Lacrosse Final Four: Maryland-Duke Open Thread
by Ben Broman on May 28, 2011 2:00 PM EDT
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Today is a lacrosse day, everyone. But before we get to tonight's main event, a shoutout goes out to the Maryland women's lacrosse team, who toppled Duke yesterday to reach the WLax championship game. It was a relatively one-sided, 14-8 win for the Terps, who will take on Northwestern on Sunday in a rematch of last year's title game.
The men's team will be looking to reproduce that feat, as they too take on Duke in the Final Four tonight. They've already played the Blue Devils twice this year, losing the first game and winning the rematch a few weeks ago. It's on tonight at 6:30 on ESPN2. With the game being in Baltimore, I'm sure a lot of you will be there. Right? Right.
If you've been around here awhile, you'll know that, while a fan of lax, I'm not knowledgeable enough to comment on it. So, I'll leave that up to smarter people than me. Like ESPN's Kyle Harrison:
The Terps are really scary right now as they are just starting to believe in themselves and their ability. Ryan Young and Grant Catalino are a lethal combination, and Maryland's defense is stingy. Duke definitely has some playmakers on both sides of the ball and clearly has the experience of playing on the big stage. I'm going with Maryland in a tight one.
And Quint Kessenich:
Last week the turtles played at a snail's pace. Maryland was warned for stalling 11 times in its upset of Syracuse. Since the 1980s, no team has stalled its way to a title. It'll be easier for Duke to chase Terp ball carriers on Saturday than on Monday when the gas tanks are running on empty. Duke's coach John Danowski must weigh defensive risk with reward. "Do we chase and press on the perimeter, or play it straight up? That's the quandary," he said.
For what it's worth - not that much, but still - nine of ten of InsideLacrosse's writers are picking Maryland here. That's bordering on overconfidence from where I stand, especially given Maryland's inconsistent past and Duke's own relatively high standing, but hey, what do I know?
UVA-Denver is the opening act at 4:00. I'll be in and out throughout the day, so discuss here.
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Congrats to the ladies!
Don’t let them show you up, boys!
Go terps
Could be an acc final with UVA kicking the crap out of Denver. As long as MD holds Justin Turley to a few pts I think MD has this. Yes, I’m biased a terps fan but MD won the ACC crown in regular season vs Dook so why not again right? Terps advance 12-8 today!! GO TERPS!!!
Alot of people here at M&T Bank. I don’t even think all the UMD fans have shown up yet. There were still alot of them in the parking lot when I got into the first game, and that was during the first quarter. The stadium has slowly got redder and redder every minute.
"No disrespect to Patrick Peterson and Prince Amukamara, but I just think I have better cover skills. They get tested a lot, and that’s for a reason. The other team sees something in their game that they want to attack, and me playing in the same league as Prince, we played the same teams and they didn’t attack me the same. So why does that happen?" - CB Jimmy Smith
Overwhelmingly red now, I hope?
by NAmstrong on May 28, 2011 6:30 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
i believe thats called
the johnny depp. i made that up but its super lame
see those fans duke?
the red is us. the black is us. the yellow is us. the white is us. that dark blue is actually purple, and thats us too.
Lets gooo Maryland
I know were winning but how is it looking?
Any domination or is it even-sided?
by terpfan812 on May 28, 2011 7:19 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
duke had the first 4 of 5 minutes possesion
but we have turned it around, holding onto the ball better and getting better looks at the goal
also niko looks dirty
Lets gooo Maryland
why do the offensive players randomly streak toward their own goal
and the defenders follow them?
They're trying to substitute
Those players want to get off and sub with a more offensively-oriented player (which they usually do at the midfield line because its faster)
I don't understand this game 100%
But I’m cheering my head off for the Terps!
I like Turtles!
by RedTurtle on May 28, 2011 7:47 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Act like we are down one...
And we will win. No “Prevent” please. That said, Tillman won’t play like he has a lead (let alone 3). Let’s finish this!!!
So far so good
The biggest thing I can see is our terps are bringing the wood and dook isn’t used to it. Causing turnovers and our boys are out hustling them. Defense is doing a solid job and doing early slides for double teams on Howell and Turley which is key. Holmes is doing a great job on the X (faceoff) and his wings are doing a hell of a job getting the ground balls (GBs) . Time for Young, Catalino, and Cummings to take over. Expect some stall warnings guys from our terps and waiting for Dook to press out and then we’ll back door cut them or feed up top for the shot from our middies.
GO TERPS!! 1 more quarter for the finals
It's weird to watch a MD Duke game....
Where the refs aren’t biased against us
by Righty Driesell on May 28, 2011 8:29 PM EDT reply actions
what are the stall rules?
what’s to stop us from just tossing around the ball for minutes at a time and just running the clock off?
They can call a stall, but that doesn’t really change a whole lot.
It just makes it so we need to stay in the box on offense.
i still dont get it
technically cant we run the clock all the way down? is it an etiquette thing?
no it’s up to the defense to come get the ball. There alot of talk of adding a shot clock because they are slowing the game down big time but I like it the way it is.
was just gonna say that
a shot clock would make the game way faster and more interesting. not that i dont like it now, im a closet lax fan
we are play killer D
holding Howell and their other guns to ONLY 3 goals at the moment is AWESOME. Also like coach said, Niko bailed us out several times.
another question from a marginal lax fan to the more knowledgeable out there
are we playing unreal defense or is dook just sucking or is this kinda fluky?
Our D is experienced
I think we are senior driven on D and playing very well. Sliding early to stop any dodges and keeping middle closed off. Like I said earlier the fact their attack hasn’t seen the ball in a LONG time thanks to great possession from our offense it helped too. Oh add we are hitting the crap out of those punks!!!
and they're a bunch of weak girlie men
by NeonParkTerp on May 28, 2011 8:46 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
gotta say i was expecting...
a one or two goal game, decided at the wire with a questio
nable call….
thats cute
dookie thinking a goal matters. i feel like they havent scored since the 2nd q
It's not over until the clock has three zero's
so stop jumping the gun
I like Turtles!
M&T is going crazy! It is mayhem here right now.
"No disrespect to Patrick Peterson and Prince Amukamara, but I just think I have better cover skills. They get tested a lot, and that’s for a reason. The other team sees something in their game that they want to attack, and me playing in the same league as Prince, we played the same teams and they didn’t attack me the same. So why does that happen?" - CB Jimmy Smith
Virginia hasn't got a chance...
They suck more than dook. Go Terps!
by NeonParkTerp on May 28, 2011 9:02 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Great Job Boys
Everything was solid! Held Dook to 4 goals and playing light out D! Keep that D because gotta stop Stanwick, White, and Bocklet. I wonder if Briggs will play or not? UVA has much more better offense than Dook so our D needs to play like we did today! GO TERPS!!!
kinda strage but...
i was glad we gave up the first goal. Gotta play with that chip on your shoulder.
I'm glad we are unseeded
our boys are playing that great underdog role and MAJORLY pissed off!!!
That game was sweet
Lets get that natty sweep
by T Free on May 28, 2011 9:11 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
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