Cool Michigan Lacrosse Article
Michigan Lacrosse Going D1 A Game Changer
http://insidelacrosse.com/news/2011/11/16/inside-lacrosse-december-issu…
This is very exciting for the program and it sounds like they could quickly become one of the top D1 schools for lacrosse.
November 16th, 2011 at 11:27 AM ^
start racking up the national championships in lacross given our relative competitive advantage to other smaller schools.
November 16th, 2011 at 3:11 PM ^
Syracuse will have something to say about that one.
November 16th, 2011 at 11:33 AM ^
So does anyone to whom the article refers, when it says we have signed "Top 50" recruits? Just how good is recruiting going for the men's lax team?
November 16th, 2011 at 11:44 AM ^
They have a few really good ones coming in the 2012 class. Brad Lott was ranked the #1 faceoff specialist in the country by ESPN. Kyle Jackson was just ranked #2 Canadian by Inside Lacrosse in the 2012 class. In the 2013 class they already have three top 50 kids...Ian King, Austin Shanks (Canadian, but plays at Brewster Academy - a place that every Michigan basketball fan is now familiar with) and goalie Robbie Zonino. Very exciting how their recruiting has been going so far. Should upgrade significantly by the 2014 and 2015 classes.
November 16th, 2011 at 12:09 PM ^
How does the State of Michigan's and the Midwest's HS Lax talent compare to the rest of the country. Will we face the same obstacles as football or can we scoop up some home grown talent to fill most of our classes and still compete at the highest levels?
November 16th, 2011 at 12:19 PM ^
They will have to recruit nationally. Denver is proving you can be successful without depending only on the east coast, but there isn't enough talent in Michigan to build a top program. They are doing a good job spreading their classes out so far. You'll see a lot of east coast kids, but you're also seeing recruits from other areas filling it out.
November 16th, 2011 at 12:43 PM ^
The state of Michigan really is a fledgling lacrosse state. There's some decent talent to fill out local programs, but U-M can probably only take a couple players a year, at the most, from Michigan if it wants to be a national program. Gotta get into the East Coast - Long Island, Baltimore, Philly, and be known as a Destination Program for players from California and Colorado and other points west of the Appalachians. And don't forget Canada, either.
Basically, Michigan has a little talent in it, which is better than essentially no talent at all. It is possible to rank Michigan on a list of talent-producing states (as opposed to, say, Florida or Tennessee, which aren't worth recruiting at all) but it is at the bottom still.
November 16th, 2011 at 1:18 PM ^
November 16th, 2011 at 1:29 PM ^
They have two Michigan kids in the 2012 class. Chris Walker and Riley Kennedy from Brother Rice. Rice is definitely the top program in Michigan, by far. Are those the top two players in the state? Who are the top guys in the 2013 class, and is UM recruiting them?
I think it's possible that they have classes sometimes with zero Michigan kids just because they might be able to do that much better with out-of-state talent.
November 16th, 2011 at 6:58 PM ^
Yeah Riley and Chris are both top players in the state. Both were first team all staters last year.
November 16th, 2011 at 1:35 PM ^
Truthfully, unless your program exists in MD or NY, you do the lion's share of your recruiting out of state. That's what it boils down to.
P.S. Georgetown isn't really an example of a big-time program. DTO is probably gonna come on here and shoot you. Georgetown : lacrosse :: Iowa : football. Occasionally quite good, usually decent, never championship material. Losing instate prospects to Cornell would be one thing, losing them to Georgetown would be quite another, and not a good sign.
November 16th, 2011 at 11:53 AM ^
their current recruiting class is huge. Here is a link that i hope works. Not to sure on how to link. Lots of players from top schools such as la costa canyon ca, the hill academy in canada, brother rice in MI, and chaminade in NY. the team is definately doing a great job nationally.
November 16th, 2011 at 12:08 PM ^
November 16th, 2011 at 12:44 PM ^
Good article. I'm really looking forward to the day there's a U-M/UVA matchup in lacrosse.
November 16th, 2011 at 3:13 PM ^
Same here with M-SU
November 16th, 2011 at 4:54 PM ^
As for me, I'm looking forward to the competitive advantage gained when the other ACC schools have to start playing Syracuse on the regular like UVA already does. Oh, a new member of the conference? Gee, we can't even tell.
November 16th, 2011 at 6:22 PM ^
Let's just play a home-and-home for the ACC championship and call it a day.
November 16th, 2011 at 9:48 PM ^
I'm down. Eff Duke, man.
November 16th, 2011 at 3:07 PM ^
Whose gonna be at Ultimate Soccer Arena in Pontiac for the first game against detroit? Can't wait.
November 16th, 2011 at 4:51 PM ^
I think I'm gonna have to find my way in that direction. But my loyalties will be split since I've been a UDM grad student since May.
November 16th, 2011 at 6:23 PM ^
You root for your alma mater.