Tournament time is finally here! For a field that appeared like it would be pretty straight forward, this bracket has some surprises. First off, Notre Dame took the No. 1 overall seed, edging out Syracuse which received the No. 2 seed. Syracuse has the number one RPI and the number one strength of schedule. Furthermore, Syracuse has more top five and top ten wins. While the Irish did not win…
It’s finally here. The NCAA lacrosse bracket was announced earlier tonight. Below is a list of the games. Notre Dame earned the top seed while Towson, High Point, Marist and Bryant earned playin games. 1. Notre Dame (10-2) vs. Towson (11-5, CAA)/High Point (10-6, SoCon) Saturday, 5 p.m., ESPNU 8. Cornell (10-5) vs. Albany (15-2, America East) Saturday, 12pm, ESPNU 5. Duke (12-5) vs. Ohio State (11-6) Saturday, 7:30 p.m., ESPNU 4. Denver…
Our Chris Jastrzembski takes one last look at the potential 2015 NCAA D1 bracket. All of the regular season games are complete. A journey that started in the fall with fall ball workouts to the first day of regular season games February 1st to now will culminate in May Madness. Yale defeated Princeton 11-10 in the Ivy League Championship. As a follow-up to my earlier prediction, here’s what I…
Seven of the NCAA’s ten Division 1 conferences decided their conference champion and AQ qualifiers Saturday, joining the ACC and the Patriot League, who decided their champion last Sunday. The Ivy League Final between Yale and Princeton is today at noon. Before watching that, here’s what happened yesterday, which might have been more entertaining than that Mayweather vs. Pacquiao fight (hopefully you didn’t pay $100): American East Final: Albany crushes…
Just another trophy in the case. After defeating Penn State in the semifinals of the Big Ten tournament on Thursday, Johns Hopkins (9-6) put a beatdown on Ohio State (11-6) Saturday night at Byrd Field in College Park, MD by a final score of 13-6 to claim the first ever Big Ten Tournament championship. The Blue Jays got off to a quick start, outscoring the Buckeyes 4-0 in the first…
With Selection Sunday at our doorstep, the pieces have fallen into place. There are several questions remaining, but even more been answered over the last few days as the picture has become much clearer. In the end, nine of the 10 automatic qualifiers are set with eight at-large selections to be announced during Sunday evening’s Selection Show. Let’s break it down. Automatic Qualifiers Albany – America East Bryant – NEC…
In an interesting turn of events, two NCAA tournament teams will be facing off a week before the round of 16 begins. Syracuse is coming off an ACC tournament championship while Colgate just won the Patriot League. Those two wins lock up the first two automatic qualifiers available while the rest of the country plays this weekend to figure things out. What this means is that you are going to…
The second wave of conference tournaments began on Thursday, with the Ivy League tournament beginning later this afternoon. Many dreams were shattered, while others kept their season alive and will play for a chance to get an AQ into the NCAA Tournament. Big Ten Johns Hopkins beats Penn State 14-9 Ohio State upsets host Maryland 9-6 What does this mean: Hopkins and Ohio State still have a shot of making…
As all DU games seem to go this season, the game yesterday against Villanova started out rocky until the Pioneers pulled together another phenomenal mid-game offensive run to beat the Wildcats 16-9. Villanova was able to outscore Denver 5-3 in the first quarter. Jack Curran started the scoring on the day in less than four and a half minutes unassisted to take ‘Nova 1-0 over DU. Wes Berg answered back…
Ohio State (11-5), on the strength of six unanswered goals, defeated Maryland (12-3) in College Park, MD, 9-6 in front of 1,328 on Thursday night at Byrd Stadium. It was a rematch of a thrilling contest at Ohio Stadium less than two weeks ago as two top 15 teams in the nation put on a show once again. The Buckeyes and Terrapins showed why they were among the best in…