2008 college season

[navylax161]

what are your guys predictions for the '08 D1 season?

-who will be the champion?
-who will be in the final four?
-which team(s) will be the next contender(ex: albany in 2007 season)?
-who will win the tewaaraton?
any other questions please say


my answers:
-duke, because they get their seniors back.
-duke, notre dame, hopkins, virginia
-drexel, bucknell, colgate
-paul rabil


EDIT: all americans-
A-Matt Danowski
Zack Greer
Ben Rubeor
M-Paul Rabil
Max Seibald
Ned Crotty
Nick O'Hara
D-Dan Cocoziello
Jerry Lambe
Ken Clausen

[BLUEJAYSFAN9]

i think Hops going back to the final 4, they return a TON of talant

[destructivelax]

duke. thisi s going to a massacre. extremely unfair move by the NCAA

[JLLOMMER]

As long as danowski doesn't return I can see them being beaten. I'm gunna say either duke or Hopkins for the championship, Final 4 of Duke, JHU, Virginia, and Syracuse or Georgetown. New team uhh hard to tell, that's why there called the suprise team..haha. Tewaarton-Paul Rabil of course

[WPCLAX14]

Well I guess in 18,000 years Duke will be pretty strong. Hard to say that far into the future though eh?

[ML_LAX09]

That's what i was going to say, you added one to many 0's is 2008.

[emart]

hey man, maybe he's looking in to the future!!

[mvlax11]

champion- Duke
Final 4- Duke, Virginia, Cornell, Hopkins
Tewaarton- It'll be between Danowski, Greer and Rabil.

Duke is too stacked, they have Danowski another year. The offensive chemistry of Greer/Danowski will grow even greater with another year of development. And I think Quinzani will have a stellar year. The returning seniors will likely be too much for many teams to handle. Not only the ability but the chemistry will be what will make Duke so potent.

[UVAlaxer432]

Champs- Virginia (Got a lot of great recruits coming in)
Final 4- Virginia, Duke,Hopkins, G-town
Tewaaraton(sp?) Danowski or Rubeor if he doesn't go into a slump 3/4's of the way through the season

[UVAlaxer432]

They aren't going to have all freshman...They are returning Their ENTIRE attack unit which was onne of the top in the country and all but one starting Defenders.

Their goalie is supposed to be a superstar so that means that the only place they will be relatively new is midfield, but we have the brattons and returning a few veterans that saw some playing time last year.

[powell22]

ya but duke is returning, possibly, their entire attack unit also and we all kno danowski greer and quinzani> rubeor, billings and gladding.
sooo..
-champions: duke
-tewaarton- danowski again, rubeor second with rabil in 3rd
-final 4: cuse, duke, hopkins, virginia
-contender: ... lemme think

[THALAX]

Champions: Duke
Final 4: UVA, JHU, UNC, Duke
contender: UNC
tewaarton: Have no idea

UNC is going to still be a young team next year, but they have proven that they can hang with the big guys. Atleast for the first half...
Almost all of their recruits were defensemen (Two of which were the top defensive recruits in the country), and that was the Tar Heel's weak spot. So hopefully they can produce pretty well like they did last season.

[MaKiMaKi13]

bleh its so early you couldnt even answer most of those questions i mean you could get a pretty close approximationg but for the tewaaraton it depends if danowski returns or not, other choices are rabil and rubeor i also like seibald a lot

[Lacrossebum03]

If my Jays can get another keeper like Jesse, we'll be set. With Kimmel, Rabil and Peyser returning as mids, it will be an awesome year. The attack is still solid despite the loss of Byrne. Duke has everyone back pretty much, so they'll probably take it all.
Champ - Duke
4 - Hop, Duke, UVA, Navy (surprise team, idk, I can't pick a 4th)
Tewaarton - Paul Rabil.

[MACDADDY]

i think that Cuse is starting a downhill run. this year they just played awful.

[D_Pole2010]

Well I guess in 18,000 years Duke will be pretty strong. Hard to say that far into the future though eh?
haha yea no kidding

[ekajsk8er]

i think that Cuse is starting a downhill run. this year they just played awful.

