Partly Broken Chain

Hopkins defeats Hofstra in the first round.

No Local coverage. The NCAA men’s lacrosse tournament is the property of ESPN, and it chose to show the games on the college network, ESPNU. The semifinals and final will be on ESPN2 and ESPN on Memorial Day weekend. Stinks for those who can’t attend the games.

Lacrosse final in Boston????

Perplexing but necessary.

(Sun photo by Kenneth K. Lam / May 11, 200

Loyola out, beaten by Duke. Heart breaker for UMBC , by 1 to Virginia.

I’ll be at the doubleheader at Navy next weekend - Maryland/Virginia, Hopkins/Navy.

Still in:
Duke, Hopkins, Navy, Syracuse, Virginia, Maryland, Notre Dame, Ohio State,

The girl Terps 20-7 over Temple.

((Sun photo by Elizabeth Malby / May 12, 200

The best and worse of the women’s bracket via Inside Lacrosse.

Final 16:
1-seed Northwestern (17-1, ALC champion)
RPI: 1
Top 10 wins: Syracuse, Boston University, Vanderbilt (twice), Georgetown, Notre Dame
11-20 wins: Duke, North Carolina

2-seed Penn (14-1, Ivy League champion)
RPI: 2
Top 10 wins: Northwestern, Princeton
11-20 wins: North Carolina, Cornell, Yale

3-seed Maryland (17-2, at-large bid, ACC runner-up)
RPI: 3
Top 10 wins: Virginia, Princeton, Georgetown
11-20 wins: North Carolina (twice), Towson, Stanford

4-seed Virginia (14-3, ACC champion)
RPI: 4
Top 10 wins: Maryland, Syracuse
11-20 wins: Duke (twice), North Carolina, George Mason, William & Mary

5-seed Syracuse (16-2, Big East champion)
RPI: 6
Top 10 wins: Georgetown (twice), Notre Dame
11-20 wins: Cornell, Towson

6-seed Georgetown (12-6, at-large bid, Big East runner-up)
RPI: 8
Top 10 wins: Virginia, Notre Dame
11-20 wins: Denver, George Mason

7-seed Boston University (17-2, play-in game 1 winner, America East champion)
RPI: 5
Top 10 wins: Vanderbilt
11-20 wins: New Hampshire (twice), Yale, Stanford

8-seed Princeton (12-4, at-large bid, t-2nd Ivy League)
RPI: 7
Top 10 wins: Virginia
11-20 wins: Duke, Cornell, Yale

9. Vanderbilt (13-5, at-large bid, ALC runner-up)
RPI: 10
Top 10 wins: Notre Dame
11-20 wins: Duke, Cornell

10. New Hampshire (13-5, at-large bid, America East runner-up)
RPI: 16
Top 10 wins: Vanderbilt
11-20 wins: Yale, Cornell

11. Duke (11-7, at-large bid, ACC semifinalist)
RPI: 11
Top 10 wins: Maryland, Georgetown
11-20 wins: Denver, William & Mary, Stanford

12. Towson (13-5, CAA champion)
RPI: 15
Top 10 wins: none
11-20 wins: George Mason, William & Mary

13. North Carolina (12-6, at-large bid, ACC semifinalist)
RPI: 9
Top 10 wins: Vanderbilt
11-20 wins: Duke, Denver

14. Temple (13-6, Atlantic-10 champion)
RPI: 36
Top 10 wins: none
11-20 wins: none

15. Colgate (11-9, play-in game 2 winner, Patriot League champion)
RPI: 40
Top 10 wins: none
11-20 wins: none

16. Notre Dame (12-6, at-large bid, Big East semifinalist)
RPI: 12
Top 10 wins: Georgetown
11-20 wins: Duke, Cornell

UMBC the best unseeded team according to IL Blogs. I would agree even if I were impartial.

The brackets, as they should be, if auto qualifiers and bus fares weren’t considered. A shame Georgetown got the shaft, got screwed, but hey Navy is playing.

The Sun Blog has the wrap up on what should have been.

The brackets as they are:pdf

UMBC’s Dom Scalzo maneuvers around Binghamton’s Larry Kline during the Retrievers’ 6-5 overtime win over the Bearcats. (Sun photo by Monica Lopossay / May 1, 200

The rundown schedule, from The Sun.

Looks like we’ve got some lacrosse next weekend.

Not so good but RS has a clearer video.

I still wouldn’t mind seeing them on their reunion tour.

Tournament weekend, IL calls it the most contentious weekend of the season, and it was.

Colgate took the Patriot League tourney, and Duke took the ACC crown by beating VA 11-9.

The IL Media Polls
USILA Polls

John Weaver explains the incestuous nature of Lacrosse, the rankings and the NCAA selection process in, Re: Lax

The schedule for the week can be found at The Sun, America East tournament
Semifinals (At UMBC) Thursday.