2012 NCAA Lacrosse Tournament: Selection Sunday Spectacular!

by Hoya Suxa on May 6, 2025 7:00 PM EDT in 2012 NCAA Men's Lacrosse Tournament

Or, is it the SeLAXtion Sunday Spectacular? I'm so clever.

Alright, boys and girls. This is it.

At 9:00 P.M. on ESPNU, heads in suits and ties will tell you which 16 teams will throw hands over the next three weekends to determine which school will have the best post-game burgers and dogs spread at Gillette Stadium on Memorial Monday. Depending on your particular preference in college lacrosse teams, these are either good times, people.

This has been, without a doubt, the most bonkers 60 days of college lacrosse that I have ever seen. While it has been crazy pants fun to watch, the chaos theory has created a bit of a problem: Outside of the seven automatic invitees to the NCAA Tournament -- three of which (Canisius, Syracuse, and Yale) were barely even on Planet Relevance a month ago -- there is a logjam of about eight teams looking for favor within five at-large spots. There are going to be some pretty good teams left at home to work on their novels or something, and actually seeding this field may be the most difficult thing in the world not involving the discovery of time travel.

Regardless of all the yammering and hand-smashing, we're getting a 16-team field tonight. All I know is that Wagner isn't included in anyone's projections, which tells me that society doesn't have a sense of humor.

This is your open thread for the bracket reveal. Make all the noise that your little heart desires. College Crosse will have a bracket for you shortly after ESPNU finishes crushing some souls.

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Let's do this.

The Internet is getting screamy.

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by Hoya Suxa on May 6, 2025 7:08 PM EDT reply actions

A Fun Exercise While Waiting

Check out the MCLA D1 Top 25. Fifteen of them are from the BCS conferences, including six from the Pac 12 and five from the ACC. All of those athletic departments are drowning in cash courtesy of new conference TV deals. What, other than Title IX, is standing between them and NCAA D1?

by burnspbesq on May 6, 2025 7:42 PM EDT reply actions

Scaredie cats.

Although, during the ECAC final, the USC issue was broached. Come play, dudes!

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by Hoya Suxa on May 6, 2025 7:50 PM EDT up reply actions

I dunno how the hell this is gonna work

But for s’s and g’s, my last two in I’m kind of feeling Penn State and Princeton for some reason.. Penn State due to quality wins and Princeton for the JHU/PU/SU/UVA “Getting in on name” clause I guess.

No idea who’s gonna get in though

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by RyanMcD29 on May 6, 2025 7:55 PM EDT reply actions

I have no clue.

I wouldn’t be surprised if a ham sandwich is the four-seed.

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by Hoya Suxa on May 6, 2025 8:15 PM EDT up reply actions

Did somebody say Ham Sandwich?

Ladies and gentlemen, your favorite for the 2012 Men’s (and Women’s, considering the mind explosions are going on there, too) Lacrosse Championship!

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by RyanMcD29 on May 6, 2025 8:25 PM EDT up reply actions

This day has taken forever.

C’mon. I have teeth to brush.

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by Hoya Suxa on May 6, 2025 8:48 PM EDT reply actions

Ta-da!

And away we go!

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by Hoya Suxa on May 6, 2025 9:00 PM EDT reply actions

#1 Seed

Loyola. No doink.

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by Hoya Suxa on May 6, 2025 9:04 PM EDT reply actions

Draws Canisius.

That’ll be a murder scene.

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by Hoya Suxa on May 6, 2025 9:10 PM EDT up reply actions

Saturday game.

5:00.

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by Hoya Suxa on May 6, 2025 9:11 PM EDT up reply actions

#2 Seed

Hopkins.

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by Hoya Suxa on May 6, 2025 9:04 PM EDT reply actions

Naming all the seeded teams before all the unseeded rather than just matchups 1 by 1

Oh man they want to keep the tension sky high

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by RyanMcD29 on May 6, 2025 9:05 PM EDT reply actions

#3 Seed

Duke.

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by Hoya Suxa on May 6, 2025 9:05 PM EDT reply actions

Hop?

Ridiculous

by burnspbesq on May 6, 2025 9:05 PM EDT reply actions

Probably overseeded.

That should’ve been Duke’s hole.

