Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by Anonymous

We get it, you believe all ACC teams would dominate the rest of Division I Women’s Lacrosse teams. That is your opinion, it is not a fact and it has never actually been a reality, who knows maybe this year but in the end you are simply stating your opinion. The reality of actual results for many years shows that on most years there are 2 Final Four Caliber Teams from The ACC. Most on here would agree that after the Top 4 there are probably 15 or so teams that are competitive with each other most years Syracuse, Virginia, Notre Dame are in that group. Duke in recent years has been at the bottom of that group.. and Va Tech and Louisville most years are on the outside looking in at that group of teams. Obviously you can have your opinion but the reality of what has actually happened tells a different story. Maybe in this crazy Covid season things will be different.
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Actually the only facts are the records of those teams from the ACC who went 38-4 out of conference the past two seasons and that does not include UNC or BC .They have beaten essentially every other top ranked team so yes that seems dominant .Your final four argument is a joke as many of the ACC teams have knocked each other out of the NCAA tournament prior to the final four. You will see the same happen this year as the NCAA does not try to space out teams from the same conference.

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Have to chime in here as you appear to be another person who just pops off without regard for reality. Below are some facts regarding who ACC teams lose to in the NCAA Tournament:

2016:

Hopkins over UVA
Stony Brook over BC
Northwestern over Louisville
Maryland over Syracuse

2017:

Cornell over ND
JMU over Louisville
Maryland over BC

2018:

Princeton over Syracuse
JMU over UVA
JMU over UNC
JMU over BC

2019:

Northwestern over ND
Northwestern over Syracuse
Maryland over BC

14 times in 4 years ACC Teams were knocked out of The Tournament by Non-ACC Teams

In Contrast, ACC teams knocked each other off only 7 Times.

2016:

UNC over Duke
UNC over ND

2017

BC over Syracuse
UNC over UVA

2018

UNC over Va Tech

2019

UNC over UVA
BC over UNC

You just pop off with nonsense and baseless opinion but feel free to continue to bloviate.[/quote]
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ACC guy. Big 10 guy. Same nonsense. Opinions based on no facts but always talking and I guess reading their nonsense. But gotta admit it’s entertaining watching their opinions blow up.[/quote]
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It’s the CNN of the anti ACC group . Again genius tell us the team that this year would be more competitive in the ACC than Cuse , ND , Duke , UVA . You just will not do it because you know there are none other than NW. Whats even funnier is your facts show an anti ACC bias , tell us the conference that has more teams that have been knocked out of the NCAA tournament prior to the final four by in conference teams compared to the ACC in the years you looked at . It’s not even close . Still waiting on your more competitive teams for this year but we all know you don’t even believe your own drivel.[/quote]

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To piggyback on an earlier post.... which points how many other teams beat ACC teams every year and would be just as competitive in the ACC as all but the Top 2 or 3 teams every year.

" I would say there are many teams that would be just as competitive in The ACC as ND, Duke, UVA, Va Tech, And Louisville. Just looked at 2016 - 2019... for ND, Duke, UVA and Syracuse here are their Non-Conference Losses:

* Notre Dame - Beaten by Northwestern 5x, USC 2x, High Point, Albany, Princeton, Towson, Cornell.

* Duke - Beaten by Northwestern 3x, Penn 2x, Stanford 2x, Penn State, High Point, USC, Elon, Georgetown.

* UVA - Beaten by Maryland 4x, Penn State 2x, Princeton 2x, Loyola 2x, JMU 2x, Elon , Navy, Hopkins.

* Syracuse - Beaten by Maryland 5x, Princeton 2x, Northwestern 2x, Florida 2x.

* Va Tech - Beaten by JMU 4x, USC 2x, Colorado 2x, Navy, Old Dominion, Ohio State, Elon, William & Mary.

* Louisville - Beaten by Northwestern 3x, Denver 2x, JMU, Robert Morris, Brown, Marquette, Vanderbilt, Delaware.

I will give Syracuse and Virginia credit because the do play competitive non-conference schedules but ND and Duke have become a bit of a joke with their non-conference schedules.

Plenty of Programs would be Just as competitive as 5 or 6 of the ACC teams on any given year."

You appear to be obsessed with 2020 and 2021 which will always have an asterisk because of the pandemic, the abbreviated 19' season and the Covid influenced 20'. The reality is that there are always a number of teams that can and do compete with all but the Top 2 or 3 ACC teams. Just being in the ACC does not place a team on the same level as North Carolina.