Last time Syracuse didn't make the playoffs, they won the national championship the very next year. I'm not saying that it's going to happen, because their recruiting the past couple years has been garbage (they need to start thinking outside of Section 3, and into Maryland/Long Island/Canada), but I'd be willing to bet just the opposite of what you said. In terms of Syracuse lacrosse, last year was about as bad as it ever could have gotten, and there is nowhere to go but up. I think that the last few years they thought wins were just going to come to them, and that because they're Syracuse, they have an automatic bid to the final 4. I REALLY hope last year woke them up, both the players and the coaches.

As for next year, they have a top goalie recruit coming, and they didn't loose much offensively, only Rommel and Jerome. If they can get a decent fogo, play decent defense (I'm crossing my fingers with this one) and find the head, heart and hustle they used to be famous for, they WILL be dangerous in the next few years.

[lax-crazy]

ive been talking about who the best team will be for a while. honestly Hopkins is scary all around and depending how many seniors do come back (lamade and carrol are not) will be how good duke is. UVA is also looking nuts.

final four im gonna be going

duke, uva, hopkins, UNC (thats the whole ACC but maryland haha)



tawaaraton(sp) finalists: the same as last year, but with that out frank R. and possibly boyle if he keeps things up

[MiddieMan05]

I think the champion will be either Duke or Virgnia. Duke, depending on how many senior return, could run through the season, but you can't ignore Virginia's incoming freshmen class, and the players they return. Yah freshmen won't be able to carry you, but getting something like 5 of the top 7 recruits is still amazing. In the final four I'm going Duke, Virginia, JHU, and Georgtown, I think they'll finally get over the hump. For Tewarraton, if Danowski comes back, with 4.5 years under his belt, how could he not dominate the points race again? I wouldn't be surprised if he hits triple digits and possibly even Greer too.

[nick908]

its impossible to kno who the final four is gonna be haha wat if Duke plays hopkins in the semis. the top four teams dont always make the final four

[MACDADDY]

well with what ekajsk8er said does happen, then i guess my final lineup for the final 4 are:
Hopkins
Syracuse
Duke
UVA

basically the teams that did good this season, and/or have won the championships several times.

[faceofflax15]

Hopkins [Middies], UVA [Recruits], UNC [Such Young Awesome Talent], and Duke [If Enough Seniors Return] Or Georgetown [Works very well as a team]

[KG_LAX]

duke definately with danowski greer nd every1... its really unfair

[Rosie411]

can i ask why syracuse? they didnt even MAKE the tournement this year but in 08 wer expecting them in the final four? what happened to cornell ther still returning a good amount of players.
champion-duke
final four-duke cornell cinderalla john hopkins
tewaaraton-seibald- the guy had an AMAZING sophmore year and was already and contender for it.. if not 08 then 09

[ekajsk8er]

can i ask why syracuse? they didnt even MAKE the tournement this year but in 08 wer expecting them in the final four? what happened to cornell ther still returning a good amount of players.
champion-duke
final four-duke cornell cinderalla john hopkins
tewaaraton-seibald- the guy had an AMAZING sophmore year and was already and contender for it.. if not 08 then 09

Last year is over, that counts for nothing going into 2008. Delaware, Cornell, UNC, Princeton, Loyola all didn't make the playoffs in 2006, does that mean they couldn't have made it, and in Delaware/Cornells case go far in the tournament this year?

Also, Cornell doesn't look too terribly promising next year. Sure they have Seibald who is an amazing player, but they lose 5 out of their top 7 scorers, and McMonagle who was stellar in the cage this season. It's just too much to replace in one year.

Something I neglected in my earlier post about Syracuse was the transfers from OCC they are getting (http://www.syracuse.com/articles/sports/index.ssf?/base/sports-0/118405808470720.xml&coll=1)
While it is true they are untested at the division 1 level, let alone against the kind of schedule Syracuse has, I don't think it should be too big of a problem for them to make the switch. This could add a whole new level to 'Cuses already talented offense.

My guesses:
-Duke or Hopkins will be champions next year. Both have just a good a chance to win it as of right now.
-Final Four: It all really depends on the brackets, but my choices are Duke Hopkins Syracuse Princeton, but Georgetown and North Carolina aren't too far behind.
-Next Contender: North Carolina for the next few years should be a solid team. If were talking about teams that usually aren't usually in the mix, Colgate could be a possibility as well.
-Tewaaraton: No way to tell as of right now.

