Purely NCAA weekend of Crystal Ball laxxx.

Last weekend was a disaster as we missed both Ivy games but still maintained our 4 game lead.

Praying we can hold on better than the Penguins did last night and completely redeem ourselves.

We will have the MCLA tournament on the challenge during the week. In the meanwhiles, sign up for the MCLA Fan Bracket Challenge for a chance to win some  lovely baked goods.

No more classes, no job selling Pirates tickets door to door or crushing insider trades on Wall Streets, and no practice means we can step up our research and analysis. There isn’t a morning that goes by when we wake up and don’t know we’re the best at what we do (at least this season there hasn’t been such a morning).  The leader of the wolfpack is now actually spending longer than five minutes per pick…

Keeps.

Playing for them.

D1 Games

Princeton vs. Yale

Princeton: Staff

The Tigers have been showing their youth the last few weekends. Can someone take some responsibility and exercise some leadership on offense? We’re shutting down the Ivy League for forever if they lose to Yale, their third consecutive Ivy league loss.
Cornell vs. Brown

Cornell: Staff

Ryan Hurley has helmet difficulty but he has been taking some pressure of little Pannell when he needs assistance. Pannell had 1 helper against the Tigers while Hurley had 2 and 2. Pannell’s last game against Brown he had 4 and 2 in a losing effort. Hurley only had 1 goal in that game. Soooooo, they need to get on the same page.
North Carolina vs. Ohio State

UNC: Staff

Casual tune up for the Heels against a Buckeyes team that has already mentally checked out for football season. The Tarheels need more scoring from the midfield if they want to make a deep tournament run. Will Coach Breschi take it easy on his old team?
Loyola vs. Hopkins

Hopkins: 412, Striding Man, Crave

Loyola: Wilson

We’d give 8 years of life for a Loyola victory, but the Hounds did not show up against Denver and we can’t expect anything but another loss. Quite simply, Loyola doesn’t breath the same May air that Hopkins does. How different is said air?  Loyola hasn’t beaten Hopkins in the first week of May dating back to 2000, the last year Lax.com has on file.
Villanova vs. Georgetown

Georgetown: Staff

Win and they’re in. Surprised second place in the Big East came down to Georgetown and Villanova. Don’t be. Notre Dame couldn’t score goals this year. Villanova can’t either but they didn’t play Syracuse. Sweet conference alignment.

D3 Games

Tufts vs. Wesleyan

Tufts: 412, Striding Man, Crave

Wesleyan: Wilson

JumbosTV never panned out the way we hoped and they still have the worst color scheme in the history of sport but Mike Daly has gotten this team ready to make some noise in the NCAA tournament. WesTech bores me without Spike.
Salisbury vs. Washington

Salisbury: Staff

This game used to mean something to a lot of people but since WAC is 4-9 this year and they haven’t beaten the Gulls since 2002 it is losing  luster super fast. The last time WAC sniffed a losing record was 2001 when they went 9-8 which isn’t a losing record at all. Time for a regime change?
Roanoke vs. Lynchburg

Roanoke: Staff

The Maroons already upended Lynchburg by 8 this season, even in the conference final, expect a similar score. Roanoke fans are as bad if not worse than Lynchburg’s. And their players make the Flyers look like newborn kittens.

It appears Mr. Wilson has decided to make another push for first.

We really hope he’s right with the Loyola pick.

Standings

412 80-21

Wilson 76-25

Striding Man 68-32

Crave 49-289

Warrior Update

Just received an email from headquarters.

Battle Lax had an early run of the shoulders which featured a lot of green.

Warrior’s product manager informs me that these Player’s Club Hitman shoulders will be released instead.

Are they less fun with less verde?

Visit the rest of Warrior’s 2011 product line in this region of the internet.

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