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The Friday night shuffle in the Ivy League actually helps out the selection committee's work, at least momentarily. Any scenario that gets Princeton into the field improves the chances of finding road teams to send to Duke, North Carolina and Virginia without burning off one of the two flights permitted in the first round.
Princeton can't get to the Research Triangle inside the 400-mile radius, but it can get to Virginia. That leaves only the teams shipped to Denver and Notre Dame taking flights.
The team squeezed out by Princeton's arrival is Brown, but there's a case for the Bears over Georgetown. The final equation for the committee looks like it will be three spots for Brown, Georgetown, Johns Hopkins, Ohio State and Princeton, with the potential for an Albany loss on Saturday lurking as a surprise variable.
Denver quarterfinal
(1) Notre Dame vs. COLONIAL/Towson-SOUTHERN/Richmond
(8) Cornell vs. AMERICA EAST/Albany
Denver quarterfinal
(4) BIG EAST/Denver vs. PATRIOT/Colgate
(5) Duke vs. BIG TEN/Johns Hopkins
Annapolis quarterfinal
(3) North Carolina vs. Georgetown
(6) Virginia vs. IVY/Princeton
Annapolis quarterfinal
(2) ATLANTIC COAST/Syracuse vs. METRO ATLANTIC/Marist-NORTHEAST/Saint Joseph's
(7) Maryland vs. Yale
Just on the inside: Cornell, Yale, Georgetown
Just on the outside: Brown, Ohio State, Marquette
Moving in: Princeton
Moving out: Brown
http://www.syracuse.com/patrick-ste...lege_lacrosse_ivy_semis_pro.html#incart_river
The Friday night shuffle in the Ivy League actually helps out the selection committee's work, at least momentarily. Any scenario that gets Princeton into the field improves the chances of finding road teams to send to Duke, North Carolina and Virginia without burning off one of the two flights permitted in the first round.
Princeton can't get to the Research Triangle inside the 400-mile radius, but it can get to Virginia. That leaves only the teams shipped to Denver and Notre Dame taking flights.
The team squeezed out by Princeton's arrival is Brown, but there's a case for the Bears over Georgetown. The final equation for the committee looks like it will be three spots for Brown, Georgetown, Johns Hopkins, Ohio State and Princeton, with the potential for an Albany loss on Saturday lurking as a surprise variable.
Denver quarterfinal
(1) Notre Dame vs. COLONIAL/Towson-SOUTHERN/Richmond
(8) Cornell vs. AMERICA EAST/Albany
Denver quarterfinal
(4) BIG EAST/Denver vs. PATRIOT/Colgate
(5) Duke vs. BIG TEN/Johns Hopkins
Annapolis quarterfinal
(3) North Carolina vs. Georgetown
(6) Virginia vs. IVY/Princeton
Annapolis quarterfinal
(2) ATLANTIC COAST/Syracuse vs. METRO ATLANTIC/Marist-NORTHEAST/Saint Joseph's
(7) Maryland vs. Yale
Just on the inside: Cornell, Yale, Georgetown
Just on the outside: Brown, Ohio State, Marquette
Moving in: Princeton
Moving out: Brown
http://www.syracuse.com/patrick-ste...lege_lacrosse_ivy_semis_pro.html#incart_river