M Lax Results 5/4-5/6

[Chris '03]

1 and 2 go down in the MAAC. #3 St. Joe's will play #4 Providence Sunday. That makes things interesting for CU. Neither of those teams are automatics to come calling on Ithaca.

PC is a flight south (presumably to Duke) or a bus to Albany or maybe Princeton (if they get a seed).
St. Joe's is 4+ hours to Ithaca, but only about 2 down to any Balto area school.

If Albany goes down in the AE tourney, we may see them in Ithaca. Colgate still has a shot to get in which is an obvious pairing. Otherwise all bets are off on who they send up to Ithaca. Virginia got hosed with UND flying in last year. It was their closest game of the tournament.

Games to watch:
Albany in the AE tourney
Colgate/'Cuse
MAAC title game
Yale/Maryland
I guess Duke/Air Force

[marty]

Toothpaste at NoOrangeJuice is on Time Warner cable channel 3 in Albany.  Likely on in Ithaca, too.

[Rita]

JHU 3  v. Loy 1
5 minutes left in the first.

[Al DeFlorio]

5-4 Hop very early second half.

Princeton 8, Brown 6 in the third.

Colgate 4, Syracuse 3 at the half.

Maryland 11, Yale 1 at the...it just doesn't matter.

[Al DeFlorio]

Colgate 10-4 mid-4th

Princeton 8-7 late

[Chris '03]

gate wins 12-5
Albany holds on to win AE 15-14
Rutgers ends any UMass mirable bid 9-8
yale didn't deserve to make it anyway...
Hop by 3 over loyola with a few minutes left

[DeltaOne81]

Princeton squeaks by 8-7

So does Albany, 15-14 over UMBC

Colgate's lead, now 11-5, could leave Princeton in trouble. Their biggest win over Syracuse looks worse each day, almost certain that Syracuse will end up in the 16-20 bracket. That is officially the biggest factor, could Princeton miss the dance?

[Al DeFlorio]

[quote DeltaOne81]Colgate's lead, now 11-5, could leave Princeton in trouble. Their biggest win over Syracuse looks worse each day, almost certain that Syracuse will end up in the 16-20 bracket. That is officially the biggest factor, could Princeton miss the dance?[/quote]
With a 10-3 record?  Princeton?  Tierney?  Not a chance.  [Although I'd love to eat those words.::whistle::]

[redhair34]

If Colgate squeaks in to the tournament after this win we might be seeing them next weekend (with the MAAC autobid going to a school far from Ithaca).

[Chris '03]

[quote redhair34]If Colgate squeaks in to the tournament after this win we might be seeing them next weekend (with the MAAC autobid going to a school far from Ithaca).[/quote]


If Colgate gets in you can almost guarantee they'll be in Ithaca. Where else to they go? Albany? I'm not convinced they get a seed and if they do it might a logical opponent for UND to fly in. In the MAAC, St. Joe's could go south to almost anyone, while Providence would make the committee mad travel wise.

[billhoward]

Prnceton beating Brown at home by just 1 makes our 3-goal win at Brown seem more reasonable.

Princeton's going to the tournament for sure. Question is how high the Tigers are seeded. Their only name wins were over Syracuse and Dartmouth. Their losses were to quality teams but they're still losses.

[DeltaOne81]

[quote Al DeFlorio][quote DeltaOne81]Colgate's lead, now 11-5, could leave Princeton in trouble. Their biggest win over Syracuse looks worse each day, almost certain that Syracuse will end up in the 16-20 bracket. That is officially the biggest factor, could Princeton miss the dance?[/quote]
With a 10-3 record?  Princeton?  Tierney?  Not a chance.  [Although I'd love to eat those words.::whistle::][/quote]

With basically no quality wins, an RPI in the 10ish range, and a SoS in the 20ish range? They're on the bubble. They may be very well end up being on the right side of it, and the color orange may help, but I can't see them as a lock.

[Chris '03]

[quote DeltaOne81][quote Al DeFlorio][quote DeltaOne81]Colgate's lead, now 11-5, could leave Princeton in trouble. Their biggest win over Syracuse looks worse each day, almost certain that Syracuse will end up in the 16-20 bracket. That is officially the biggest factor, could Princeton miss the dance?[/quote]
With a 10-3 record?  Princeton?  Tierney?  Not a chance.  [Although I'd love to eat those words.::whistle::][/quote]

With basically no quality wins, an RPI in the 10ish range, and a SoS in the 20ish range? They're on the bubble. They may be very well end up being on the right side of it, and the color orange may help, but I can't see them as a lock.[/quote]

And they certainly shouldn't get a seed.

[Al DeFlorio]

[quote DeltaOne81]With basically no quality wins, an RPI in the 10ish range, and a SoS in the 20ish range? They're on the bubble. They may be very well end up being on the right side of it, and the color orange may help, but I can't see them as a lock.[/quote]
With one pair of quarterfinals being played at Princeton, they'll be in--with a shot at playing at home on week two.

[billhoward]

For those arguing Princeton doesn't deserve any of the 16 slots: Name a team you'd not want to be playing in round 2 at Princeton. I'd say, "Princeton."