Michigan Lacrosse Going D1 A Game Changer
http://insidelacrosse.com/news/2011/11/16/inside-lacrosse-december-issue...
This is very exciting for the program and it sounds like they could quickly become one of the top D1 schools for lacrosse.
Would be nice to
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Syracuse will have something to say about that one.
Syracuse '03, Michigan G'05
Space bitches, space.
lax recruiting
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?
They have a few really good
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.
How does the State of
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?
Go Blue!
They will have to recruit
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.
The state of Michigan really
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.
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Agreed, M will have to rely
Agreed, M will have to rely on out of state recruiting much more in lacrosse than they do in football. The initial key to in state recruiting is keeping the studs in state. There are usually 1-3 kids each year who can go play at the big time schools - Ivy League, ND, Georgetown, etc. - and if we can get them to come to AA, that's a good start.
But that's about all we can really rely on for now. However, lacrosse in Michigan is really growing (like a lot of places) and five or ten years down the road we may be taking half a dozen or more in-staters any given class.
They have two Michigan kids
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.
Yeah Riley and Chris are both
Yeah Riley and Chris are both top players in the state. Both were first team all staters last year.
Truthfully, unless your
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.
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Current Class
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.
Check out greatlaxstate.com
Check out greatlaxstate.com for good UM lax info, written by the late, great Tim Sullivan. OK, not late, but not here anymore.
Good article. I'm really
Good article. I'm really looking forward to the day there's a U-M/UVA matchup in lacrosse.
"We've beaten Michigan the last four years. So where's the threat?"
- Mark Dantonio
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Same here with M-SU
Syracuse '03, Michigan G'05
Space bitches, space.
As for me, I'm looking
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.
"We've beaten Michigan the last four years. So where's the threat?"
- Mark Dantonio
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Let's just play a home-and-home for the ACC championship and call it a day.
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Space bitches, space.
I'm down. Eff Duke, man.
I'm down. Eff Duke, man.
"We've beaten Michigan the last four years. So where's the threat?"
- Mark Dantonio
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Whose gonna be at Ultimate
Whose gonna be at Ultimate Soccer Arena in Pontiac for the first game against detroit? Can't wait.
When the ADept sells special jerseys and gear, you'll see my picture next to the targeted customer crowd. A sheep.....but a Blue one.....
I think I'm gonna have to
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.
"We've beaten Michigan the last four years. So where's the threat?"
- Mark Dantonio
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You root for your alma mater.
Syracuse '03, Michigan G'05
Space bitches, space.
start racking up the national championships in lacross given our relative competitive advantage to other smaller schools.
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