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Quint's usual well reasoned analysis................not sure how many ncaa tournament teams? 17 last year ...........From this link it appears there are 18 based on two play-in games and eight first round games............
https://www.ncaa.com/championships/lacrosse-men/d1/road-to-the-championships
11) Richmond
The Spiders (7-3) have only lost to Maryland, Cornell and Duke, all elite opponents. The backloaded Atlantic 10 schedule means we’re still waiting for heavyweight matchups against UMass and Saint Joseph’s. Lucas Littlejohn leads the way with 36 points, while Aidan O’Neil orchestrates the offense from X and Max Merklinger continues to make timely plays. This is a tough, well-coached group, and whoever wins the A10 title will be a brutal draw in the NCAA first round.
32 - you "barely" got that one in before midnight!
I still maintain that UMass will be no walk in the park and as far as I’m considered, until proven otherwise, St. Joe’s remains the team to beat in this conference. I will never count them out. We are far from a lock.
Agree, but the thought of being a lock has some good vibes........with the season ending with UMass and St Joe's games and then the tournament and in most likelihood playing one or even both of them again........makes speculation challenging....................easy to come up with "what if" scenarios. One benefit of the "lock" talk is maybe room for two A-10 teams?
Learn to play the last 4 minutes of the game like the first 56 and we're not only a lock but we go deep. Hope lessons are learned by all.
It’s like a choreographed dance. Very interesting. Thanks for posting.
!5 - 7 Spider win over Hobart. Built 5-0 lead to start game, coasted after that. Did not score in the fourth quarter which was attributable to conversative play. Now 8 - 3 record with High Point up next.
High Point(5-6,2-0)
HPU/UMASS Box score
https://www.insidelacrosse.com/game/78851/2025
Georgetown vs High Point | NCAA College Lacrosse | Highlights - March 15...
North Carolina vs High Point 2025 Lacrosse Highligfts
HPU Men's Lacrosse Conference-Opener Win vs Hobart Recap
| 2/1/2025 | Navy | L 10-14 | High Point, N.C. |
| 2/8/2025 | at Virginia Military Institute | W 12-11 | Lexington, VA |
| 2/15/2025 | Robert Morris University | W 17-11 | High Point, N.C. |
| 2/18/2025 | at University of Virginia | L 8-17 | Charlottesville, VA |
| 2/28/2025 | at University of Delaware | L 6-11 | Newark, DE |
| 3/8/2025 | vs. Jacksonville University | L 9-11 | Savannah, Ga. |
| 3/11/2025 | Queens University of Charlotte | W 18-7 | High Point, N.C. |
| 3/15/2025 | at Georgetown University | L 10-17 | Washington, DC |
| 3/21/2025 | University of North Carolina | L 2-14 | High Point, N.C. |
| 3/29/2025 | Hobart | W 9-7 | High Point, N.C. |
| 4/5/2025 | at Massachusetts | W 14-9 | AMHERST, MASS. |
HPU/UMASS Box score
https://www.insidelacrosse.com/game/78851/2025
Georgetown vs High Point | NCAA College Lacrosse | Highlights - March 15...
North Carolina vs High Point 2025 Lacrosse Highligfts
HPU Men's Lacrosse Conference-Opener Win vs Hobart Recap
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14) Saint Joseph’s
Hawks (8-3) have won eight of nine and dominated St. Bonaventure 15-3 on Saturday playing 36 men. Ben Dutton scored five times and Collin Campbell had a hat trick. D-man Levi Verch scooped up seven ground balls and has 66 on the year. Hobart plays in Philly on Saturday.
13) Richmond
Spiders (8-3) used a 5-0 start and let goalie Zach Vigue do his thing, earning the 36th victory of his career in a win over Hobart. High Point visits the Web this weekend. The Richmond defense is underrated, and they have quality wins over Georgetown and Virginia.
Virginia win has lost quite a bit of luster. They're now 5–6 including 0–5 against teams ranked at game time. Notre Dame and Duke still on the regular season schedule, but they do need to beat somebody.
Don't know how the season will end for us - 5 game win streak would be the best with a 2 game win streak being a close second as both scenarios would guarantee the automatic A-10 bid. At large bid is problematic but not impossible .......however only guarantee is through winning A-10 tournament in Philadelphia.
I do think we're in position for an at-large, but we pretty much need to win out until losing in the A-10 tourney to do it. In no way are we a lock as that one prognostication said.
While not massive wins, Georgetown is really nice and Virginia is still solid, and I think put us over the top, but we can't stumble the rest of the way. Cornell and Duke obviously missed opportunities that could have given us some wiggle room.
While not massive wins, Georgetown is really nice and Virginia is still solid, and I think put us over the top, but we can't stumble the rest of the way. Cornell and Duke obviously missed opportunities that could have given us some wiggle room.
Virginia this year is not a resume booster. Georgetown is our best win right now. We have no bad losses. Had we beaten 1 of Cornell/Duke we would be squarely in at-large bubble. Had we beaten both, then I think we could be talking about at-large and also getting a seed if we won out rest of the games. Unfortunately, I think we’re on the outside looking in, even with the opportunity to have 2 games this season each against UMass & Saint Joe’s including both regular and post season.
It’s very hard to get an at-large in lacrosse because there’s fewer spots and conferences like Big 10, ACC, and Ivy have a lot of good teams. Even Big East and Patriot League. Our metrics take a hit when we start conference play. Can’t drop the Bonnies, but I wish Hobart would leave the conference. They joined so we have the minimum for an AQ. Now that Delaware is joining, we have 7 teams and can lose one to maintain AQ. A conference with us, Saint Joe’s, UMass, Delaware, & High Point is pretty good. Everyone except Bonnies has ability to be ranked.
It’s very hard to get an at-large in lacrosse because there’s fewer spots and conferences like Big 10, ACC, and Ivy have a lot of good teams. Even Big East and Patriot League. Our metrics take a hit when we start conference play. Can’t drop the Bonnies, but I wish Hobart would leave the conference. They joined so we have the minimum for an AQ. Now that Delaware is joining, we have 7 teams and can lose one to maintain AQ. A conference with us, Saint Joe’s, UMass, Delaware, & High Point is pretty good. Everyone except Bonnies has ability to be ranked.
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Me thinks we gotta go 5-0 from here in order to get in the dance or we alternatively simply need to win the AQ.
With our 5-0 it would leave UMass,HPU and Joe’s with at least 2 additional losses.
There will only be 1 rep from the A10 that gets in irrespective of our eventual outcome.
With our 5-0 it would leave UMass,HPU and Joe’s with at least 2 additional losses.
There will only be 1 rep from the A10 that gets in irrespective of our eventual outcome.
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Lacrosse Reference has a computer model, but I don't know how much stock to put into it.
They give us an overall NCAA probability of 57.4%...30.6% chance of auto and 26.8% chance of at-large. 17.9% chance of a seed.
If we win out until losing in the A-10 final, they have us basically 50/50 at that point for an at-large.
Certainly not a gimme situation.
They give us an overall NCAA probability of 57.4%...30.6% chance of auto and 26.8% chance of at-large. 17.9% chance of a seed.
If we win out until losing in the A-10 final, they have us basically 50/50 at that point for an at-large.
Certainly not a gimme situation.
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