Williams will be very good no question
Williams will be very good no question
Hard dart wrote:
JoeBro wrote:Top ten waaaaaaay too early predictions for next year:
1) North Central/St. Olaf: Tempted to say Olaf because they will have the best 1-2 punch in the nation, but Central's depth and youth will develop a lot into next year and are gamers at the big dance. Should be a great race.
3) UW Lacrosse - Just one senior in their top 5 and strong pack running. Need a low stick to come out of the wood work or they could fall, however.
4) St. lawrence - Returning top 4 with one of the best 1-2's in the nation.
5) Tufts - Return their top 3 with Nichols as a front runner for #1, could be dangerous if they have depth.
6) Eau Claire - Need depth to to piece back together a solid team, but I can't see the defending champs falling too much farther woth such talent up front.
7) Williams - Lose big pieces after this year, but are seemingly always gamers. I did not expect a runner up from them this year.
8) Carnegie Mellon - I may get heat for this but I can see Archer being a viable # 1 next year and then they just lose one senior from their 2-6 that were separated by just 10 seconds. With development of that pack, they could be a serious team next year.
9) MIT - One of the youngest teams out there this year and will have a strong 1-2.
10) Amherst - Back to back years inside top ten, good coach, good recruiting, and Mo to lead the way.
I'm really not sure why you put Williams down so low. Remove Bijan and they're still 2nd in the nation. They're deeper than most teams--they had the best 6th, 7th, and 8th men in the nation, and their number 2 blew out at nationals and they still got 2nd. Their number 2 was a sophomore. It's always hard to replicate the magic, but putting them in the top 5, right around where Tufts is, doesn't seem to be too crazy.
And where the heck is Geneseo!? They lose their 2 and 4 but bring back everyone else. Garcia-Cassani is only a soph and will be back like a boss next year and they have such crazy depth that they have like 5 guys that didn't even make their national team, that if substituted into those 2 spots they lose, would STILL allow them to finish in the top 3 as a team. They're gonna be d-d-d-dirty son! Calling dark-horse win, let alone top 10.
I second that. Geneseo is going to be good. Looking at the results, their 2 man at nationals was their 5th, 6th , or 7th man all year. Geneseo finished third in the country with what seemed to be a bit of an off day. Alfredo was their second man all year and finished 5th on the team. They are going to be really good next year.
hype wrote:
I second that. Geneseo is going to be good. Looking at the results, their 2 man at nationals was their 5th, 6th , or 7th man all year. Geneseo finished third in the country with what seemed to be a bit of an off day. Alfredo was their second man all year and finished 5th on the team. They are going to be really good next year.
Agreed, Geneseo is deeper than I am in your mom's butthole. They will have talent to replace the two they're graduating.
Midwest Fool wrote:
My bold prediction for next year: the top 10 teams will only be out of the Midwest and Northeast regions with 4 NESCAC schools.
The central region won't let that happen. Losing those top 3 guys it will be tough for Olaf to recover. But Loras College definitely goes top ten. Finished 14th this year and only loses their 4 man. They return one All-American and could have 2 more next year
Fogle's Kid Meal wrote:
If teams from the Midwest area (and I stress AREA, not region, meaning St. Olaf counts as well) don't go 1,2,3. I will literally eat my own weiners that I make at The Weiner Shop (madison, WI). These weiners are huge and really satly but all the kids from the Madison area say its the best weiners they've ever had. So maybe it'll be good if the Midwest doesn't sweep 1,2,3 but I doubt it will happen because the East Coast is as soft as the weiners you find at East Coast Meats. And we all know that the East Coast Meats is full of soft weiners.
So uh..... How bout them wieners?
why is allegheny in the great lakes region while ps-behrend, which is literally two miles from lake erie, is mideast?
say what what wrote:
why is allegheny in the great lakes region while ps-behrend, which is literally two miles from lake erie, is mideast?
what are you doing. Get out.
gdeegz wrote:
say what what wrote:why is allegheny in the great lakes region while ps-behrend, which is literally two miles from lake erie, is mideast?
what are you doing. Get out.
no, seriously, why? i'm just curious
With some exceptions (like the UAA) the NCAA prefers all schools from a specific conference to compete in the same region. Allegheny is in the NCAC (all Great Lakes schools). Likely the people at Allegheny saw competing in the GL Region as an easier road to the NCAAs than the Mid East.
Hamilton.