huge LAX game @ Virginia today

[scoop85]

Buczek went down in the 4th quarter and limped off with some assistance.  I didn't see it clearly but he was not checked; rather caught his foot or tripped.  Lay there for a while, drawing a whistle.

Yes, the effing carpet goinked him, Donovan, and Huttner. Here's hoping it's nothing lasting.
Great effort even if in a loss. Shame, but when the opposing goalie makes 21 saves?
They won all the stats except the final score. And, Massimilian is a beast at X.
This team is a definite contender.

A real uplifter after a dismal hockey season.

::cheer::

We'll only be a real contender if we get some better play on the defensive end of the field.

[Johnny 5]

Buczek went down in the 4th quarter and limped off with some assistance.  I didn't see it clearly but he was not checked; rather caught his foot or tripped.  Lay there for a while, drawing a whistle.

Yes, the effing carpet goinked him, Donovan, and Huttner. Here's hoping it's nothing lasting.
Great effort even if in a loss. Shame, but when the opposing goalie makes 21 saves?
They won all the stats except the final score. And, Massimilian is a beast at X.
This team is a definite contender.

A real uplifter after a dismal hockey season.

::cheer::

We'll only be a real contender if we get some better play on the defensive end of the field.

Dunno. We had a 58-34 shot advantage, picked up 11 more ground balls and won 23 of 32 at the X. The Virgins only had a tiny advantage in clears and we had 5 more turnovers. All in all I don't think the D was exactly a disaster.

[upprdeck]

like hockey.. you have to get shot son goal.  virg actually had better stats vs SU than cornell.

[Johnny 5]

like hockey.. you have to get shot son goal.  virg actually had better stats vs SU than cornell.

Yeah, I was thinking just that on the way to work this morning.
Good point.

Oh Rob where are ye now??

::help::

[dbilmes]

The lacrosse team opens its Ivy season at 12:30 today at Yale, which is ranked No. 6, three spots ahead of us. I was going to go to game, but it's raining in CT and will be raining all afternoon, and the idea of spending almost 3 hours sitting or standing in the rain no longer appeals to me. So yes, you can call me a fair weather fan! The game is on Fox College Sports.

[TimV]

The game is on Fox College Sports.

No... no it's not.  At end of 1st quarter 3-2 Yale.::cuss::::flipd::::cuss::

[upprdeck]

just came on..

[scoop85]

I like basketball enough, but it's preposterous for any sport to take 20+ minutes of real time to play the last 2-3 minutes of the game; waiting for that HS hoops game to end was excrutiating. Something's got to be done to reduce time outs and improve the flow of basketball at all levels.

[Rosey]

I like basketball enough, but it's preposterous for any sport to take 20+ minutes of real time to play the last 2-3 minutes of the game; waiting for that HS hoops game to end was excrutiating. Something's got to be done to reduce time outs and improve the flow of basketball at all levels.

You could fix this by implementing one change: allow teams to decline penalties/fouls. All of that BS in the last 2 minutes of pretty much every basketball game would immediately disappear.

[upprdeck]

they tried that years ago and it got worse. if you remove the fouls then the incentive to go after the ball even harder goes up .  the only way that works is to change the rule so that after so many fouls in some timeframe the team gets 3 shots or 2 shots and the ball.. force teams to play defense down the stretch not just foul.

they should change the rules to 5 fouls to 1-1  8 fouls to 2 shots and 11 fouls to 2 and the ball. remove the aggresive play if they can.

[Robb]

they should change the rules to 5 fouls to 1-1  8 fouls to 2 shots and 11 fouls to 2 and the ball. remove the aggresive play if they can.

How about after 11 fouls automatically award a point plus one shot?

[upprdeck]

they did that too and it didnt help.

[ugarte]

I like basketball enough, but it's preposterous for any sport to take 20+ minutes of real time to play the last 2-3 minutes of the game; waiting for that HS hoops game to end was excrutiating. Something's got to be done to reduce time outs and improve the flow of basketball at all levels.

Some nerds at Sloan said "it should be worse" and a buddy of mine wrote a great response.

[Robb]

I like basketball enough, but it's preposterous for any sport to take 20+ minutes of real time to play the last 2-3 minutes of the game; waiting for that HS hoops game to end was excrutiating. Something's got to be done to reduce time outs and improve the flow of basketball at all levels.

Some nerds at Sloan said "it should be worse" and a buddy of mine wrote a great response.

That is a great response - hats off to your buddy.