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by Hoya Suxa on May 6, 2025 9:07 PM EDT up reply actions

#4 Seed

Notre Dame

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by Hoya Suxa on May 6, 2025 9:05 PM EDT reply actions

How did Hopkins get a 2? Everyone was putting them around 5 or 6

BALTIMORE BIAS PAWWWWWWLLLLLLL goes fictional Finebaum lacrosse callers

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by RyanMcD29 on May 6, 2025 9:06 PM EDT reply actions

Oops

Reveal UMass’ seed in the video

by burnspbesq on May 6, 2025 9:07 PM EDT reply actions

Hop at Number Two

… tells me that the committee is forgiving bad losses. That’s good news for Carolina.

by burnspbesq on May 6, 2025 9:09 PM EDT reply actions

Interesting fact.

All first round games will be moved to Moon Base Newt. Not sure how weightlessness is going to impact the Jays’ chances.

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by Hoya Suxa on May 6, 2025 9:09 PM EDT reply actions

Loyola-Canisius

Still an UPSET ALERT game because of how wacky this season is

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by RyanMcD29 on May 6, 2025 9:11 PM EDT reply actions

This is the most playing time the Sportscenter Hockey music has ever gotten

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by RyanMcD29 on May 6, 2025 9:13 PM EDT reply actions

ESPNU production on this blows.

Denver draws Carolina (8). So much A.D.D.

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by Hoya Suxa on May 6, 2025 9:13 PM EDT reply actions

Denver playing #8 UNC

Uhhh… that’s usually reserved for an 8-9 matchup. Hope this doesn’t mean Lehigh gets screwed out of a home game if they somehow put Maryland at 7

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by RyanMcD29 on May 6, 2025 9:13 PM EDT reply actions

Go Pioneers!

by burnspbesq on May 6, 2025 9:13 PM EDT reply actions

Virginia-Princeton

Sunday at 1:00.

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by Hoya Suxa on May 6, 2025 9:14 PM EDT reply actions

Virginia is the 5-seed.

PEW PEW PEW

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by Hoya Suxa on May 6, 2025 9:15 PM EDT up reply actions

Virginia-Princeton

OH MAN LACROSSE ROYALTY FIRST ROUND MATCHUP

And umm… way to already unveil two bubble teams

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by RyanMcD29 on May 6, 2025 9:14 PM EDT reply actions

UVa at Five?

by burnspbesq on May 6, 2025 9:14 PM EDT reply actions

Yale to ND is the flight game

Duke is getting Penn State and Cuse is going to UMass

by burnspbesq on May 6, 2025 9:17 PM EDT reply actions

And Maryland Is Indeed Slouching Toward Bethlehem

by burnspbesq on May 6, 2025 9:17 PM EDT reply actions

Yale-Notre Dame

Hmm… team that’s the hottest in the nation against a team who lost to StJ… very interesting to see this one

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by RyanMcD29 on May 6, 2025 9:18 PM EDT reply actions

I'm gonna bet heavily that one of the matchups will be Hopkins-Stony Brook

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by RyanMcD29 on May 6, 2025 9:19 PM EDT reply actions

Where's my money?

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by RyanMcD29 on May 6, 2025 9:31 PM EDT up reply actions

Be Nice If Duke Gets to Play on Saturday

Graduation is Sunday

by burnspbesq on May 6, 2025 9:20 PM EDT reply actions

ESPNU is being called for a stall warning

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by RyanMcD29 on May 6, 2025 9:24 PM EDT reply actions

Who the Heck is Seether?

And do they suck?

by burnspbesq on May 6, 2025 9:25 PM EDT reply actions

Duke-Syracuse

See: UVA-P’ton reaction

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by RyanMcD29 on May 6, 2025 9:25 PM EDT reply actions

Duke - Cuse

I’d like a pound of whatever the selection committee is smoking.

by burnspbesq on May 6, 2025 9:26 PM EDT reply actions

Oh, boy.

Some of these matchups are insane. Embrace it.

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by Hoya Suxa on May 6, 2025 9:26 PM EDT reply actions

You know how you try to get rid of SAME FOUR TEAMS (plus Duke)?

Schedule Virginia-Princeton and Duke-Syracuse.

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by RyanMcD29 on May 6, 2025 9:26 PM EDT reply actions

Eilers vs. Duprey is a Key Matchup

If Luke controls him, Cuse has no chance.

by burnspbesq on May 6, 2025 9:28 PM EDT reply actions

UMass-Colgate

THEY BE TRYING TO TAKE OUT THE MID-MAJORS LIKE THEY DO IN BASKETBALL SO THE ACC AND BIG EAST AND IVY AND HOPKINS PARTY blah blah blah

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by RyanMcD29 on May 6, 2025 9:29 PM EDT reply actions

UMass got it easy

They could of had to play Syracuse…

by CusterCollin on May 6, 2025 9:39 PM EDT up reply actions

BAUM-MANNY!

