I think boston U would be a great hockey only addition to the big 10, they would also fit into the cic fine. Yet, bu is probably happy where they are hockey wise.

(06-02-2013 08:52 PM)TomThumb Wrote:  

(06-02-2013 08:47 PM)jaminandjachin Wrote:  Lacrosse is one of the fastest growing sports in the country. The ACC and B1G will dominate for years to come.

Maybe it's a midwest/mid-Atlantic thing. Here in California I've never heard anyone ever utter the word lacrosse unless it was related to the Duke lacrosse team scandal. I doubt you could even find 1 person out of 100 who could describe what the game or the equipment look like.

I've heard more discussion of and enthusiasm for curling here in LA than for lacrosse.

Google "lacrosse, growth" in the news section and the results will be enlightening. Practically every non traditional lax area except southern Cal has explodii ng interest. Some stories ars about lax growng too fast.

Would love curling to be an NCAA sport. N Dakota would dominate!

(06-02-2013 08:52 PM)TomThumb Wrote:  

(06-02-2013 08:47 PM)jaminandjachin Wrote:  Lacrosse is one of the fastest growing sports in the country. The ACC and B1G will dominate for years to come.

Maybe it's a midwest/mid-Atlantic thing. Here in California I've never heard anyone ever utter the word lacrosse unless it was related to the Duke lacrosse team scandal. I doubt you could even find 1 person out of 100 who could describe what the game or the equipment look like.

I've heard more discussion of and enthusiasm for curling here in LA than for lacrosse.

Lacrosse is on par with field hockey in the minds of most.

None of the remaining ACC teams needed an AQ, the ACC will be fine and probably didn't pursue Hop anyways. The ECAC on the other hand, is screwed.

And Hopkins will be joining with all of its D1 sports.

(06-02-2013 08:00 PM)Gray Avenger Wrote:  

(06-02-2013 07:57 PM)omniorange Wrote:  

(06-02-2013 07:38 PM)4x4hokies Wrote:  So ND as a partial member is bad and not adding JH as a partial member is also bad.

Some people will complain no matter what.

It's why I take full advantage of the ignore button.

Cheers,
Neil

95% of America cares nothing about lacrosse.

You continue to be one strange poster.

What in the world does your reply here have to do with my post?

In case you are unaware, there is this REPLY button at the bottom of the page where you can just hit it and make statements that relate to the thread overall, but don't have anything in particular to do with any one specific post in the thread.

Cheers,
Neil

(06-02-2013 09:08 PM)AtlanticLeague Wrote:  None of the remaining ACC teams needed an AQ, the ACC will be fine and probably didn't pursue Hop anyways. The ECAC on the other hand, is screwed.

And Hopkins will be joining with all of its D1 sports.

Who is the best option for the ACC to take if they need a 6th. I'm not talking about any full member schools like Loyola(MD) who is in the Patriot for all sports. I'm talking ECAC or affiliate members of other conferences.

(06-02-2013 08:42 PM)Captain Bearcat Wrote:  

(06-02-2013 08:00 PM)Gray Avenger Wrote:  

(06-02-2013 07:57 PM)omniorange Wrote:  

(06-02-2013 07:38 PM)4x4hokies Wrote:  So ND as a partial member is bad and not adding JH as a partial member is also bad.

Some people will complain no matter what.

It's why I take full advantage of the ignore button.

Cheers,
Neil

95% of America cares nothing about lacrosse.

Are you trying to say that 16 million people care about college lacrosse? That's probably a good ballpark estimate. That's a huge number, and makes the topic worthy of discussion.

(06-02-2013 09:11 PM)Fresno St. Alum Wrote:  

(06-02-2013 09:08 PM)AtlanticLeague Wrote:  None of the remaining ACC teams needed an AQ, the ACC will be fine and probably didn't pursue Hop anyways. The ECAC on the other hand, is screwed.

And Hopkins will be joining with all of its D1 sports.

Who is the best option for the ACC to take if they need a 6th. I'm not talking about any full member schools like Loyola(MD) who is in the Patriot for all sports. I'm talking ECAC or affiliate members of other conferences.

They don't need a sixth.

Whoever wins the ACC makes it into the tourney (along with three or four other ACC teams). Adding the AQ is redundant.

That being said, Georgetown or navy would make the most sense.

(06-02-2013 09:01 PM)bluesox Wrote:  I think boston U would be a great hockey only addition to the big 10, they would also fit into the cic fine. Yet, bu is probably happy where they are hockey wise.

