Polls for Mar 9: Media #8 / Coaches #7

[OrangeXtreme]

1. Notre Dame 423 (9)
2. Richmond 416 (7)
3. Princeton 403 (5)
4. Harvard 371 (1)
5. North Carolina 356

8. Syracuse 295

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Penn State Sweeps Ivy Slate, Jumps Up USA Lacrosse Top 20

For the first time all season, it was mostly quiet in the top half of the USA Lacrosse Division I Men’s Top 20.

www.usalacrosse.com

1. Notre Dame
2. Richmond
3. Princeton
4. Harvard
5. North Carolina

8. Syracuse

 

[OrangeXtreme]

8. Syracuse

After losing two of three to the Ivy League, Syracuse made some subtle adjustments to its SSDM and midfield lines. More importantly, they turned up the gas and pushed the ball in transition in a 12-8 win at Homewood Field over Johns Hopkins. Point guard Joey Spallina played extremely well; his skillset is deep. Defender Billy Dwan III, whose father roamed the field as a Blue Jay in the heyday, scored twice in transition. FOGO Johnny Mullen was dialed in after committing 18 violations in the first five games. Luke Rhoa was sharp with four points. SU came into the game as the No. 10 defensive efficiency unit in the country and locked down the Jays, forcing weak-angled shots that Jimmy McCool gobbled up. This close defense is outstanding and the play of their SSDM group, with some new additions, was vastly improved to what we witnessed against Princeton and Harvard. Credit their DC John Odierna — SU can win with defense.

HHH plays at Air Force on Thursday and then Denver on Monday, March 16, as part of their Rocky Mountain spring break trip.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Looks like ND, then some combo of Princeton, Harvard, and Richmond

 

[FloridaCuse]

He has Syracuse #2 in RPI. Princeton #1, Army #3

 

[ks orange]

I would rearrange this. I watch a lot of college lacrosse and, to me, Princeton is, hands down, the best team I've seen. I'd put them at #1, Richmond at #2, and Notre Dame at #3. I don't think Notre Dame has played a schedule that has earned them the top spot. I think Princeton is being unfairly punished for a bad quarter against a good Penn State team.

 

[DMVCuseLax]

 

[nocohalo]

Prefer to hover around 5. Teams above that get the target put on their back and the pressure is enormous no matter how good a team is.

 

[JeremyCuse]

He has SU with the #2 RPI and #2 SOS which is outstanding.

The bracket even a 1st one is a bit absurd. Rutgers and Yale? Rutgers best win is a one goal win over Jax and the rest of the wins are over the sisters of the poor. Yale has a nice win over BU but was blown out by Army and PSU and beat Fairfield by 1.

 

[Lax Mouse]

He has SU with the #2 RPI and #2 SOS which is outstanding.

The bracket even a 1st one is a bit absurd. Rutgers and Yale? Rutgers best win is a one goal win over Jax and the rest of the wins are over the sisters of the poor. Yale has a nice win over BU but was blown out by Army and PSU and beat Fairfield by 1.

Should we start a bracketology thread? Tis the season!

I think as surprising as it is at the moment to see Rutgers and Yale in there, it makes sense with the metrics.

But, it's early March and those metrics will change quite a bit.

Unless Cuse wins out and Princeton collapses, I feel like the Orange are probably in line for a #2-#4 seed (would need to win their remaining OOC games and at least split their ACC matchups).

I think it would be smart to stay away from Princeton until as late as possible in the tourney.

I do think it's quite possible the ACC gets 4 teams in. The Ivy should get at least 3. The B10 is the big question mark. Could be 2-3 but I feel like that's the conference that'll suffer most from any bid thieves or may have the first team out.

Could be missing one but some the big non-conference games remaining are:

- ND vs Richmond
- Cornell vs Duke
- Denver vs OSU/Duke/Cuse
- Georgetown vs Cuse
- UNC vs PSU/Harvard/Army
- UVA vs UMD (somewhat)
- Michigan vs ND (somewhat)

Princeton, Yale, Rutgers, even Hopkins don't really have a ton of marquee non-con matchups left, though they'll certainly need to not drop the games they do have.

 

[Hawknate144]

I do a weekly tournament prediction, I'll post mine tonight when I finish it, but we are well in line for a 2 or 3 seed if we continue to play well

 

[Hawknate144]

My methodology is I quick, on sight, predict every.game from the rest of the season and put it into a RPI SOR calculator and then take the rankings and build a NCAA approved bracket from them.
Yes im a bit of a Syracuse homer.

1. Princeton vs Winner of LIU and Sacred Heart
2. Syracuse vs Winner of Albany vs Jacksonville
3. Richmond vs Towson
4. Notre Dame vs Ohio State
5. North Carolina vs Georgetown
6. Harvard vs Army
7. Penn State vs Cornell
8. Duke vs Maryland

First teams out are BU, Hopkins and Penn, St Joe's is not far behind, point is, even our "lower" ranked wins will probably help us a lot.

avoiding conference matchups makes this a bit of a mess.

 

[cuselaxss26]

Besides princeton honestly not sure i wanna play richmond either. Richmond is very solid team n they are aggressive n fast on D i feel could give issue. But also think if we play like we can,If being the big word. Then really don’t matter but still lots season left n anything can happen. Also like to point out seems any previous tounry matchups from last year (this regular season) the losing tounry team has gotten their revenge. Not that means anything just observation.

harvard/princeton vs cuse
richmond vs cornell
psu vs cornell
cuse vs maryland