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Butch said:
Yale lacrosse is producing investment bankers. Almost all of the seniors, if I recalling correctly, are going into investment banking, even one drafted by MLL. They have jobs lined up.

Got myself a Yale lacrosse sweatshirt. Lacrosse is far better than soccer. Yale was down in their last regular season game vs Harvard in the fourth quarter, 8-4. Yale won, 9-8.
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I went to the Yale/Brown game in Providence a couple weeks ago. Those are the best teams either of those schools has had in recent memory. They're #1 and #3 on Laxpower.
 
superjohn said:
I loved playing Lacrosse but I find it pretty bad to watch, I also find baseball incredibly boring. Outside of NBA playoffs and the tennis majors, spring/summer is where I kind of check out as a sports fan.
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Are you Skip Bayless?
 
CallMeBruce said:
I went to the Yale/Brown game in Providence a couple weeks ago. Those are the best teams either of those schools has had in recent memory. They're #1 and #3 on Laxpower.
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Anyone who calls the sport boring should jump on the Brown bandwagon. Lars lets them play. When you're hanging 20-spots on Princeton, Cornell, and Virginia you've got an offense. Best attack unit in the country bar none, some great poles who get out in transition, and the best goalie in the country starting the break. When people used to call lacrosse the fastest game on two feet they're talking about the way Brown plays now.

As far as making the leap to D1, it wouldn't be too much to expect UConn to at least compete with some of the better programs relatively early on. There are only 70 or so D1 programs so there's a lot of concentrated talent. Witness schools like Michigan and Marquette. They're not going to win a national championship anytime soon, but Michigan doesn't embarrass itself against top flight teams and Marquette ran with Denver last week.
 
BigErnMcCracken said:
Anyone who calls the sport boring should jump on the Brown bandwagon. Lars lets them play. When you're hanging 20-spots on Princeton, Cornell, and Virginia you've got an offense. Best attack unit in the country bar none, some great poles who get out in transition, and the best goalie in the country starting the break. When people used to call lacrosse the fastest game on two feet they're talking about the way Brown plays now.

As far as making the leap to D1, it wouldn't be too much to expect UConn to at least compete with some of the better programs relatively early on. There are only 70 or so D1 programs so there's a lot of concentrated talent. Witness schools like Michigan and Marquette. They're not going to win a national championship anytime soon, but Michigan doesn't embarrass itself against top flight teams and Marquette ran with Denver last week.
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And Michigan and Wisconsin aren't exactly churning out top lacrosse talent, at least relative to CT. If UConn went back to D1 and got a real coach this time (Pressler, plz), I don't think there's any reason they couldn't be every bit as good as a school like Maryland or UNC.
 
Michigan's got maybe 2 or 3 in-state kids on the roster. The rest are from NY, MD, CT, NJ . . . the usual suspects. A big New England public school could definitely keep enough guys at home to compete. I don't think they would challenge the perennial powers consistently, but they could be a Top 20-ish program pretty quickly.
 
BigErnMcCracken said:
Michigan's got maybe 2 or 3 in-state kids on the roster. The rest are from NY, MD, CT, NJ . . . the usual suspects. A big New England public school could definitely keep enough guys at home to compete.
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That's my point. Michigan and Marquette are able to be competitive despite being in locations that don't produce much talent. UConn would have a much easier time bringing in good players, since there are a ton of great players in CT.

I don't think they would challenge the perennial powers consistently, but they could be a Top 20-ish program pretty quickly.
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I think they could, but they'd need to make the right hire.
 
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CallMeBruce said:
That's my point. Michigan and Marquette are able to be competitive despite being in locations that don't produce much talent. UConn would have a much easier time bringing in good players, since there are a ton of great players in CT.


I think they could, but they'd need to make the right hire.
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Sure, Tierney could probably do it. Top flight kids are still going to lean Hopkins, Virginia, Carolina, etc.
 
Butch said:
Yale lacrosse is producing investment bankers. Almost all of the seniors, if I recalling correctly, are going into investment banking, even one drafted by MLL. They have jobs lined up.

Got myself a Yale lacrosse sweatshirt. Lacrosse is far better than soccer. Yale was down in their last regular season game vs Harvard in the fourth quarter, 8-4. Yale won, 9-8.
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Butch, I was there Saturday. Yale looked like crap for three quarters on the offensive end, and then just completely turned that game around. An amazing comeback and a great game to watch.
I was also there the week before for another thrilling game, when Yale down one, held Albany on defense, gained possession with 16 seconds, and scored with 2 on the clock. The pace went wild. They had their chance in OT, but the Albany goalie made a great play and then Albany scored on its first possession of OT. I was also there earlier this season for the win over Maryland.
I don't know if Yale has the offense to get to the final four, but it's defense should keep them in every game. They really are scrappy, a fun team to root for.
 