I don't really see any other associate members for the Big Ten. It was basically a perfect storm for this JHU situation: lacrosse is JHU's *only* Division I sport (so they're technically "all in" for D1 sports in the Big Ten), it's an academic powerhouse located in an area that the Big Ten is specifically expanding in, and the Big Ten needed 1 more school to get a lacrosse AQ bid. There's no comparison to schools like Notre Dame or BU that have a full slate of Division I sports.

(06-02-2013 08:00 PM)Gray Avenger Wrote:  

(06-02-2013 07:57 PM)omniorange Wrote:  

(06-02-2013 07:38 PM)4x4hokies Wrote:  So ND as a partial member is bad and not adding JH as a partial member is also bad.

Some people will complain no matter what.

It's why I take full advantage of the ignore button.

Cheers,
Neil

95% of America cares nothing about lacrosse.

is that the official number or did you just make it up....

Good for Hopkins.

They'll get to be Big 10 champs pretty much every year for at least a decade.

(06-02-2013 08:52 PM)TomThumb Wrote:  

(06-02-2013 08:47 PM)jaminandjachin Wrote:  Lacrosse is one of the fastest growing sports in the country. The ACC and B1G will dominate for years to come.

Maybe it's a midwest/mid-Atlantic thing. Here in California I've never heard anyone ever utter the word lacrosse unless it was related to the Duke lacrosse team scandal. I doubt you could even find 1 person out of 100 who could describe what the game or the equipment look like.

I've heard more discussion of and enthusiasm for curling here in LA than for lacrosse.

Stanford vs UCLA

(06-02-2013 09:19 PM)10thMountain Wrote:  Good for Hopkins.

They'll get to be Big 10 champs pretty much every year for at least a decade.

I'm sure we will trade off.

Hey, I'm a 5%-er!!!

I like watching Men's Lacrosse myself.

the ACC dosnt need autobid, they will continue to get multibids to the post season. Question is dsoes the ecac fold? down to 4
Bellarmine...ASUN?
Fairfield...colonial? maac?
Hobart...?
Air Force...?

the north eastern nees a 6th but dont think they would be appealing to hobart or Fairfield

Smells like another ACC-B1G challenge coming---lacrosse style!

(06-02-2013 09:19 PM)10thMountain Wrote:  Good for Hopkins.

They'll get to be Big 10 champs pretty much every year for at least a decade.

To be sure, Maryland is as much of a lacrosse powerhouse as JHU. It would likely trade off between those two, although Ohio State has been looking good lately (and they have more athletic funds than anyone).

(06-02-2013 08:52 PM)TomThumb Wrote:  

(06-02-2013 08:47 PM)jaminandjachin Wrote:  Lacrosse is one of the fastest growing sports in the country. The ACC and B1G will dominate for years to come.

Maybe it's a midwest/mid-Atlantic thing. Here in California I've never heard anyone ever utter the word lacrosse unless it was related to the Duke lacrosse team scandal. I doubt you could even find 1 person out of 100 who could describe what the game or the equipment look like.

I've heard more discussion of and enthusiasm for curling here in LA than for lacrosse.

well SOMEONE outside of the east coast must have heard of lacrosse and know something about it. Since the following schools ?(among others) do have some form of a team

oregon
oregon state
washington
washington st
colorado
colorado st
texas
texas tech
tcu
baylor
smu
arizona
arizona st
california
michigan st
georgia tech
georgia
tennessee
arkansas
alabama
kentucky
florida
florida st
iowa
iowa st
purdue
indiana
wisconsin
minnesota
minnesota st
boise st
byu
stanford
usc
unlv
utah
clemson
missouri
kansas
kansas st
lsu
miami fla
idaho
montana
nebraska
vandy
ole miss
oklahoma

(06-02-2013 09:40 PM)Frank the Tank Wrote:  

(06-02-2013 09:19 PM)10thMountain Wrote:  Good for Hopkins.

They'll get to be Big 10 champs pretty much every year for at least a decade.

To be sure, Maryland is as much of a lacrosse powerhouse as JHU. It would likely trade off between those two, although Ohio State has been looking good lately (and they have more athletic funds than anyone).

Commentary on the UMD/JHU rivalry:
http://www.collegecrosse.com/college-lac...pins-terps

(06-02-2013 05:41 PM)gosports1 Wrote:  Cant say im surprised.
So what happens to the the ecac now?

The MAAC will be down to six after all of its shuffling - they are losing full member Loyola (MD) and affiliates VMI and Jacksonville - they can grab Hobart.

The CAA is losing Penn State to the Big Ten. The CAA can grab Fairfield for lacrosse if Fairfield isn't joining for all sports.

This leaves Bellarmine and Air Force - they join the NEC as they are down to four as Monmouth and Quinnipiac are leaving for the MAAC.