[jaxlax1140]

Champ:duke
Final Four:duke hopkins cuse virgina
Contender: denver university
Tewaaraton: danowski

[LvIlLeLaX5]

champ:duke
final four:Syracuse Duke Hopkins Uva
Darkhorse:Cornell
Tewaaraton:Its up in the air depends on how they do i know the 5 finalists will be greer danowski rabil rubeour and seibald

I think cuse will make the return to the final four if you look at what they lost they lost rommel and perritt is anticapated to return to run on the 1st middy line again there attack returns they get sid smith at d they need to rework the d though and galloway i think should start in the goalie

[KryptoNite]

If my Jays can get another keeper like Jesse, we'll be set. With Kimmel, Rabil and Peyser returning as mids, it will be an awesome year. The attack is still solid despite the loss of Byrne. Duke has everyone back pretty much, so they'll probably take it all.
Champ - Duke
4 - Hop, Duke, UVA, Navy (surprise team, idk, I can't pick a 4th)
Tewaarton - Paul Rabil.


They have Gvodzen, who wll be a junior I believe, in goal. He almost took Jesse's starting spot in '07. He is a very good tender.

[bcannons14]

champion: Hopkins
final four: hopkins duke virginia georgetown
upcomming powerhouse: Notre Dame (will make the elite eight)
Tewaarton: Paul Rabil

[BLUEJAYSFAN9]

Gzvoden is going to be a sophmore^^^

[BurnSomeRope]

bleh its so early you couldnt even answer most of those questions i mean you could get a pretty close approximationg but for the tewaaraton it depends if danowski returns or not, other choices are rabil and rubeor i also like seibald a lot

agree'd. Way too early to start putting things out there. Danowski for tewaaraton if he stays, if not its Rabil if he has a good, full season.

[redskinsatheart]

-it might finally be Duke's year in '08
-Cuse, Hopkins, UVA, Duke
-Contenders are UNC, and maybe Colgate and Bucknell
-Rabil wins the Tewaarton

[nsalax25]

They aren't going to have all freshman...They are returning Their ENTIRE attack unit which was onne of the top in the country and all but one starting Defenders.

Their goalie is supposed to be a superstar so that means that the only place they will be relatively new is midfield, but we have the brattons and returning a few veterans that saw some playing time last year.

Plus, you have Peter Lamade transferring from duke.. Virginia is looking very strong for '08. Final Four: Duke, UVA, Gtown, Hopkins. Champion: UVA. Tewaarton: Paul Rabil.. Cinderella: Loyola or Notre Dame

[kmanlax4]

champion:duke
4-Virgina Duke hopkins cornell
Darkhourse-denver or umbc
Tewaarton-danowski

[JaxLaxdefender8]

champ:duke
final four:Syracuse Duke Hopkins Uva
Darkhorse:Cornell
Tewaaraton:Its up in the air depends on how they do i know the 5 finalists will be greer danowski rabil rubeour and seibald

I think cuse will make the return to the final four if you look at what they lost they lost rommel and perritt is anticapated to return to run on the 1st middy line again there attack returns they get sid smith at d they need to rework the d though and galloway i think should start in the goalie

You can't know who the 5 finalists are going to be, each and everyone of them could be injured or just plain suck this year and you never know who will step it up.

[hvlacrosse311]

They have Gvodzen, who wll be a junior I believe, in goal. He almost took Jesse's starting spot in '07. He is a very good tender.

um gvodzen is going to be a sopmore

[Rosie411]

Last year is over, that counts for nothing going into 2008. Delaware, Cornell, UNC, Princeton, Loyola all didn't make the playoffs in 2006, does that mean they couldn't have made it, and in Delaware/Cornells case go far in the tournament this year?

Also, Cornell doesn't look too terribly promising next year. Sure they have Seibald who is an amazing player, but they lose 5 out of their top 7 scorers, and McMonagle who was stellar in the cage this season. It's just too much to replace in one year.

