NCAA TOURNAMENT 2024

[jknezek]

W&L is hosting the Field Hockey Final 4. D3 has about 150 teams as only really the mid Atlantic and up to the NE play field hockey. https://www.collegepipe.com/universities For instance in Maryland high schools, there are maybe 3/4 as many teams that play compared to every HS which plays soccer. In ODACs, 14 women's soccer teams v. 9 FH teams.

W&L is mainly hosting because it has a legit FH field as opposed to artificial turf fields on which the vast majority of teams in HS and D3 colleges play on. It basically is a very slick (watered before they start) surface that gets the ball going really, really fast. You'll see water come up when you slap the ball. https://generalssports.com/facilities/w-l-turf-field/3 

So hosting 4 teams with families of which W&L is not one of in a small rural town in VA and having women's soccer . . . 

yeah. It's not the first time W&L has hosted and I think they host again in 2 years. It is a great facility. Shame for women's soccer though. Legit Final 4 type team and they are on the road. Oh well. Got to win hard games to win championships. Hopefully they get through.

[d3soccerfan123]

The additional video is helpful.  The Messiah player got trucked, plain and simple.  Not unusual or close to a red imo and probably happens 10-15 times in most games.  But it was a foul. 

This is just clear as day. The Messiah player allows the ball to run across his body without scanning to see what is coming from behind him. In doing so the ball now has too much space and the defender pressuring the ball does not anticpate he would let it roll away from him. He has come in too quickly, definitely didn't slow down at all to try and play physical as to win and protect the ball. The defender crashes into the attacking players planted leg and that should have been that. Proceeding to then quickly throw up a quick finger wag knowing he fouled the player but hoping that the ref will not make the call.

Its a foul, nothing more than a foul, and should have been a Messiah free kick.

[SKUD]

Please, no one else take the curmudgeons bait and please let this die.

[PaulNewman]

The Skudster strikes again...and any moment now will be posting some solid, non-diarrhea commentary to give everyone something to chew on for the next 3 days.

[Hopkins92]

So I shouldn't post an elaborate analogy of a forensic expert who only sees a partial glimpse of the evidence of a crime, yet goes on the stand to make a series of forceful claims and observations based on the glimpse of said evidence?

Noted. I will refrain.

[PaulNewman]

As an actual forensic expert who testifies in courts daily I wish you would not refrain.

[Little Giant 89]

As an actual forensic expert who testifies in courts daily I wish you would not refrain.

So we should judge PN's analysis of the videotape according to the criteria set out in the Frye test.  Noted.

[Freddyfud]

I'd recommend Seinfeld, Kramer and Newman for any forensic analysis.



Sorry SKUD.  I am too weak to resist.

[Ponder]

Does anyone know the status of Conn Coll's star goalie Silvester? He exited the second round game vs F&M late in the second half with an apparent injury.

I do not know the status of the injury, but if he isn't able to go this weekend it would be a major loss for the camels

[PaulNewman]

Also on the availability front, any intel on UWEC's Nathan Donovan with a pre-med GPA of 3.88?

Played 86 minutes in the Blugolds' 1-0 WIAC championship victory over Platteville. DNPs for opening two rounds of NCAA tourney play. I think he's at 96 goals...so close to 100.

Can UWEC beat an excellent Platteville for a THIRD time in one season... especially if forced to go without Donovan, AA and WIAC athlete of the year?

Any opinions of who would have a better shot at upsetting the Mammoths? UWEC or Platteville?

[PaulNewman]

As an actual forensic expert who testifies in courts daily I wish you would not refrain.

So we should judge PN's analysis of the videotape according to the criteria set out in the Frye test.  Noted.

The Wabash Gentleman obviously still steamed about my misspelling of Monon Bell.

Btw, on the outpouring over curmudgeon avoidance, no one can avoid the creep of time. One day, if it hasn't happened already, you'll wake up, look in the mirror, and scream to your spouse "Hey, Hazel, OMG, it happened... I'm a curmudgeon." No worries, you'll adapt. But it's far more serious if you reach Old Codger status. Then you truly are done with no recourse or appeal process.

For those not from the South, a prototypical Old Codger is one of those old dudes on the front stoop of the general store with a Marlboro Red hanging out of one side of his mouth, playing checkers with two other old codgers while nursing a 16 oz RC Cola or Cheerwine in a bottle.

[SierraFD3soccer]

GET OFF MY LAWN!!

[Little Giant 89]

As an actual forensic expert who testifies in courts daily I wish you would not refrain.

So we should judge PN's analysis of the videotape according to the criteria set out in the Frye test.  Noted.

The Wabash Gentleman obviously still steamed about my misspelling of Monon Bell.

Btw, on the outpouring over curmudgeon avoidance, no one can avoid the creep of time. One day, if it hasn't happened already, you'll wake up, look in the mirror, and scream to your spouse "Hey, Hazel, OMG, it happened... I'm a curmudgeon." No worries, you'll adapt. But it's far more serious if you reach Old Codger status. Then you truly are done with no recourse or appeal process.

For those not from the South, a prototypical Old Codger is one of those old dudes on the front stoop of the general store with a Marlboro Red hanging out of one side of his mouth, playing checkers with two other old codgers while nursing a 16 oz RC Cola or Cheerwine in a bottle.

If you've see Clint Eastwood in Gran Torino, that's an Old Codger (less the rifle in the vast majority of cases).

[D3Navy]

I don't think I've seen this posted here yet, but tournament games are available live AND ON-DEMAND at:

https://www.ncaa.com/champs-pass

Lacrosse, Women's Volleyball, and Field Hockey are also available.

[ramco23]

Also on the availability front, any intel on UWEC's Nathan Donovan with a pre-med GPA of 3.88?

Played 86 minutes in the Blugolds' 1-0 WIAC championship victory over Platteville. DNPs for opening two rounds of NCAA tourney play. I think he's at 96 goals...so close to 100.

Can UWEC beat an excellent Platteville for a THIRD time in one season... especially if forced to go without Donovan, AA and WIAC athlete of the year?

Any opinions of who would have a better shot at upsetting the Mammoths? UWEC or Platteville?

Donovan is unfortunately done. Knee injury in the 86th minute of that match. Crutches and big knee brace.