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78 · Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 12:17 pm Post subject: National Rankings

2/27

Laxpower Computer Ranking -- 8
Tournament selection Index --- 5
Coaches Poll -- 8
RPI -- 6
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DrG · Hall of Fame Joined: 02 Apr 2003 Posts: 2176 Location: MA

Actually up to 6 in the USILA poll:

Rank Team Pts (1st) Prev. 1 Virginia 240 (12) 1 2 Johns Hopkins 219 3 3 Syracuse 190 6 4 North Carolina 185 4 5 Maryland 182 7 6 Massachusetts 180 8 7 Cornell 169 5 8 Villanova 151 9 9 Notre Dame 142 2 10 Duke 133 10 11 Loyola 107 13 12 Princeton 95 19 13 Penn State 94 NR 14 Denver 88 12 15 Harvard 80 14t 16 Yale 62 18 17 Ohio State 61 11 18 Drexel 29 NR 19 Penn 21 17 20 Fairfield 20 NR

Also receiving votes: Hofstra, Mount St. Mary's, Dartmouth, Binghamton, Brown, Army, Robert Morris, Delaware, Colgate, Georgetown

BishopMVP · Senior Joined: 07 Apr 2004 Posts: 764 Location: JQA

The coaches are actually really respecting us - notice how close to 3rd we are in actual votes. The media (and Laxpower elite) are lagging behind, but who cares?

sldrums · Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 11:08 am Post subject:

Up to #5 in all polls.

78 · Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 12:16 pm Post subject:

#5 = tremendous. Keep it up, guys. No letdowns!
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sldrums · Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2012 11:38 am Post subject:

Up to 4 in media poll 3 in coaches poll, a win at penn state would be huge.

InnervisionsUMASS · Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2012 11:46 am Post subject:

Legit chance at getting a top ranking this year. Keep it up!!!
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econalum · Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2012 12:18 pm Post subject:

This is probably our highest mid-season rating ever by Coaches. Our low SOS means we are probably about here until the NCAA's. The Colonial COnference is relative weak OOC this year, may only see 1 bid.
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Old Cage · Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 3:39 pm Post subject:

We stayed at 3 in the coaches poll and we are just one point out of third in the other.
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econalum · Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 11:12 pm Post subject:

"a nice place to be" at Number 3. I stand by post last week - there we sit until we lose or playoffs. A team unseen on TV will not get one or two, in my view.

We persevere, just keep it up boys.
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Kosty · Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 11:19 pm Post subject:

I agree Econ. The only way we move up is if UVa or Hopkins loses and I'm not sure how likely that is. If we put up a stinker in a win against our remaining sched, we might get bumped down a spot or two. The shitty thing is we'll get a shitty seed and will get lucky to host a home game because the lax mafia will prevent it!!

DrG · Hall of Fame Joined: 02 Apr 2003 Posts: 2176 Location: MA

I don't think the Hopkins/ACC/Baltimore crowd has quite as much juice as they used to, Kosty. Our SOS should get a little better if the other CAA teams like Hostra and Delaware play to their ability. Not having Syracuse on the schedule doesn't help us, however. I hate those bastards.

Chris20 · Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 8:03 am Post subject:

Dickie Dunn · Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 1:45 pm Post subject:

Virginia struggled this weekend with Ohio State ... they were down 6-1 after the first quarter and 8-6 in the third before the Hoos stormed back to win, 11-9.
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DrG · Hall of Fame Joined: 02 Apr 2003 Posts: 2176 Location: MA

Case in point. The sport is growing nationally so the mid-Atlantic region's stranglehold will gradually weaken.