Spalding was a very good team this year. It's not easy to go from perennial basement-dweller to the finals in the MIAA. They hopefully can stay top six. If Phipps sticks around and they can maintain influence over the league, that will help. But winning is a culture that needs time and discipline- so we shall see. St. Mary's has it, Calvert Hall has it, McDonogh, BL, Gilman, St.Pauls, Loyola all have it. But only six get a shot to win it. Unless of course, the rules change... which I think will happen. My guess is the league will be "encouraged" to invite everyone to the tournament every year. The argument being, it makes sense. Sad but its coming. The MIAA has all but run its course. A new league and Association will form in the next 10 years if not sooner.
Gilman and St Pauls have it??? LOL
Agree. Hope it happens. The main reason another new league would form is because the vast majority of the MIAA member schools know the league does absolutely nothing for them.
The league doesn't really give a darn about schools that aren't full-time A members. And it's a toothless org that really doesn't even protect those members either. Look at football at Loyola/St Francis and then the recruiting stuff that has happened at a myriad of places- middle school kids getting plucked by other schools. Look at the lousy treatment of the C lax teams. Look at the lousy lax scheduling for any team outside of Baltimore City/County. And the lousy effort to get anything done for ANY of the other sports. Soccer? football? It was all a joke this year. The MIAA is about as useless as it gets. The MIAA needs to go away.
