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NCAA First Round- SB @ Johns Hopkins
By: Chairman of the Board Date: May 7, 2012, 7:11 am
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Sunday 5/13 3pm ET
SB takes on the #2 seeded Johns Hopkins Bluejays at the Mecca of
lacrosse, Homewood Field in Baltimore, MD.
If you read a selection of some of the Hopkins chatter, for
which there is much, some have already penciled in a victory and
await the winner of Lehigh/Maryland.
Fortunately for SB, three things: I think Greeley is hurt; SB is
playing at its peak of 2012; and Hopkins was seeded arguably
higher than it should so SB isnt playing a true #2.
[move]GO SB[/move]
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Re: NCAA First Round- SB @ Johns Hopkins
By: Sblax808 Date: May 7, 2012, 7:48 am
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This team has proved that they can play with anyone. A few
Weeks ago they were very close to beating a Yale team that just
cruised to an IVY league title. Hopkins was exposed in the Navy
game!!
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Re: NCAA First Round- SB @ Johns Hopkins
By: ecasadoSBU Date: May 7, 2012, 7:51 am
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I think our team will match up well. With the improvement and
confidence of this SBU squad I'm sure it will be a great game to
watch.
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Re: NCAA First Round- SB @ Johns Hopkins
By: Seawolf97 Date: May 7, 2012, 7:56 am
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Hopefully if the Blue Jays are looking past us we can shock
them a little.
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Re: NCAA First Round- SB @ Johns Hopkins
By: ry1nik Date: May 7, 2012, 8:18 am
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Anyone know how many #15 or 16 seeds have beaten the #2 or 1
seeds in tournament history? I expect there would be a better
chance in lacrosse than in hoops.
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Re: NCAA First Round- SB @ Johns Hopkins
By: sbufan Date: May 7, 2012, 8:27 am
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My concern about Hopkins is they are very good at the faceoff.
It seems like Laforet has made big strides in the last couple
games. If we can keep possessions about even, we'll be in the
game. I think Hopkins only has 1 real facilitator on their
attack in Palmer, and with Moeller (who Kevin Crowley said the
other day was the best takeaway defender he's ever played
against) on Palmer, Hopkins will need to generate their offense
from midfield. So I'm thinking keep their mids outside and give
Brady a chance to make the stop. It'll be interesting to see how
Hopkins plays Tundo, Campbell, Bonanno.
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Re: NCAA First Round- SB @ Johns Hopkins
By: Chairman of the Board Date: May 7, 2012, 8:28 am
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Well its weird- in lacrosse at least. The 16 team format has
only been around for 9 seasons (used to be 12, with top 4
getting a bye). Now that there's 16, there are no seeds below
8. Therefore, 8 could play anywhere from 9-14, and 1 could play
anywhere from 9-14. They do try however, to make it so that the
higher seed plays the "weaker" team.
But they have all kinds of considerations to take into account-
for example, travel costs, who already played, distance, where
fans will travel to, where the neutral sites are for the QF,
etc. Just to name a few.
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Re: NCAA First Round- SB @ Johns Hopkins
By: Chairman of the Board Date: May 7, 2012, 8:33 am
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[quote]It'll be interesting to see how Hopkins plays Tundo,
Campbell, Bonanno. [/quote]
It will be. All three like to dodge- a lot. Id have to think a
team like JHU, which hasnt really seen SB play, will look at the
stats and the previous years and just pole Campbell. Otherwise,
they will then see that Tundo has been moved to middie and is
now an initiator. UA caught on to this (benefit of playing SB
the week before) and double poled the mids, by keeping a short
on Belton. Hence, we saw a lot of dodging and inverts from
Bonanno.
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Re: NCAA First Round- SB @ Johns Hopkins
By: Sblax808 Date: May 7, 2012, 9:14 am
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Is lafforet physical enough to guard ranagan? Any shot Judge
moves up to lpm to play ranagan?
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Re: NCAA First Round- SB @ Johns Hopkins
By: Chairman of the Board Date: May 7, 2012, 10:00 am
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Good question and i havent thought about that. I was more
worried with containing Palmer, he's the primary feeder and also
a finisher. I would have to guess Moeller marks him up. JHU
has big, physical middies and that will mismatch LeVerne,
Millican, etc. But not outclassed by talent- size alone.
Assuming Ranagan pushes the ball from up top, slides will have
to come early, and from what ive seen, SB hasnt been doing this
lately against AE opponents, but rather protects the crease.
This has worked well because Brady has saved nearly EVERYTHING
from up top (and not screened). He is really seeing the ball
well. With that said, JHU has much better shooters from up top;
however, still rather take that shot than the crease feed.
Historically (JHU fans correct me if im wrong) the Jays dont
play much depth, im thinking top 14 guys will command the lion's
share of PT. Wonder if we can use that to our advantage, OR,
since we are potentially outmatched at faceoff, do we not want a
shootout.
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