Terps Sports

1973

You'll start another argument saying MD is more DC.

So pumped for this win. Had no idea we would win by more than double!

Actually , it was immigration in Philly. Had to deal with Heathrow last Sunday and it was not fun. I agree with your opinion on Heathrow, it is bad and I just can't imagine what it would be like there when the Olympics start. Fortunately I go back to the UK before they start.

Yeah, that's what I was telling my kids...that every time we beat them in the regular season, they beat us in the playoffs. The most painful for me is still '87 (my senior year). We dominated the whole season, including a relatively easy win over JHU, and then they up and beat us in the FF...ugh

Planning on going next week - eventually we are going to win one of these - and I want to be there!!!

This is not your fathers lacrosse, the sport has really expanded. Drew Snider is actually from Seattle Wash. The Terps do have a couple of players from Florida. The player from Colgate that destroyed us a couple of weeks ago was from Portland Ore. Long Island and Maryland are still the hot beds of lacrosse however the best prep teams in Baltimore the last couple of years have been beaten by Philly schools.
Goren Murray was ACC FOY which is highly unusual for a defensive player.

The class from the year before was rated #3. It's strange that the top rated player in that class (Ikeda) has been injured and contributed nothing, so far. In this year's class, the three most highly ranked players have not done much (Solomon, Gribbin, Forster). Lower ranked freshmen players have made the more significant contributions this year. Murray, LoCascio, Carlson, and Raffa have all done well, with Murray being really impressive. Next year's class is not going to be all that special. We recently lost a couple of guys from that class. I think that they looked at a lack of playing time and decided to go elsewhere, which is not necessarily a bad thing. It's just one of those things that will hurt our recruiting ranking for next year's class. The class of high school juniors looks to be the most impressive that I can ever remember. We have three top ten recruits, including the number one recruit in the country. Looking out even further, we have 2 of the top 20 sophomore commitments. I'm not sure how excited to get about that. A lot of things can change in the next few years. Overall, it seems like the future is very bright. The only school that really seems to be recruiting better than us is North Carolina. Hopefully, that will change soon given that Carolina does not win in the NCAA tourney and we are heading to our 2nd straight final four. It's great to know that half of our starters are sophomores and/or freshmen (I'm including Chanenchuk as a sophomore based on what I have read) and that this was supposed to be a rebuilding year.

Yep. Never did I think, when Urso graduated in 1976 with two titles, that I'd be sitting here today not having celebrated another since then....

I actually think it will get easier for the Terps. Now there's a lot more good players to choose from after all the local private school kids named Steele, Wells, Snootie and Hootie choose UVA, Duke and Hopkins.

Foley of ND just got knocked out. Hopefully he is ok.

For as much as I hate UVa, I hate the Irish geometrically more.

If we lose to Duke in the Final 4 one year after losing to UVA in the Championship.....