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BigErnMcCracken said:
Anyone who calls the sport boring should jump on the Brown bandwagon. Lars lets them play. When you're hanging 20-spots on Princeton, Cornell, and Virginia you've got an offense. Best attack unit in the country bar none, some great poles who get out in transition, and the best goalie in the country starting the break. When people used to call lacrosse the fastest game on two feet they're talking about the way Brown plays now.

As far as making the leap to D1, it wouldn't be too much to expect UConn to at least compete with some of the better programs relatively early on. There are only 70 or so D1 programs so there's a lot of concentrated talent. Witness schools like Michigan and Marquette. They're not going to win a national championship anytime soon, but Michigan doesn't embarrass itself against top flight teams and Marquette ran with Denver last week.
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Did you play high school lacrosse in Connecticut?
 
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BarkingDog said:
Butch, I was there Saturday. Yale looked like crap for three quarters on the offensive end, and then just completely turned that game around. An amazing comeback and a great game to watch.
I was also there the week before for another thrilling game, when Yale down one, held Albany on defense, gained possession with 16 seconds, and scored with 2 on the clock. The pace went wild. They had their chance in OT, but the Albany goalie made a great play and then Albany scored on its first possession of OT. I was also there earlier this season for the win over Maryland.
I don't know if Yale has the offense to get to the final four, but it's defense should keep them in every game. They really are scrappy, a fun team to root for.
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Academics at Ivy League schools make it difficult for them to attract elite offensive talent in most sport. But defense is obviously a strength at multiple programs.
 
superjohn said:
Nice, played with a great player from West Genesee. Really good lax up there.
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Was a bit of a different game in the FCIAC's and Upstate NY. Both really good, but different. But even that has changed a bit over time.
 
New 2016 Men's D1 Program:
Hampton

Starting Men's D1 Program in 2017:
Cleveland State


Lot's of budget, Title IX considerations at UConn. Would love to see it and I think it would be a 'sleeping giant' in the sport. Just not sure the timing is good.
 
Butch said:
Academics at Ivy League schools make it difficult for them to attract elite offensive talent in most sport. But defense is obviously a strength at multiple programs.
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Brown had far and away the most prolific offense in the country this year, something like 8 all-Americans, and was an untimely injury to the best player in the country away from winning the whole thing.
 
I live in avon and they start these kids in pre k.wild. there is practicing on one of the fields everyday until 8 or 9 for little ones. Boys and girls
 
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CallMeBruce said:
And Michigan and Wisconsin aren't exactly churning out top lacrosse talent, at least relative to CT. If UConn went back to D1 and got a real coach this time (Pressler, plz), I don't think there's any reason they couldn't be every bit as good as a school like Maryland or UNC.
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I I was going to mention Pressler too. He played for arguably one of the great lax high school coach, at the time, Guy Whitten, who won 20 Ct state championships.
 
hexlub said:
New 2016 Men's D1 Program:
Hampton

Starting Men's D1 Program in 2017:
Cleveland State


Lot's of budget, Title IX considerations at UConn. Would love to see it and I think it would be a 'sleeping giant' in the sport. Just not sure the timing is good.
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I'd love to see it. It's just not that expensive a sport to run. They could play on the turf field next to Gampel, and you'd be recruiting one of the most fertile areas in the country. I see no reason that they couldn't be at least as good as UMass.
 
uconnphil2016 said:
I played in CT at RHAM and loved it. Played goalie. People who say lax isnt tough should step between the pipes and take a shot off the thigh before they talk
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You must be pretty young. Didn't RHAM only start a team about 6-7 years ago?
 
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Sonofabeach said:
My son plays for Waterford high and I love watching the game, reminds me of hockey just no skates
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... nor nearly the speed nor not so forgiving boards to crash into, yet still an exciting, growing sport.
 
If the moved up, and I hope it eventually happens, they would probably share the soccer stadium that will be built in the future. I noticed a lot schools use campus soccer stadiums. locally Yale and Fairfield do the same.
 
uconnell said:
I I was going to mention Pressler too. He played for arguably one of the great lax high school coach, at the time, Guy Whitten, who won 20 Ct state championships.
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If Virginia is smart Pressler's going to be locked up for the rest of his career in Charlottesville.
 
BigErnMcCracken said:
If Virginia is smart Pressler's going to be locked up for the rest of his career in Charlottesville.
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Still seems crazy that they canned Starsia. I don't know if Pressler would go to UVA. He seems to feel a loyalty to Bryant after they were the only ones to give him a look in the aftermath of the Duke nonsense.
 
WhereistheDove? said:
Agree with this. Fun sport to play, really rough sport to watch.
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I played HS soccer and loved it. I have never been able to really watch soccer either in person or on TV. I used to think it was mainly the low
scoring. I can watch a low scoring baseball game but not sure I would like a steady diet of that or ditto football.
 
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