2021 NCAA Tournament

[jknezek]

Question for the group: Is it better to get bounced in the first weekend, or make it to the second weekend and get run off the field?

Always better to go deeper. You take every win as special, tournament wins even more so. Getting to the sweet sixteen is an accomplishment among 400+ teams no matter how you end it.

[Gregory Sager]

Question for the group: Is it better to get bounced in the first weekend, or make it to the second weekend and get run off the field?

Always better to go deeper. You take every win as special, tournament wins even more so. Getting to the sweet sixteen is an accomplishment among 400+ teams no matter how you end it.

Agreed. I have to imagine that it's a better tool on the recruiting trail as well. The words "Sweet Sixteen" are a real selling point. Nobody cares about the details of your last loss when you're sitting in their living room trying to persuade them to attend your school.

[Hopkins92]

Absolute banger from W&L to take a 1-0 lead in the 1st. Dude acted like "eh, no big deal. I score 22 yard upper 90 bangers all the time." Icy.

[jknezek]

Pretty goal but about all that's been pretty so far. Looks very much like a sweet sixteen d3 game. Big bodies, longer balls, individual efforts. Going to be a slugfest I think.

[Hopkins92]

Flipping back and forth and doing other stuff, but... Sure seems like the Shoremen are hanging tough with Tufts. Every time I check in, WC is bringing the ball into their attacking 3rd.

[jknezek]

Generals got away with some shambolic defending right before the half. Need to regroup or that 1 goal lead is going to be hard to hold on to.

[Another Mom]

Michael Nyc 's two saves at the very end were spectacular,  I thought. He makes a difference for W&L.

PS the camera work is driving me nuts though.

[Hopkins92]

Wonder strike from the Captains! Jumbos with a quality finish of their own. Both just into the start of their respective second halves.

And, Ladies and Gentlemen, the dream is alive on the Eastern Shore! Brilliant cross finds a striker in the box, one touch to settle and a banger near post.

We are level up in Boston, 35th(ish) minute.

[jknezek]

Michael Nyc 's two saves at the very end were spectacular,  I thought. He makes a difference for W&L.

PS the camera work is driving me nuts though.

Yes. The Commentators are good, but the camera work is giving me a headache. I also think the ref is letting CNU play rougher than W&L. Interesting because usually the big guys don't get the calls but today they are by a bit. Not egregious, but definitely a bit odd.

And the camera man completely misses W&L's second goal.

[Hopkins92]

PS the camera work is driving me nuts though.

I assume it was a nice 2nd goal for Adrian Zimmerman? Camera was locked to the right side of the field... again. Almost unwatchable.

[jknezek]

PS the camera work is driving me nuts though.

I assume it was a nice 2nd goal for Adrian Zimmerman? Camera was locked to the right side of the field... again. Almost unwatchable.

It was. The guy had 6 in the regular season. 7 so far in the NCAA Tournament. But sitting on a yellow from this game is a bit scary.

And W&L gets another on some nice play into the box. 3-1 W&L.

[jknezek]

And the Captains thread one through. Really nice run and finish from the striker. 3-2 with 17 minutes to go. Good game from a competitive standpoint.

[Hopkins92]

PS the camera work is driving me nuts though.

I assume it was a nice 2nd goal for Adrian Zimmerman? Camera was locked to the right side of the field... again. Almost unwatchable.

It was. The guy had 6 in the regular season. 7 so far in the NCAA Tournament. But sitting on a yellow from this game is a bit scary.

And W&L gets another on some nice play into the box. 3-1 W&L.

Wow. Captains get one back. 3-2 W&L. Quite an affair down there.

[jknezek]

And both teams have beaten the keeper and hit near post in the last 5 minutes.

[jknezek]

Just going end to end. Feels like there is one more goal in this game before the end of regulation. But no idea who gets it.