensively we should be better than this past season, but the...

Here is the breakdown of the number of UA AA’s per college (45 players were selected, one is going to play football and one is still uncommitted) Five: UNC, Duke, UVA Three: SU, Hopkins, Notre Dame, Yale, Maryland Two: Harvard, Denver, Cornell One: Penn, Georgetown, Penn State, Lehigh...

Some perspective on Rehfuss. My son's college roommate is from Niskayuna and played lax there. Nisky is just a couple of towns from Latham. He knows Rehfuss and said his skills in high school were such that he was shocked that even Holy Cross took him. Now that he is playing at such a high level...

In NYC, it is on WLNY which on Fios it is channel 510

Below are the current RPI and SOS readings for ACC teams as per ESPN Duke: RPI 1, SOS 5 N. Carolina: RPI 7, SOS 17 Syracuse: RPI 11, SOS 14 Clemson: RPI 14, SOS 87 Virginia: RPI 14, SOS 115 Miami: RPI 21, SOS 102 Fl. State: RPI 34, SOS 140 Louisville: RPI 36, SOS 50 Notre Dame: RPI 60, SOS 119...

Jeremy, do you think any of the incoming class get tabbed for D-middie?

Could UAlbany still have a more liberal admission policy to the reservation kids than SU does? I have heard this but am not aware of particulars (and this could be all wrong). When was the last time SU took a freshman recruit directly from a reservation high school? Note that Brendan had two...

Two questions/observations on Staats. One, how much money do MLL players typically make? I thought it was something around $20K, thus requiring all but the marquee names who get decent endorsement money to have full-time jobs in addition to the MLL. Even if he also played in the indoor league...

Syracuse's Jordan Evans is in His Best Physical Condition — And Playing His Best Lacrosse http://www.insidelacrosse.com/article/syracuse-s-jordan-evans-is-in-his-best-physical-condition-and-playing-his-best-lacrosse/49557

The most critical element of the Cuse's win against UNC and potentially now for our national championship hopes involve the play of Stephen Rehfus. UNC's use of double long poles on our middies was largely effective in disrupting our offense as none of the attackmen other than Rehfus could beat...

With the skill set and experience levels of our top 8 players, I would think it would be difficult to pre-determine the starting five at this juncture. All eight (all scholarship players minus Moyer and Thompson) are likely to see serious minutes throughout the season. And JB will have luxury to...

Usually when a low seeded team makes a deep Tourney run, it is because they got on a hot shooting streak that eventually turns cold before the tourney is over. But while SU has had timely shooting the past two weeks, it certainly has not been "hot." It has won because of tougher D, much...

that can't be right. SU surely had the easiest path. We didn't WIN any of our games. The other team blew it and lost the game for themselves in each case. These games won't add to JB career total. :rolling:

The team has been thin all season with no room for error and have been very inconsistent. But there is a lot of talent and the players have displayed true grit all year. The wild card has been end-of-game tiredness and mistakes/turnovers at key moments down the stretch. But with solid...

And with a legit shot at the Elite 8

this was simply a decision to prioritize getting the core rotation back into groove over developing Howard or Joseph. I thought Hop would have played them more. I particularly like Howard and his ability to break down a defense and penetrate. This is something really need more of. That and...

If as ESPN proclaimed that the Aggies look like a serious contender, what does that make the Orange now???

Kaleb Joseph yesterday: 7 assists, 1 turnover. Last five games: 24 assists, 6 turnovers.

What is interesting is the headline refers to who is the best ball handler, and that the two players ranked ahead of Tyler only get B and B- grades for their ball security while he got an A+. And curiously, an A+ and B- (Mathieu) and A+ and B (Napier) somehow produce a higher overall rating...

I have never bothered to look at the methodolgy behind Ken Pom's formula or even paid much attention to it, but his ranking of Louisville doesnt give his system much credibility. Louisville's record is 11-2, registers in at 109 on strength of schedule and has an RPI ranking of 45. By contrast...

Jimmy Dykes last night (pre-game) characterized Virginia as one of the country's top defensive teams in the country who can really bring it

Been to Canada, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Chile, Uruguay, Ireland, the U.K., France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Czech Republic, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Greece, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia Herzegovina, Serbia, Macedonia, Greece, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Spain...

Who wudda thunk that the team would beat both Louisville and Cincy AFTER losing Southerland and wind up ranked 3rd? And this was our toughest two game stretch of the season. Boy, this is as good as we could have possibly hoped for. Without the Southerland, and even with him, we are a wierd...