So, this year in D1 men’s lacrosse, the championship will go to a new coach who doesn’t have one…or Bill Tierney. Talk about extremes. — Ryan Conwell (@RyConw) May 22, 2017 The man, the myth, the legend. Am I talking about Tierney or Baptiste? Does it matter?In a weekend of dominating wins, Denver had the […]
This was billed as the game of the weekend (and given the prime viewing slot by ESPN). In one sense, it really didn’t live up to the billing. Maryland dominated Albany on their way to a slot in Boston.On the other hand, we got to see one of the most complete performances of any team […]
Buckeyes in Boston! On Saturday, Ohio State beat Duke to as the program booked their first trip to championship weekend. It was a banner weekend for the Big Ten, as they sent two teams to the final weekend of the season.The final score is a bit deceiving. Ohio State dominated this game start to finish. […]
On Sunday on Long Island, the Towson Tigers punched their ticket to Boston, beating the Syracuse Orange by a score of 10-7. It is the Tigers first trip to championship weekend since the 90’s and was the final nail in the ACC’s final four hopes. Congrats to the Tigers and coach Shawn Nadelen. What we […]
Each week, we will look back at the games that were to see which players had the largest individual performances. I say largest because the contributions that we can measure (from play by play) tend to be things that are easy to count. This includes, goals, shots, assists, turnovers, penalties, etc. We can’t measure a […]
This year’s lacrosse final four will be played in Boston-ish at the Patriots stadium. (Foxborough is not close to Boston.) Championship weekend will feature two Maryland schools (Maryland and Towson) and two schools from out west. Yes, Ohio is the west for the sport of lacrosse.Towson hasn’t been to the final four since the 90s. […]
The Denver vs Notre Dame quarterfinal game got us thinking about shot clock data. And I’d be lying if I said that a certain Notre Dame fan didn’t help stoke our curiosity: @laxreference @DU_MLAX @NDlacrosse That’s why the officials need to remember they’re allowed to say 2 words “Timer On” — Eamon McAnaney (@emacSNY) May […]
Along with Maryland and Albany, Notre Dame / Denver is our other rematch of a previous game this season. In that one, Denver squeaked out a win 12-11 on a pretty incredible Connor Cannizzaro last second wrap around goal. This time around, the stakes are raised as a trip to Boston is on the line. […]
Welcome to our Duke vs Ohio State preview post. In our eyes, Duke was the most under-seeded team in this tournament, so much like Maryland / Albany, we are getting a matchup here that is worthy of championship weekend. This game has an element of civilizational conflict to it.The Big Ten had a great regular season, […]
This could and probably should have been left as a potential finals matchup. We said it. The committee could have easily swapped Penn State and Albany so that should the Great Danes make it to the finals, then they’d get the Terps there. Instead, we are left with this game in the 2nd round. So enjoy […]