A few musings and thoughts concerning the NCAA Tournament games going on now through Memorial Day.
1. Men’s Division I: Is it me or does the Ivy League get entirely too much respect from the NCAA RAC Committee. Penn, Cornell and Harvard don’t make it through the first round and Hofstra is left out in the cold. However, how about the Thompsons and the Albany Great Danes? As my brother said,” I’d pay good money to see that act!” Lacrosse the way it’s supposed to be played, having fun and experimenting with the talent that is inside of every lacrosse player. Mike Pressler’s game plan was a thing of beauty, and ‘Cuse is wondering when the shot clock is going to be implemented. Duke keeps getting better as the season continues. Notre Dame’s defense has their work cut out for them this week. How many of you would have predicted even 4 years ago that the Lacrosse Elite Eight would include Drexel, Denver and Bryant. Ain’t the growth wonderful!
2. Men’s Division II & III: Adelphi and LIU-Post get to settle it on the field and Tampa adds new blood to the equation. D3: Hey folks, Ithaca is a good lacrosse team, how good is RIT? Some tremendous match ups in the D3 quarter finals, most intriguing to me is the Denison/Salisbury match up.
3. Women’s Division I: Can MD continue their march past Duke? Is this the year that UF dethrones a Past champion in Northwestern? #3 UNC taking on #6 UVA a match up made in heaven, and “Cuse vs.BC, Revisiting the Big East, Women’s Lax style!
4. Division II & III: So glad the women get to travel to play the LIU-Post/Adelphi game. It gives the match up the prestige it deserves and Lockhaven and Lindenwood get a piece of that spotlight also. D3: My picks are Cortland, Salisbury, Trinity and TCNJ in the final four, Is there another team that will get that breakthrough win York? Amherst? Or will Gettysburg get a home game?
Have fun cheering for your favorite!!!
Respectfully submitted,
Russ Ketcham