Something I neglected in my earlier post about Syracuse was the transfers from OCC they are getting (http://www.syracuse.com/articles/spo...720.xml&coll=1)
While it is true they are untested at the division 1 level, let alone against the kind of schedule Syracuse has, I don't think it should be too big of a problem for them to make the switch. This could add a whole new level to 'Cuses already talented offense.

My guesses:
-Duke or Hopkins will be champions next year. Both have just a good a chance to win it as of right now.
-Final Four: It all really depends on the brackets, but my choices are Duke Hopkins Syracuse Princeton, but Georgetown and North Carolina aren't too far behind.
-Next Contender: North Carolina for the next few years should be a solid team. If were talking about teams that usually aren't usually in the mix, Colgate could be a possibility as well.
-Tewaaraton: No way to tell as of right now.
I agree with you on the fact that you dont have to make the tournement to make it in the next year but the fact of the matter is that the teams that made it far always had a leader or go to man-- umass sean morris, delaware alex smith, cornell seibald, maryland joe walters and i can go on and on the point is these teams had great leaders and good chemistry

[goalie1215]

Delaware, Cornell, UNC, Princeton, Loyola all didn't make the playoffs in 2006,

cornell and princeton were both in the playoffs last year...

[-HSKR-]

Is Danowski eligible to win the tewaaraton again considering his circumstances?

[scarsdalelax08]

Champs: Duke
Final 4: Duke, JHU, UVa, Notre Dame
Contender(s): Colgate, Bucknell, UNC
Tewaaraton: Danowski

[laxmiddie11]

Champs:Duke
Final 4:Duke, Virginia, JHU, Georgetown
Contender(s): UNC, Penn State, UMBC
Tewaaraton: Rabil

[truss009]

champ- duke
final 4- duke, JH, virginia, princeton
dark horse- bucknell, georgetown, loyola
tewaaraton- ZACH GREER

[spanishriverlax]

If my Jays can get another keeper like Jesse, we'll be set. With Kimmel, Rabil and Peyser returning as mids, it will be an awesome year. The attack is still solid despite the loss of Byrne. Duke has everyone back pretty much, so they'll probably take it all.
Champ - Duke
4 - Hop, Duke, UVA, Navy (surprise team, idk, I can't pick a 4th)
Tewaarton - Paul Rabil.


They have a goalie better then Jesse. His name is Mike Gvozden. He is going to be a sophmore and he is starting. He was the kid that was going to replace Jesse half-way through the season. I just meet him and he is a standout guy. He will be one of the best goalies next year, probably second to Dan Loftus who is coming back to duke.

Becasuse of Danowski is back and Loftus running the defense again this year, I think Duke will be hard pressed not to win the championship.

-final four
Duke, JHU, Syracuse, Cornell.
-surpises
Drexel and Delaware( again.)
-Tewaaraton
Danowski again. It has to happen.

[HardMesh2]

Duke's Pete Lamade will be enrolling where this fall ???? UVa or G'town? Grad school or to just finish undergrad? Wow, good for Dom if Peter is in C'ville.

[littleItaly]

tewarreton is a mess next year, danowski, greer, rabil, seibald, and rubeor are alll worthy and we havent even seen what surprises are in store next season....what a mess.....cant wait for the day a defensive player wins it...that would be nice

[longstickmid20]

Champ- Hopkins
Final Four- Hopkins, Duke, UVA, Cornell
Tewaaraton- Rabil

[KUjayhawks42]

Champions - Duke
Final Four - Duke, Hopkins, UVA, UNC
Tewaaraton - Rabil or Danowski...can't decide

[BLUEJAYSFAN9]

Champions: cant decide, always have faith in my Jays
FF: Hop Duke UNC UVA
Tewaaraton: Rabil or danowski

[JohnsHopkins16]

Yeah gvodzen is supposed to be better than Jesse.
Hop Dman Sam DeVore and some other players on Hopkins said he was just as good if not better than Schwartzman.
Hopkins is gonna win it all...They Beat Duke in 05 and in 07...08 is just gonna be the third strike.
Yes Jesse is gone(gvodzen replaces) and so is byrne... yet their attack is still beast and younger players are stepping up...
Hey Duke...3 strikes your out!

