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The ACC Tournament is switching its format starting with the 2019 lacrosse season, and it will now be played across two weekends. Also, the Patriot League coaches voted to move the league’s tournament back a week and into May, starting with 2019. That move is pending league approval, while the ACC switch is official. These moves would — assuming no other changes — put all of DI’s conference championships on the same weekend.

The ACC fifth-place and fourth-place teams will meet on the Thursday after the regular season. Then, the remaining four teams will play at a pre-determined site Saturday in the semifinals. The championship will be held at the remaining top seed the first weekend of May.

North Carolina is scheduled to be the semifinal site for 2019. The ACC does not have an automatic qualifier to the NCAA Tournament because it does not have the minimum six teams.

Previously, the fifth-place team would play a non-ACC opponent as part of ACC Championship Weekend, usually an Ivy League team (Penn vs. Virginia in 2017; Brown vs. Virginia in ’16; Penn vs. Virginia in ’15). Last year in the ACC Tournament, host Duke was knocked out in the semifinals. When it was held in Atlanta, the game was plagued by a torrential downpour that caused it to be played on a secondary field. It was also previously held at the neutral site of PPL Park in Chester, Pa.

ACC coaches described the voting as unanimous at first, but then after the votes had been cast there were some reconsidered. The Patriot League’s coach vote was unanimous.

The moves will have ripple effects for other games. Army-Notre Dame and Syracuse-Colgate were traditionally held the first week of May, when both leagues were done their tournaments. Patriot League coaches expect to schedule big out-of-conference games in late February.

ACC Tournament Expanding to Two Weekends in '19; Patriot Coaches Vote to Push into May
 
The ACC Tournament is switching its format starting with the 2019 lacrosse season, and it will now be played across two weekends. Also, the Patriot League coaches voted to move the league’s tournament back a week and into May, starting with 2019. That move is pending league approval, while the ACC switch is official. These moves would — assuming no other changes — put all of DI’s conference championships on the same weekend.

The ACC fifth-place and fourth-place teams will meet on the Thursday after the regular season. Then, the remaining four teams will play at a pre-determined site Saturday in the semifinals. The championship will be held at the remaining top seed the first weekend of May.

North Carolina is scheduled to be the semifinal site for 2019. The ACC does not have an automatic qualifier to the NCAA Tournament because it does not have the minimum six teams.

Previously, the fifth-place team would play a non-ACC opponent as part of ACC Championship Weekend, usually an Ivy League team (Penn vs. Virginia in 2017; Brown vs. Virginia in ’16; Penn vs. Virginia in ’15). Last year in the ACC Tournament, host Duke was knocked out in the semifinals. When it was held in Atlanta, the game was plagued by a torrential downpour that caused it to be played on a secondary field. It was also previously held at the neutral site of PPL Park in Chester, Pa.

ACC coaches described the voting as unanimous at first, but then after the votes had been cast there were some reconsidered. The Patriot League’s coach vote was unanimous.

The moves will have ripple effects for other games. Army-Notre Dame and Syracuse-Colgate were traditionally held the first week of May, when both leagues were done their tournaments. Patriot League coaches expect to schedule big out-of-conference games in late February.

ACC Tournament Expanding to Two Weekends in '19; Patriot Coaches Vote to Push into May
No more ACC Showcase? Good.

I wonder why some of the coaches 'reconsidered'.
 
No more ACC Showcase? Good.

I wonder why some of the coaches 'reconsidered'.

Because they have no chance of ever hosting the championship game?
 
SU Colgate game could be in jeopardy.

So we lose the Colgate game to clear the 1st weekend in May for a potential ACC Championship game. If we don't make the finals, we've got a week off.

What if we happen to need 1 more win on the resume?
 
I'd assume with that last sentence "Patriot League coaches expect to schedule big out-of-conference games in late February." means that the Colgate game will take over an early season game, maybe drop Siena and shuffle Albany and Army around. Or maybe a midweek game early on.
 

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