Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Who has the best chance at pulling off an upset this weekend?

here are the games:

Maryland
Northwestern

Loyola
Syracuse


Duke
Princeton

Penn State
North Carolina

I think Loyola has the best chance followed by Penn State and then Princeton. Northwestern has the toughest road to the Final Four.

Hopefully one of the teams can pull off an upset.


I can see Loyola possibly pulling one out if they can shut off Treanor. Penn State has been very impressive this season, but not sure if they'll be able to take down UNC - it really depends on how both goalies play. Normally I would say Princeton has no shot, but this reason they have really stepped up their game and I wouldn't be shocked to see them take down Duke. Northwestern is on a downward spiral, probably because of the insane coach (my daughter has several friends who play for her - she sounds like an absolute nightmare), so I highly doubt that they will be able to beat Maryland...but then again, if Ohio State was able to do it, never say never.


Not sure why you would say:

"Normally I would say Princeton has no shot, but this reason they have really stepped up their game and I wouldn't be shocked to see them take down Duke."

Here is a look at Coach Sailer and the history of her Princeton Tigers.

She has guided the team to 3 National Championships, 11 national semifinals, 15 quarterfinals, 21 NCAA tournament appearances and 10 Ivy League titles.

Sailer ranks second among active Division I coaches in victories, with 344 career wins, and also is the fifth winningest coach in NCAA history across all divisions. She has coached the most games in NCAA Tournament history, a total of 48 games. She ranks second in NCAA games won, sitting two games back from Kelly Amonte Hiller (Northwestern) and one in front of Cindy Timchal (Northwestern, Maryland, Navy).

She has been named National Coach of the year 3 times.

Overall, she has coached 89 All-Americas, the 2003 winner of the Tewaaraton Trophy and three other finalists for the award, 83 first-team All-Ivy players, 12 Ivy League Players of the Year and nine Ivy League Rookies of the Year. Princeton players won both the Ivy Player and Rookie of the Year awards three straight seasons.

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All history aside, I think Duke will win just didn't understand why you would say "normally princeton would have no shot."