Quint Kessenich’s Top 20: February 20, 2023
Army beat Rutgers. Cornell had to fight for the full 60 minutes at Albany. Penn and Loyola held serve. Manhattan shocked Navy. Brown fell to Quinnipiac. Harvard got torched for 20 goals in the first half. Queens picked up their first D1 win on Sunday defeating Hampton. So far, 2023 is unpredictable, high scoring and […]
2023 D1 College Lacrosse Strength of Schedule
Data and analytics provide insights beyond film study. Lacrosse Reference is one of the best resources in lacrosse. Created in 2016 with the goal of bringing the analytical methods used in other sports to college lacrosse, the site focuses on finding innovative ways to compare teams and players beyond the traditional metrics of points or […]
Quint Kessenich’s Top 20: February 13, 2023
Maryland, Georgetown, BU, Duke, and Denver all lost on enemy soil. It was a forgettable weekend for the Big East who nearly went winless, salvaged by a Sunday Villanova win over Penn State. The Clemson Women’s Lacrosse program debuted. Ivy League teams waited out a final week. This week, everyone is activated. Mother Nature was […]
Quint Kessenich’s Top 20: February 6, 2023
I can’t remember a year that features so many championship caliber teams. Usually, it’s a small elite handful of three to six teams who could go the distance. In 2023, I could argue that the lead peloton is ten or twelve deep. It’s February, so let’s not rush to judgement. 2022 is ancient history. It […]
2023 College Lacrosse Conference Predictions
The 2023 season kicks off on Saturday, February 4th. We look to offer our college lacrosse winners and contenders for each of the ten conferences. In order to get you started, let’s get you caught up on a busy offseason. Movement was a key theme in 2023. The NEC and SoCon stopped sponsoring lacrosse in […]
Division 1 College Lacrosse Championship Favorites
The 2023 NCAA Men’s Division 1 College Lacrosse season begins on February 4th. DraftKings has put out the team futures odds to win it all in 2023. Here are the three biggest takeaways based on the odds. The Favorites John Tillman and Maryland (+450) are favored to repeat as champions. The Terps have been dominant […]
Important Division 1 Men’s Lacrosse February Matchups
Here are some compelling winter games that’ll shape the 2023 landscape. They are a foreword to the season as the results may be significant in May. These early tussles will be revealing. With league scheduling hoarding the mid-March and April calendar, the best cross-conference competition exists in February and during the first half of March. […]
ACC Lacrosse 2023 Conference Preview
The ACC in years past has been arguably the best conference in college lacrosse. Last year, the ACC took a step backwards as Virginia was the only team to make the NCAA Men’s Lacrosse National Tournament. The 2023 season leaves a lot of opportunity for the ACC to reclaim its throne at the top of […]
NCAA Conference Realignment: How Does This Change Lacrosse?
The landscape of the NCAA has been in shambles for multiple months now due to NCAA conference realignment. USC and UCLA set off their own fireworks when news broke that they were leaving the PAC-12 for the Big Ten Conference. Some compared the move to Texas and Oklahoma’s surprise announcement to leave the Big 12 […]
Proposed 2023 PLL Schedule: Multiple New Locations
The PLL has done a decent job hitting multiple different lacrosse hotbeds across the country when it comes to scheduling, however I don’t think it is perfect. Paul and Mike Rabil have the difficult task of picking locations that are most likely to turn a profit which sometimes means picking a safe location with little […]
The Committee Got it Wrong: Notre Dame Lacrosse
The committee not selecting Notre Dame for an at-large bid for the 2022 NCAA lacrosse tournament is undoubtedly the biggest snub that we have ever seen on Selection Sunday. But the question is, why is this snub so much worse than other snubs we have seen in the past? Carrying a modest 8-4 record, Notre […]
Quint Kessenich’s Top 20: April 18, 2022
Quint Kessenich being the latest contributor to the Lacrosse All Stars’ team means that he will be releasing his weekly Top 20 rankings every Monday. Quint Kessenich covers lacrosse for the ESPN networks and hosts the Quintessential Podcast on Lacrosse All Stars. Twitter: @QKessenichInstagram: @quintekessenichFacebook: Quint KessenichLinkedIn: Quint Kessenich League races take center stage in […]