NCAA Lacrosse National Championship Open Thread
had the feed from the overhead camera they called "spidercam." interesting view. sometimes dizzying as the spun around the play.
Go Teams and player A and/or B!!!
Irish tears taste like chicken
But Dookies barely held on.
I root for Duke because my daughter graduated from there in 2003 so I have a substantial capital investment in the school.
Watch out for Pekovic in the next several years. His parents' deli is going to be a popular place.
Anytime Duke and ND play against each other in anything the dark side of the force begins to consume me.
The mess where the DA was disbarred and the accuser is now in jail on other charges?
Lacrosse is the only sport I find it okay to root for Duke, because of all that program has been through since 06 and the heights they have climbed to since.
All that said, I think it's only another 4-5 years before Michigan is competing at this level. I perused some lax recruiting info and since it all takes place in kids freshman/soph years of high school, we have some serious national talent coming in over the next few years including next year's #1 Goalie nationwide and several players in the top 10 overall in 2016.
We definitely have some serious talent coming in over the next few years, but it will be a lot more than 4-5 years before we're contending for a national championship. The recruiting classes that schools like Duke bring in compare to ours similarly to how Alabama's football recruiting class compares to ours. Sure, we have a Jabrill Peppers and a Michael Ferns. But their entire class every year is those guys.
We will be competing for a spot in the tourney in 4-5 years, but it will take a lot longer than that before we'll have a legit shot at a national title.
I wish we could have landed Sergio, although I believe he was already committed to ND before we even announced a varsity team. He is a difference maker, and glad he's from Michigan.
He's not quite Myles Jones though. I think Jones might be the favorite for the Tewaarton next year. Myles Thompson will be as well, but without his brother and cousin, I'd expect his production to be down quite a bit as teams will be able to game plan to stop him.
I'm pulling big time for Thompson. I was really rooting for them in the quarterfinals vs ND but they blew a 5 goal lead in the 4th. It would have been awesome to have brothers/cousin combo in the Final 4 on the national stage. But, we'll get to see the 3 of them in action again in the World Championships this summer for the Iroquois National team (only Lyle is on the roster now but I assume theyre playing). All those games will be on ESPN, I'll be rooting for them!