[ocstarzET09]

Final Four: Maryland, Duke, UVA, and Hopkins
Tewaaraton: Danowski (maybe Rabil)

[dwyer28]

danowksi is nuckin futs so since hes back i think Duke is going to have a really good chance at winning it all.
Final Four: Duke,Virginia,Hopkins,UNC or Cornell
Surprise would have to be the UNC squad, Colgate and Drexel..

[Middie07]

Final Four- Duke-they have got danowski and others coming back, their going to be very tough to beat.
Virginia-some good players returning, along with a VERY good freshmen class including the bratton bros,garrett ince,and nick elsmo. Midfield should have extremely good depth.
Hopkins-A lot returning including top midfielder in the nation Paul rabil.
Cornell- Strong midfield,and are going to build off last year.
Champions-Duke

Tewarotan(sp?)-Rabil or Danowski I want Rabil too though he deserves it

[LAgoalie]

greer will not get the tewarton, he is too one sided, he only really finishes and picks up groundballs.

[bee_laxer5]

well like inside lacrosse said, with duke returning all those players, hopkins wins it's 3rd championship in the past 4 years

[ca180sx]

Champ- Duke
Final 4- JHU, UNC, UD, Princeton
Tewarraton- Danowski

[lax-crazy]

what!? no love for the orange? I think after the disaster from last year that they will get thigns together and make it to semis. They are stacked with iroquoi kids cid smith, Codi jameson and kent squire hill. I like the orange.

[LvIlLeLaX5]

lol sid smith is the only one so far to be enrolled at cuse this year but the mid field will be much better with the return of pat perritt and you get the mad man lefty brooks backwhat!? no love for the orange? I think after the disaster from last year that they will get thigns together and make it to semis. They are stacked with iroquoi kids cid smith, Codi jameson and kent squire hill. I like the orange.

[lax-crazy]

that probably means they are finishing up units at OCC this semester.

[bee_laxer5]

-Duke
-Hopkins, Duke, Cornell, G-town
-Colgate or Drexel
-I have no idea

[dbowles22]

champions- duke
final 4- duke, hopkins, uva, syracuse
tewaarton- danowski

duke- has most of their players from last year and will do verry well this season

hopkins- very strong offense with paul rabil and also strong on the defensive side with their sophmore goalie Gvozden

UVA- strong team overall, very good coaching staff with dom starsia and company

Syracuse- Maybe a suprise to everyone, looking very strong from what ive seen with them at fall ball. they need to not start peter c in the goal and start the all american al cavaleri. it looks like Desko is putting together a strong squad at syracuse

[ekajsk8er]

http://insidelacrosse.com/page.cfm?pagerid=2&news=fdetail&storyid=172452

The transfers from OCC won't be playing at 'Cuse this spring. I won't say it's going to hurt Syracuse, because the OCC kids haven't played for them yet, but it is quite the letdown for this upcoming season.

[Cortlax10]

Cuse is gonna win it....look at there team....and i dont know which one will win the award but it will be an orangemen

[navylax161]

woah, looking back some of my picks havent turned out great. rabil has absolutely no shot at the tewaarton, hopkins and ND dont have what it takes to get to championship weekend, and colgate isnt even in top 20. that duke pick is still golden though.

[lsilaxer131]

Yea I thought it was pretty funny looking back on how many posters jumped on the Colgate bandwagon. I'm an Army fan so I was confident they would surprise this season, but never posted on this thread. I wasn't too high on Hopkins at the beginning of the season either based on the fact that Army beat them in fall ball, which I know is only fall ball but its not like you play a game and not try to win it. As of right now, I'll say:

Champ: Duke
Final 4: Duke, SU, G'town, UVA
Tewaaraton: Mike Leveille (I feel like Greer and Danowski might split votes giving the award to another deserving attackman)

[Terpsrunlax]

Final Four Duke Virginia Maryland Cornell.

Duke will wipe the floor with Cornell and Virginia will get past Maryland due to Travis Reed's decision to take the Terps' bus out for a spin the night before the semis with everyone's sticks still inside. He will receive a DUI and the bus will be towed. Maryland will forfeit and Duke will beat UVA in the championship game.

[uhawks2]

has everyone gotten off that North Carolina bandwagon yet ???