I am sure this will change a bit after an upset or two this weekend but for now here is a best guess by USLacrossemagazine...


PROJECTED BRACKET
Bracketing procedures:

The committee seeds the top 8 teams to host first- and second-round games. All other teams are unseeded and will be placed geographically, while keeping bracket integrity when possible.

Conference matchups are to be avoided in the first round.

This year there are 15 automatic qualifiers, which means the four weakest resumes are assigned to play-in games on Tuesday, May 7 or Wednesday, May 8, on the campus of the stronger team. No at-large teams will be selected for the play-in games. Those play-in winners will travel to the No. 7 and No. 8 seeds.

It’s possible a seeded team may not host due to factors such as facility availability. We anticipate each seed hosting and bracket them accordingly, but the committee may not have that option.

The seven and eight seeds host two games in the first round leading to a second-round game at its home site, while the top six seeds get byes into the second round.

Play-in Games

Furman (SOUTHERN) at Jacksonville (ATLANTIC SUN)

Fairfield (MAAC) at Mount St. Mary’s (NORTHEAST)


College Park, Md.

Penn vs. Johns Hopkins

Winner plays at (1) Maryland (BIG TEN)


Ann Arbor, Mich.

Furman (SOCON)/Jacksonville (A-SUN) at (8) Michigan

Notre Dame vs. Colorado


Syracuse, N.Y.

Stony Brook (AMERICA EAST) vs. Stanford

Winner plays at (4) Syracuse


Charlottesville, Va.

Navy vs. Duke

Winner plays at (5) Virginia


Newton, Mass.

Denver (BIG EAST) vs. Dartmouth

Winner plays at (2) Boston College


Princeton, N.J.

Fairfield (MAAC)/Mount St. Mary’s (NEC) at (7) Princeton (IVY)

Loyola (PATRIOT) vs. Richmond (A-10)


Chapel Hill, N.C.

James Madison (CAA) vs. High Point (BIG SOUTH)

Winner play at (3) North Carolina (ACC)


Evanston, Ill.

Florida (AMERICAN) vs. USC (PAC-12)

Winner plays at (6) Northwestern


Last Four In: Penn, Stanford, Johns Hopkins, Duke

Last Four Out: Penn State, Massachusetts, Hofstra, Georgetown


Moving In: Duke, Richmond

Moving Out: Massachusetts, Penn State


Multi-bid Conferences: ACC (6), Big Ten (4), Ivy League (3), Pac-12 (3), Patriot (2)