2004 College Lacrosse Thread

[imagine29028]

Originally posted by mdpatsfan
Towson gave Hopkins a hard time through three quarters today but Hopkins turned it on at the end.

exactly...and I'm hoping that the performance against Hopkins can convince the committee, that Towson should make the tourney, even if they don't win the CAA.

2 goal loss to MD (where they came back to make it a game in the 4th period), 1 goal loss to UVA, and a good showing against Hopkins. While beating UMBC, Hofstra, and Delaware, and Rutgers, who aren't slouch teams.

Like the guys kept saying on Channel 2 on Saturday...alot of top teams are gonna be in for a suprise this year, and are gonna have tough first round games....Hopkins or MD won't wanna see a Notre Dame, Penn or Ohio St as thier first game.

[imagine29028]

Towson wins the automatic bid for the tourney...with a win of the CAA Championship!!!

[theklaffer]

OK, so now predict the tournament seedings. Here's mine:

1. Hopkins
2. Navy
3. Maryland
4. Syracuse
5. Georgetown
6. Princeton
7. North Carolina
8. Ohio State
9. Cornell
10. Towson
11. Rutgers
12. Notre Dame
13. Villanova
14. Army
15. Albany
16. Providence

Of course, the Notre Dame, 'Nova, and Army picks are just guesses. Could just as easily be Brown, Penn, and/or Hobart. And Providence is also a guess. They could lose today to Manhattan.

[The Wedge]

Oh god, if Providence gets in, their game will be the most boring tourney game of all time, if they play to lose like they did in their game with Towson. I'm still having nightmares about that game. Who comes all that way to just clock kill while down by 3 or more goals?

[Munson]

Congratulations to CCBC-Essex, they won the JUCO National Championship today. They beat Herkimer 16-15 in OT. I'm really kicking myself now for not going. It looks like it was a great game.

[Munson]

Here's the tournament schedule:

First round
Saturday
Providence (9-7) at Johns Hopkins (11-1)
Ohio State (12-3) at North Carolina (9-4)
Rutgers (8-5) at Princeton (9-3)
Army (10-4) at Maryland (12-2), 7:30 p.m.

Sunday
Towson (11-4) at Georgetown (10-3)
Albany (10-5) at Syracuse (11-2)
Hobart (9-6) at Cornell (8-4)
Pennsylvania (7-6) at Navy (12-2)

Quarterfinals
Saturday, at Charlottesville, Va.
Johns Hopkins/Providence winner vs. Ohio State/North Carolina winner, 12 or 3 p.m.
Maryland/Army winner vs. Rutgers/Princeton winner, 12 or 3 p.m.

Sunday at Ithaca, N.Y.
Georgetown/Towson winner vs. Albany/Syracuse winner, 12 or 3 p.m.
Cornell/Hobart winner vs. Pennsylvania/Navy winner, 12 or 3 p.m.

Semifinals
May 29, 11:30 a.m. & 2 p.m., at M&T Bank Stadium, ESPN2

Final
May 31, 2:30 p.m., at M&T Bank Stadium, ESPN

[imagine29028]

I'm not happy with Towson's ranking...of course...having to go through Georgetown, and Syracuse (at Cornell...which is practically a home game for Cuse) to get to the Final Four is a little rough...

I think our schedule was harder than Hobart's and Rutgers....

I am considering going to the 2nd round games in Cville...I think that'd be a much needed vacation.

[mdpatsfan]

I've been planning the second trip to Charlottesville since we were there for the Hopkins game earlier this year. Need to tell the wife shortly, I've already burned her out on LAX this year.

Towson will really need to step up to get anywhere in the tourney, shame, I was hoping for an all MD final four.

[theklaffer]

I'm a little miffed that UNC was 8th and Cornell 7th. I was hoping UNC and JHU would be on opposite ends of the bracket. I wasn't looking for a 2nd round matchup between my two faves.

[The Wedge]

Georgetown stuck it to Towson, pretty badly. Look out 'cuse.

[imagine29028]

Originally posted by Wedge
Georgetown stuck it to Towson, pretty badly. Look out 'cuse.

I kinda agree with the commentators...(I didn't see the game...just listened on WTMD) that Georgetown isn't that talented....they do all the little things, and hustle so they get great scoring chances...


the highlights I saw on CSN, had them running...and running...and running.

I'm dissapointed...especially since we had one of the best 1st line midfield corps in all of D-1, all of which will graduate. The encouraging thing, is that our attack has grown up alot, and will be even more dangerous next year.

[theklaffer]

Originally posted by imagine29028
I'm dissapointed...especially since we had one of the best 1st line midfield corps in all of D-1, all of which will graduate. The encouraging thing, is that our attack has grown up alot, and will be even more dangerous next year.

I'm biting my tongue, trying very hard not to comment disparagingly on Towson's NCAA showing. In fact, why don't I just leave it at that. 'Nuff said.

Go Jays!

[The Wedge]

No, don't bite your tongue. It's going to roll off anyway because Towson didn't show up yesterday. They played like crap and let Georgetown set the pace. And it's not like Georgetown were the underdogs, either. Meh.

[theklaffer]

Originally posted by Wedge
No, don't bite your tongue. It's going to roll off anyway because Towson didn't show up yesterday. They played like crap and let Georgetown set the pace. And it's not like Georgetown were the underdogs, either. Meh.

WHAT?! You mean a Tony Seaman-coached team failed to show up for a big game?! You're kidding!!

I really didn't think Towson belonged in the quarters anyway, and I htink they ended up right where they belonged. They are a tournament-quality program, but they are not a top 8 team. I suppose they may break through once in a blue moon, but they just aren't on that level. Sorry to break it to you.

And FYI, I'm even less sprised at how UMBC has failed to become even a tournament-caliber program under Zimmerman.

I am a little surprised at how well Carolina has turned things back around under Haus. He didn't show much at Hopkins, IMO. But I guess he's at home in Chapel Hill, and he's doing a great recruiting job there.

Truthfully, though, Hopkins should have gotten Petramalla as coach instead of Haus. Even then, it was obvious that he had the talent. Most of us were incredibly pissed off that they let him go over to Loyola and spank us as an assistant a couple times instead of promoting him right off the bat.

But thankfully, everything is in its rightful place now.

[mdpatsfan]

I saw Pietramala at the ACC tournament in 2000 and talked to him briefly. He had just beaten Princeton or Syracuse, forget which, with his team at Cornell. I told him he should be coaching Hopkins, he said we had the right guy in Haus. I looked into it a bit further and found out Haus was Pietramalas position coach while at Hopkins.

It all worked out in the end.

BTW, the first year Haus took over a team that I think Seaman would have won it with. Haus did okay at Hopkins, just knew it was a temporary stop.