Monday, May 11, 2009

NCAA Lacrosse Second Round

So the first Round of the NCAA Lacrosse Tourney is done and he were the Results:

# 1 Virgina 18, Villanova 6
# 8 Johns Hopkins 12, Brown 11
# 5 Cornell 11, Hofstra 8
# 4 Princeton 10, UMass 7
# 3 Duke 14, Navy 5
# 6 North Carolina 15, UMBC 13
Maryland 7, # 7 Notre Dame 3
# 2 Syracuse 11, Siena 4

If you Look at my blog about a week ago my First Round Picks were a pretty good 7-1, the only loss was UMBC losing to North Carolina. So Now its time for the Second Round Picks.

SECOND ROUND NCAA PICKS
# 1 Virginia vs. # 8 Johns Hopkins
Its hard to push aside a team the quality of a team like Johns Hopkins, but the Blue Jays are coming off a lackluster performance against Brown while Virginia destroyed Villanova it was 18-0 to start the Fourth Quarter. Virginia is just to good of a team.
PICK: Virginia

# 4 Princeton vs. # 5 Cornell
Neither team was overly impressive in their first round games but they both got the job done which is the most important thing. This to me will be a very tightly contested game.
PICK: Princeton

# 3 Duke vs. # 6 North Carolina
Duke handled Navy easily and Carolina squeaked by UMBC. This is the third meeting between the two. Duke has won both and though this goes against the old saying its hard to beat a team 3 times in a season, however if you are better its not.
PICK: Duke

# 2 Syracuse vs. Maryland
Part of me would love to pick Maryland in this especially after handing Notre Dame its first loss. But there is a reason Notre Dame was a seven seed and undefeated, Syracuse looked good but they should have. Syracuse wins but it wont be easy.
PICK: Syracuse

So My final Four is as chalk as chalk can get # 1 Virginia, # 2 Syracuse, # 3 Duke and # 4 Princeton, It should be a good one.

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