2009 NCAA Men's Lacrosse Tournament

[Tallman388]

So the NCAA lacrosse tournament started yesterday with some really good games:

Johns Hopkins beat Brown in OT 12-11
UNC beat UMBC 15-13 with Billy Bitter scoring 8 goals on 9 shots
Duke beat the snot out of Navy 14-5, shutting them out in the first half.
Cornell beat Hofstra 11-8

Today Maryland plays at Notre Dame (Terps are up 4-1 at the moment), Villanova is at UVA, Siena at Syracuse and UMass plays at Princeton.

This is one of my favorite times of the year, the Final 4 is a great way to spend Memorial Day weekend.

[Tallman388]

Maryland beat Notre Dame
Princeton beat UMass
UVA crushed 'Nova
and Syracuse beat Siena

[mendyweiss]

Go Blue Jays !!!!!!!!:clap:

[Tallman388]

Go Blue Jays !!!!!!!!:clap:

The UVA-Hopkins game looks like it'll be the game to watch this weekend. I think it's on ESPNU or ESPN2.

[drjoek]

Weve got a local kid from here CJ Costible who plays for Duke Hes a freshman, so I am keeping an eye on this

[Tallman388]

Weve got a local kid from here CJ Costible who plays for Duke Hes a freshman, so I am keeping an eye on this

He had a pretty good year for a freshman 7 goals, 5 assists (http://www.goduke.com/fls/4200/stats/2008-09/lacrosse-m/teamcume.htm#TEAM.IND). It has him listed as a Defender but he must have been moved, most defenders don't score 7 goals in a career. If you get ESPNU the Duke game is on Sunday at 2.

[Charlie_Don't_Surf]

Dude where can I watch? I love lacrosse but it's not really televised so unless I go to a game I can't see it.

[joeyballsack]

http://blog.syracuse.com/orangelacrosse/2009/05/large_jams.jpeg

The dynasty will continue.

[Tallman388]

Dude where can I watch? I love lacrosse but it's not really televised so unless I go to a game I can't see it.

The final 4 & championship will be on ESPN2 Memorial Day weekend. Otherwise the next round is on ESPNU

[drjoek]

He had a pretty good year for a freshman 7 goals, 5 assists (http://www.goduke.com/fls/4200/stats/2008-09/lacrosse-m/teamcume.htm#TEAM.IND). It has him listed as a Defender but he must have been moved, most defenders don't score 7 goals in a career. If you get ESPNU the Duke game is on Sunday at 2.



Thanks I will watch. The kid was always a complete beast through HS. Team won state champs, undefeated. He has a younger brother too.

[Tallman388]

In today's first game - Syracuse beat Maryland 11-6
Princeton and Cornell get started at 3

[Tallman388]

Cornell beat Princeton 6-4 in the second game.
Tomorrow we have UNC-Duke and Hopkins-UVA.

[Gvac]

I have to be honest - I know absolutely nothing about lacrosse. I grew up playing hockey and I heard Gretzky and a lot of the Canadian players talk about how lacrosse influenced their playing style but I never checked it out.

Where can I get an idea of what the game is all about?

And sites you could recommend?

[Tallman388]

Honestly, I learned by watching it on TV and playing. There are a lot of Hockey-ish elements to it, so you'd be able to pick it up rather quickly. The final 4 is on ESPN2 next weekend, but it's memorial day weekend, which makes it hard for most people to see.
ESPN has been doing a good job of mixing in explanations of the basics during breaks. Also Inside Lacrosse (http://www.insidelacrosse.com/) is a good site for news and information. The message boards are good about providing information also. There are some decent videos on the site as well.

Okay now for today's scores:
UVA smashed Hopkins 19-8
DUke beat UNC 12-11

From the way UVA played today, it would be tough to pick against them in the next 2 games. They've just run over their opposition thus far.

[Tallman388]

Here's this weekend's schedule, the semis will be on ESPN2 on Saturday, the championship will be on ESPN on Monday at 1 PM.

Duke v. Syracuse at Noon
UVA v. Cornell at 2:30ish

I'll say UVA is advancing, but the Duke/Syracuse game should be a really good one

[joeyballsack]

Lacrosse.

Salt potatoes.

Snowmobiling.

That's what Syracuse does.

If SU can hang on to win this Duke game, and Virginia can win it will set up a great rematch game in the finals.

[Charlie_Don't_Surf]

Wow, Cornell walks away with this game!!!!

and to think I could have played(probably sit on the bench) for them.

[joeyballsack]

Cornell vs. Syracuse in the finals.

Lemoyne University is playing for the Division II championship and Cortland is playing for the Division III championship.

All four schools are in about a 50 mile radius of Syracuse so its going to be a good weekend for Central NY lacrosse.

[drjoek]

Big upset there by Cornell

Nice to see CJ Costible,local kid playing for Duke today.

[PD]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3d/CornellBigRed.png

as for Local kids, Max Seibald is from around here.

[Tallman388]

Yesterday couldn't have been more lopsided, if Cornell plays as well tomorrow as they did yesterday, the championship game should be a good one.

[joeyballsack]

Holy shit..what a great game !

[Tallman388]

I can't believe 'Cuse just stole victory from Cornell with 4 seconds to go!! That was un-fucking-believable!!!

[Tallman388]

And 'Cuse wins in OT!! That was probably one of the best title games since Princeton beat Syracuse in OT in 2001.

[joeyballsack]

http://www.cnycentral.com/uploadedImages/wstm/Sports/Stories/SyracuseLacrosse.jpg

Back to back !

[Charlie_Don't_Surf]

The heartbreak. :glurps: