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[QUOTE="fieldystick, post: 4196490, member: 8152"]
Neither of our teams are anywhere near where our fans expect to be, but my feeling is that neither of us is as overwhelmingly terrible as some segments of the lacrosse media/fans want to make us out to be. Hopkins not ranked in the media poll right now?  With all three of our losses to top ~10 teams... and 6 spots behind Jacksonville, who we actually did win against.

I mean, I don't really care. The media poll is pretty meaningless in terms of making the NCAA tournament/whatever, but the media does have the ability to push the narratives that they want and then those narratives stick whether they are true or not. Did you know that the ACC last season was god's gift to lacrosse and the Big Ten was probably not the second best conference even? Sure would have thought so if you listened to an ESPN broadcast!

Bottom line: it's easy to overhype a game in the first half of the season as a "must win," but I think this is it. I'd give the winner a pretty decent chance at finish at/above .500 and make the NCAA tournament. The loser is in big trouble.
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