This is my thesis!

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by Hoya Suxa on May 6, 2025 9:30 PM EDT reply actions

First to 21 Wins?

by burnspbesq on May 6, 2025 9:31 PM EDT up reply actions

That'd be awesome.

Saturday afternooner, too. May have to drive out to the middle of nowhere for that one.

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by Hoya Suxa on May 6, 2025 9:33 PM EDT up reply actions

Colgate playing right after Syracuse?

Do they want DeWitt to riot on Saturday?

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by RyanMcD29 on May 6, 2025 9:30 PM EDT reply actions

No Cornell, no Penn State, no Fairfield, etc.

Pretty good field in the overall.

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by Hoya Suxa on May 6, 2025 9:36 PM EDT reply actions

So after seeing the bracket, here's my Final Four

It goes like….

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by RyanMcD29 on May 6, 2025 9:37 PM EDT reply actions

Committee Pretended that Carolina - Michigan Didn't Happen

Not saying that’s a bad thing, but it’s a departure from what they say are the criteria.

by burnspbesq on May 6, 2025 9:37 PM EDT reply actions

Travel Miles

Just added up the miles, looks like they went over the limit…

UNC v. Denver 1652
ND v. Yale 775
Duke v. Syracuse 622

by CusterCollin on May 6, 2025 9:38 PM EDT reply actions

As Soon as They Decided to Take Denver and Hose Penn State

That was inevitable.

by burnspbesq on May 6, 2025 9:39 PM EDT up reply actions

Not so fast my friend...

It all turned with both Duke, UNC and ND hosting. They managed to keep the limit last year but played a conf. game. this year they just tried to eliminate cuse asap.

by CusterCollin on May 6, 2025 9:42 PM EDT up reply actions

A big issues is the lack of quality northern teams

With Syracuse and Princeton having down years, Colgate and Yale not in the seeded range, plus teams like Cornell, Hofstra not even making it, it causes a lot of traveling when all you’ve got is UMass and Lehigh

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by RyanMcD29 on May 6, 2025 9:40 PM EDT up reply actions

Working on a bracket.

Will have up soon.

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by Hoya Suxa on May 6, 2025 9:40 PM EDT reply actions

Future Nightmare Travel Scenario

Marquette wins the Big East
Denver wins the ECAC
BU wins the America East
Jacksonville wins the MAAC

by burnspbesq on May 6, 2025 9:42 PM EDT reply actions

UNC and Duke would still play in Greensboro...

by CusterCollin on May 6, 2025 9:44 PM EDT up reply actions

Some Year ...

Championship Weekend will be in Charlotte

by burnspbesq on May 6, 2025 9:47 PM EDT up reply actions

ACC expansion

Does anyone think the ACC finds a 6th to get an AQ?

by CusterCollin on May 6, 2025 9:46 PM EDT up reply actions

Hope So

BU? Furman? Pitt? BC’s not going to happen as long as the AD who killed the program is still there. FSU’s more likely to add women’s lax first, because of the rivalry with the Gators. GaTech has facilities issues.

by burnspbesq on May 6, 2025 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions

Total flyer....

NC State (was good years ago…)
Hopkins (has been there before, could come back…)

by CusterCollin on May 6, 2025 9:51 PM EDT reply actions

At That Point ...

If you have nine conferences with AQs (NEC is in line to get one next year), you have to expand the field. Not to 32 yet, but to 20 or 24.

by burnspbesq on May 6, 2025 9:54 PM EDT up reply actions

D3 Selection Show is at 10:30 Eastern

My alma mater (Union) is a lock, despite that bizarre, inexplicable loss to Williams. Should be the three or four seed in the north.

by burnspbesq on May 6, 2025 9:57 PM EDT reply actions

Who Has a Legitimate Beef?

You could have taken Penn State instead of Denver, but other than that I think they got the right teams.

UMass’ seeding is a fair punishment for their abysmal SOS.

Hop and Duke should have been reversed.

Virginia looks over-seeded; they are the seed most likely to lose in the first round.

I think the top four seeds all make it to Foxborough. Best shot at a quarterfinal upset: Lehigh over Hop. I don’t see Carolina beating Loyola, and I think Manley/Lobb/Hipps can make Manny disappear. UMass has not faced ACC-quality athletes all year. They’re going to get bullied.

by burnspbesq on May 6, 2025 10:09 PM EDT reply actions