Utah in Lacrosse Conference Championship today

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- 05/05/2024 at 10:16 AM #215310
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  Utah lax plays Jacksonville University today in the ASUN conference championship at 11 MT on ESPN+. Winner goes to the NCAA tourney! Utah beat Jacksonville earlier this season and should be favored but it will be a tough matchup, Jacksonville is a sneaky good team. Go Utes!
- 05/05/2024 at 11:23 AM #215311
  
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  I know nothing about LAX but watching on ESPN+. Why does Jacksonville get the ball back every time they miss a shot on goal and it goes out of bounds? Seems like it would switch possession
  - 05/05/2024 at 11:28 AM #215312
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    In lacrosse on a missed shot, the team closer to the ball when it goes out of bounds gets possession. Offensive team will usually have a player behind the goal for that reason.
  - 05/05/2024 at 11:43 AM #215313
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    ute3333 is correct. But that rule only applies at the field’s ends, behind the cage. In the sidelines it amounts to a turnover.
- 05/05/2024 at 1:07 PM #215314
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  PhiladelphiaUte
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  UTAH WINS!!!
  
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  Up next: The national tournament.
  
  There’s a 100% chance we’ll enter the tournament as one of the “unseeded” teams, which means there’s probably a 90% chance we won’t make it past the 1st-Rd, but there’s also an outside chance we could finish the season ranked in the Top-20.
  
  A win in the 1st-Rd would guarantee a ranked finish.
  
  GO UTES!!!
  - 05/05/2024 at 1:20 PM #215315
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    ColumbiaUte
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    With Michigan and Lehigh winning their respective Conference tournaments, a few good teams could be left out of the tournament. Hopefully we don’t get a draw vs an ACC team.
    - 05/05/2024 at 2:04 PM #215316
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      Looking at the current eligible playing field, I wouldn’t be surprised to see Utah get relegated to the “play-in” game (vs Sacred Heart) — with the winner going on to face the #1 team in the country: Notre Dame…..of the ACC.
      
      We’ll beat Sacred Heart. But a 1st-Rd tournament rematch vs. defending national champion/#1-ranked Notre Dame is not ideal.
      - 05/05/2024 at 2:41 PM #215317
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        ute3333
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        If RPI means anything…
        Utah 24
        Sacred Heart 32
        Albany 36.
        I would think that will put us against the #2 national seed Duke? Either way it’s likely to be a rough day for the Utes. I like how fast we have become relevant in D1 lacrosse but we are still a long ways from competing with top 10.
        Philadelphia, you now have 5 lacrosse friends here. 😂
        
        05/05/2024 at 9:06 PM #215322
        
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        Great prediction ute3333. #2 Duke it is!
        
        GO UTES!!!
      - 05/05/2024 at 8:05 PM #215320
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        Duke it is, this Saturday.
        
        05/05/2024 at 8:08 PM #215321
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