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Inside Lacrosse: "2025 NCAA Rewind"

FloridaCuse said:
Final Defensive Unit Rankings

Syracuse not even Honorable Mention

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That's weird. This is the latest efficiency numbers I can find, and SU came in at #7. They must have updated after the playoffs and not posted it, as they have BU at 7 in their end of season rankings. Ohio State was ranked 4th in the IL list but came in 11th for efficiency rankings which seems like a pretty big gap.


Bad two games for the Orange defense to end the year may have kept them off I'm guessing. In terms of efficiency, they probably didn't do great against Harvard either given the face-off disparity. Feels like they should be given an honorable mention, but it is what it is.
 
Powellfan said:
That's weird. This is the latest efficiency numbers I can find, and SU came in at #7. They must have updated after the playoffs and not posted it, as they have BU at 7 in their end of season rankings. Ohio State was ranked 4th in the IL list but came in 11th for efficiency rankings which seems like a pretty big gap.


Bad two games for the Orange defense to end the year may have kept them off I'm guessing. In terms of efficiency, they probably didn't do great against Harvard either given the face-off disparity. Feels like they should be given an honorable mention, but it is what it is.
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I agree. I think their whole rankings are weird. Attack is lower than I thought. And how many Syracuse Fans thought our overall midfield units would be #1?
 
FloridaCuse said:
I agree. I think their whole rankings are weird. Attack is lower than I thought. And how many Syracuse Fans thought our overall midfield units would be #1?
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Yeah, I would put SU at #3 for attack. Harvard was very good, I just think SU had a bit more depth, and they didn't factor in Anderson as a piece.

I was a bit surprised about the midfield getting #1 as well, and ironically they mention SU's depth. I thought it was the shallowest midfield SU rolled out in the last few years. Outside of Anderson (who had to play attack sometimes) they didn't have anyone on the second line who scared you. Weird. Not sure there was another great midfield unit out there though. Would probably put Cornell at the top spot and maybe SU third behind Princeton? ... I think English and his versatility was what put the Orange over the top for IL.

Will be interesting to see who IL has ranked first in these categories for next year.
 
Powellfan said:
Yeah, I would put SU at #3 for attack. Harvard was very good, I just think SU had a bit more depth, and they didn't factor in Anderson as a piece.

I was a bit surprised about the midfield getting #1 as well, and ironically they mention SU's depth. I thought it was the shallowest midfield SU rolled out in the last few years. Outside of Anderson (who had to play attack sometimes) they didn't have anyone on the second line who scared you. Weird. Not sure there was another great midfield unit out there though. Would probably put Cornell at the top spot and maybe SU third behind Princeton? ... I think English and his versatility was what put the Orange over the top for IL.

Will be interesting to see who IL has ranked first in these categories for next year.
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I am sure most of that was based on the strength of our starting midfield, but as hard as we were on the second midfield aside from Anderson, guys who are farther down the depth chart on a teams reserve middies often have similar stats. Cornell and MD had a similar drop after their top 3-4 guys, for instance. There appear to be very few 2nd line middies on the list that have points in the 20s. We also had guys like Birtwistle and Deere taking some 2nd line mins earlier in the season.

McCarthy and Hottle were often able to rotate the defense with their speed, which is crucial in our offense, but the shooting left a lot to be desired. I think Hottle in particular has more to offer and will have a strong showing next season. Despite his small size, I would not say his issue was having too slow of a shot. McCarthy needs to figure out his shooting or he should be used more on the wing/ssdm next season.
 
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