Lax poll 4/21 - Cornell falls to T8

[billhoward]

The USILA poll has Cornell, Maryland, and Princeton in a virtual tie for positions 8-9-10 in the 4/21 poll. Seems about right.

Rank Team Record Points Previous Week  
1 Syracuse 11-1 215 (6)  1 
2 Duke 13-1 212 (5)  2 
3 Virginia 11-2 196 4 
4 Georgetown 8-3 176 5 
5 UMBC  9-3 162 6 
6 Johns Hopkins  5-5 157 7 
7 Notre Dame  9-2 133 10T 
8 Tie  Cornell 9-3 120 3 
8 Tie  Maryland 8-4 120 12 
10 Princeton 7-4 119 17 
11 Army 9-4 114 8 
12 North Carolina  8-4 108 13 
13 Ohio State  9-3 102 15T 
14 Navy 9-4 83 10T 
15 Loyola 7-4 79 15T 
16 Drexel 11-3 76 14 
17 Brown 10-2 47 18 
18 Denver 9-5 26 19 
19 Bucknell 9-4 22 9 
20 Hofstra 6-5 19 20 
Others Receiving Votes: Colgate, Delaware, Albany, Rutgers 

[Jacob '06]

I still wouldn't call us better than UNC but I think that is a much more accurate ranking than #3

[mnagowski]

If Cornell beats Brown and Brown beats Princeton, could there be three Ivies in the tournament?

[Jacob '06]

[quote mnagowski]If Cornell beats Brown and Brown beats Princeton, could there be three Ivies in the tournament?[/quote]

No...They'll do a coin toss to determine the autobid and I don't think the other 2 are going to have enough quality wins to get in.

[Al DeFlorio]

I think we're ranked about right but there's no justification for having Notre Dame above us.

[mnagowski]

[quote Jacob '06][quote mnagowski]If Cornell beats Brown and Brown beats Princeton, could there be three Ivies in the tournament?[/quote]

No...They'll do a coin toss to determine the autobid and I don't think the other 2 are going to have enough quality wins to get in.[/quote]

Is there a head-to-head comparison before they resort to the coin flip?

[DeltaOne81]

[quote mnagowski][quote Jacob '06][quote mnagowski]If Cornell beats Brown and Brown beats Princeton, could there be three Ivies in the tournament?[/quote]

No...They'll do a coin toss to determine the autobid and I don't think the other 2 are going to have enough quality wins to get in.[/quote]

Is there a head-to-head comparison before they resort to the coin flip?[/quote]

Yes, but in a 3 way tie that's almost always pointless (not always, just almost always).

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

[quote DeltaOne81][quote mnagowski][quote Jacob '06][quote mnagowski]If Cornell beats Brown and Brown beats Princeton, could there be three Ivies in the tournament?[/quote]

No...They'll do a coin toss to determine the autobid and I don't think the other 2 are going to have enough quality wins to get in.[/quote]

Is there a head-to-head comparison before they resort to the coin flip?[/quote]

Yes, but in a 3 way tie that's almost always pointless (not always, just almost always).[/quote]

It would be this year.  For a 3-way tie, we'd have to beat Bruno, and they'd have to beat Princeton.  Otherwise, it's a two-way.

[jtwcornell91]

[quote Jeff Hopkins '82][quote DeltaOne81][quote mnagowski][quote Jacob '06][quote mnagowski]If Cornell beats Brown and Brown beats Princeton, could there be three Ivies in the tournament?[/quote]

No...They'll do a coin toss to determine the autobid and I don't think the other 2 are going to have enough quality wins to get in.[/quote]

Is there a head-to-head comparison before they resort to the coin flip?[/quote]

Yes, but in a 3 way tie that's almost always pointless (not always, just almost always).[/quote]

It would be this year.  For a 3-way tie, we'd have to beat Bruno, and they'd have to beat Princeton.  Otherwise, it's a two-way.[/quote]

So ... Go Dartmouth!

[FarEastLax]

I wouldn't put much hope in the Darts knocking off Princeton.  We have to focus on beating Brown and Hobart and then hoping for the best.  

Quint's bracket (which assumes the above plus Princeton winning the title) has us in as a #8 seed playing a first round game at home against Army.  Should we get past that, we would then play Duke in a second round game in Ithaca.  

All of this is speculation at this point, but it's interesting to think about the possibilities.

[mnagowski]

Duke! In Ithaca! How many fans would they bring? 10? 20?

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

[quote jtwcornell91][quote Jeff Hopkins '82][quote DeltaOne81][quote mnagowski][quote Jacob '06][quote mnagowski]If Cornell beats Brown and Brown beats Princeton, could there be three Ivies in the tournament?[/quote]

No...They'll do a coin toss to determine the autobid and I don't think the other 2 are going to have enough quality wins to get in.[/quote]

Is there a head-to-head comparison before they resort to the coin flip?[/quote]

Yes, but in a 3 way tie that's almost always pointless (not always, just almost always).[/quote]

It would be this year.  For a 3-way tie, we'd have to beat Bruno, and they'd have to beat Princeton.  Otherwise, it's a two-way.[/quote]

So ... Go Dartmouth![/quote]

Forgot about that.  Not that there's a snowball's chance, mind you.

[Al DeFlorio]

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[mnagowski]

Oh fun. I just submitted two questions. One dorky. One not so dorky.

[mnagowski]

Bah. They didn't take my questions.