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It's the 2012 NCAA lacrosse Final Four! Take out the nice napkins and make sure that your kid doesn't have crap all over his face. College Crosse has this all under control, so feel safe, friends. If you missed anything -- and you really shouldn't because you're only hurting yourself if you do -- click this fancy highlighted text to get all caught up.
An ACC team is going to be playing for the national championship. You can't argue that fact. Well, I guess you could argue that fact, but you'd need to convince me that a nasty outbreak of alligators in Maryland and Duke's locker room is imminent, causing the NCAA to name the winner of Notre Dame-Loyola the 2012 national champion due to "Forfeit (Eaten by Alligators)."
SEMIFINAL II: (UNSEEDED) MARYLAND AT (3) DUKE
How will Duke handle Maryland's patience on Saturday? (That's not the super slo-mo camera, kids. That's just the Terrapins.) My gut tells me that the Devils are ready for it; it's just a question of how they can spin it and withstand it.
Detailed profiles will follow, but for now, here's how each team stacks up in some legacy metrics:
| BIG STATS | PACE STATS | |||
| Record | 11-5 | Clear % | 88.76% (7) | |
| Adj. Off. Efficiency | 36.87 (3) | Opp. Clear % | 85.45% (41) | |
| Adj. Def. Efficiency | 24.86 (7) | Faceoff % | 50.43% (28) | |
| Poss. Percentage | 50.53% (23) | Pace | 59.56 (58) | |
| Off. Poss./60 min. | 30.13 (50) | |||
| DEFENSIVE STATS | Def. Poss./60 min. | 29.44 (6) | ||
| Save Percentage | 52.9% | |||
| Saves/Def. Poss. | 0.30 (42) | OFFENSIVE STATS | ||
| Opp. Sht. %. | 27.02% (20) | Goal Differential | +50 | |
| Opp. Effective Sht. % | 27.74% (20) | Shooting % | 31.69% (8) | |
| Def. Assist Rate | 0.15 (13) | Effective Sht. % | 32.39% (8) | |
| Man-Down/Def. Poss. | 0.12 (51) | Assist Rate | 0.20 (14) | |
| Man-Down Conversion % | 35.09% (33) | EMO per Off. Poss. | 0.09 (49) | |
| Man-Down Reliance | 0.16 (52) | EMO Conversion % | 41.86% (41) | |
| C/T per Def. Poss. | 0.27 (8) | EMO Reliance | 0.10 (45) | |
| Turnovers/Off. Poss. | 0.38 (3) | |||
| Opp. Saves/Off. Poss. | 0.33 (46) |
| BIG STATS | PACE STATS | |||
| Record | 15-4 | Clear % | 85.25% (22) | |
| Adj. Off. Efficiency | 36.26 (5) | Opp. Clear % | 87.03% (49) | |
| Adj. Def. Efficiency | 26.38 (12) | Faceoff % | 55.80% (11) | |
| Poss. Percentage | 50.76% (15) | Pace | 66.08 (27) | |
| Off. Poss./60 min. | 33.54 (20) | |||
| DEFENSIVE STATS | Def. Poss./60 min. | 32.54 (33) | ||
| Save Percentage | 51.6% | |||
| Saves/Def. Poss. | 0.29 (43) | OFFENSIVE STATS | ||
| Opp. Sht. %. | 26.74% (16) | Goal Differential | +51 | |
| Opp. Effective Sht. % | 27.61% (18) | Shooting % | 30.34% (21) | |
| Def. Assist Rate | 0.16 (23) | Effective Sht. % | 30.94% (22) | |
| Man-Down/Def. Poss. | 0.12 (49) | Assist Rate | 0.18 (22) | |
| Man-Down Conversion % | 44.59% (50) | EMO per Off. Poss. | 0.11 (23) | |
| Man-Down Reliance | 0.20 (58) | EMO Conversion % | 22.54% (56) | |
| C/T per Def. Poss. | 0.24 (23) | EMO Reliance | 0.07 (55) | |
| Turnovers/Off. Poss. | 0.44 (19) | |||
| Opp. Saves/Off. Poss. | 0.35 (50) |
More deadly information after the jump.
| TEAM | PLAYER | T.O.V. | RANK | P.S.I. | RANK | TEAM | PLAYER | T.O.V. | RANK | P.S.I. | RANK | |
| Duke | J. Wolf | 10.38 | 20 | 2.81 | 31 | Maryland | J. Cummings | 9.53 | 37 | 2.48 | 54 | |
| Duke | C. Walsh | 7.91 | 78 | 2.72 | 34 | Maryland | O. Blye | 7.84 | 83 | 2.17 | 49 | |
| Duke | R. Rotanz | 7.58 | 88 | 2.08 | 57 | Maryland | J. Haus | 6.57 | 132 | 1.65 | 99 | |
| Duke | J. Dionne | 6.92 | 115 | 2.99 | 22 | |||||||
T.O.V. = Total Offensive Value (individual points per 100 offensive possessions). This is updated through all games played by May 20, 2012.
Rank = National T.O.V. rank. This is updated through all games played by May 20, 2012.
So, that's your overview. Who are you taking to win on Saturday evening?