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I'll update this post until Sunday morning and then move to a dedicated Sunday morning aggregation. Let's get right to it (make sure you click those links to read the full pieces; there's important information included in the projections (including projected matchups)):
| SYRACUSE.COM (4/28/14) | LACROSSE MAGAZINE (4/29/14) | INSIDE LACROSSE (4/29/14) | |
| CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS | |||
| ACC* | Notre Dame (4) | Notre Dame (3) | Notre Dame (8) |
| America East | Albany (U) | Albany (U) | Albany (U) |
| Atlantic Sun | High Point (Play-In) | Mercer (Play-In) | Mercer (Play-In) |
| Big East | Denver (U) | Denver (U) | Denver (U) |
| THUNDERDOME! | Hofstra (U) | Hofstra (U) | Hofstra (U) |
| ECAC | Fairfield (Play-In) | Fairfield (Play-In) | Fairfield (U) |
| Ivy | Cornell (3) | Harvard (U) | Harvard (Play-In) |
| MAAC | Siena (Play-In) | Siena (Play-In) | Siena (Play-In) |
| NEC | St. Joseph's (Play-In) | St. Joseph's (Play-In) | St. Joseph's (Play-In) |
| Patriot* | Loyola (5) | Loyola (6) | Loyola (3) |
| AT-LARGE SELECTIONS | |||
| Cornell | AQ (3) | In (5) | In (6) |
| Duke | In (1) | In (1) | In (2) |
| Harvard | In (U) | AQ (U) | AQ (Play-In) |
| Johns Hopkins | In (U) | In (U) | In (U) |
| Maryland | In (7) | In (7) | In (4) |
| North Carolina | In (U) | In (U) | In (U) |
| Pennsylvania | In (6) | In (8) | In (7) |
| Princeton | Out | Out | Out |
| Syracuse | In (2) | In (2) | In (1) |
| Virginia | In (8) | In (4) | In (5) |
| Yale | Out | Out | Out |
Note: I'll include an Inside Lacrosse projection when they publish their next round.
*: League has conferred its automatic invitation to the NCAA Tournament.
Here's what the first four out and last two in look like:
- Syracuse.com: First four out -- Drexel, Princeton, Penn State, and Yale (in that order); Last two in -- Johns Hopkins (second to last at-large) and Harvard (last at-large) were the last two teams in the bracket.
- Lacrosse Magazine: First four out -- Yale, Drexel, Princeton, and Penn State (in that order); Last two in -- North Carolina (second to last at-large) and Johns Hopkins (last at-large) were the last two teams in the bracket.
- Inside Lacrosse: First four out -- Princeton, Drexel, Yale, Bryant (in that order); Last two in -- North Carolina (second to last at-large) and Johns Hopkins (last at-large).
Notes
April 29, 2014:
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Virginia has big seeding swings between the Syracuse.com and the Lacrosse Magazine and Inside Lacrosse projections. Two have the 'Hoos with a definite home game in the first round; the other one has the Cavaliers on the cusp of making a road trip.
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Notre Dame's wins against Maryland and Syracuse vaulted the Irish up each projection, moving from a bubble team to squarely within "Hostin' a home game!" territory.
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North Carolina as an unseeded team is going to give a seeded team a non-stop nightmare. The 'Heels are a top-five quality team and are looking like they're set for a road trip. Drawing Carolina in the first round is pure evil.
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The Ivy League looks like, at the moment, that it's maxed out at three teams with an outside shot at four. That feels right. Harvard-Yale in the first round of the Ivy League Tournament will go a long way toward defining the number of bids the conference gets.
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The efforts that Drexel and Hofstra put together in the THUNDERDOME! Tournament will carry consequences.
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Hopkins is currently on the right side of the bubble, but the Jays' date with Loyola on Saturday seems to exist as an opportunity to ensure participation in the field.
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Denver as an unseeded team at this point puts pressure on the Pios to take care of business in the Big East Tournament.