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InnervisionsUMASS · Posted: Sun May 06, 2012 9:35 pm Post subject:

They focused on UMASS pretty heavily right after the top 4 were announced. I actually think their coverage of the Minutemen has been pretty good.
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Chris20 · Posted: Sun May 06, 2012 9:36 pm Post subject:

This whole lacrosse thing infuriates me......

Anyway....our road is Colgate, then Duke/Cuse , then Hopkins if they get to Foxboro.

Yup, you guessed it....if all goes to the plan, we face the best player in the country in rd 1.....then the 3, 2, and 1 seeds.....easy as that for a national title.

gosox22 · Junior Joined: 07 Mar 2005 Posts: 679 Location: Quincy, MA

That's true, they did do a bit at the start. But I'm just trying to fuel the shoulder chip!

Rory · Junior Joined: 27 Mar 2005 Posts: 542 Location: Boston, MA

Greg Cannella takes the high road when asked about the horse shit 6 seed.

Oh well -- the team should be motivated for sure.
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Berkman · Posted: Sun May 06, 2012 9:43 pm Post subject:

Here are all of the brackets:

http://www.ncaa.com/interactive-bracket/lacrosse-men/d1/2011

ktabz16 · Posted: Sun May 06, 2012 9:45 pm Post subject:

hopkins gets brained by navy, by far the worst loss of any at large team this year and they get a 2 seed. here's to taking games off and tremendous name recognition.

Kev1999 · Junior Joined: 05 May 2003 Posts: 397 Location: New Jersey

Screw the lax mafia, the selection committee and ESPN. Losses to high ranked teams are weighed more heavily than winning games. It how the traditional power teams protect themselves. Play each other (and refuse to play games outside of that group) and then get the benefit of playing the game win or lose. These "tactics" will limit the growth of the sport in the long-run (which may be exactly what some of these programs want).

I think this gives us even more motivation. I was prepared for the low seed and was more concerned about the match-up. I did't want to Syracuse as even though they are having an off year, with the emotions of UMass/Syracuse, you never know what could happen. Colgate is a good team, but we should be able to take them if we play UMass lacrosse. Lets keep taking care of business Gorillas and rock the 'Gate at Garber. One game at a time.

Go UMass!

ktabz16 · Posted: Sun May 06, 2012 9:47 pm Post subject:

PTrainXL · Senior Joined: 14 Feb 2009 Posts: 901 Location: The Q

Honestly I am fine with our seed. The tourney board compared u's to a ND team years ago. No dominant team in tourney, I wouldn't be shocked to see cUse beat duke or lose by 10. We wouldn't have an easy route tofoxboro unless we got a 1 or 2 and I think we all knew that wouldn't happen. Time to prove em wrong or prove em right. I hope we prove em wrong

78 · Posted: Sun May 06, 2012 9:49 pm Post subject:

Colgate is a scary team. Baum has been unstoppable at times. While Cannella took the high road, deep down it has to be discouraging.
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econalum · Posted: Sun May 06, 2012 9:49 pm Post subject:

In 2006, we were more of an upstart, played UVA in finals have no made much noise in a while.

As far as Colgate: No common opponents.

http://www.laxpower.com/update12/binmen/XCOGXX.PHP
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Kieron · Sophomore Joined: 09 Oct 2004 Posts: 175

Not a big lacrosse fan (don't know the game well enough) but I thought the committee chair's explanation for UMass' seed was about as weak an explanation as I've ever heard for anything.

Rory · Junior Joined: 27 Mar 2005 Posts: 542 Location: Boston, MA

The host did a nice job grilling that selection committee member. Awkward. Good work, ESPN.
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Kieron · Sophomore Joined: 09 Oct 2004 Posts: 175

And ESPN is going ot spend two nights on a UVA puff piece? Mad

Dickie Dunn · Posted: Sun May 06, 2012 9:57 pm Post subject: