Hoyas Whine, Aren’t Good at Lacrosse

In case you haven’t noticed, the NCAA provided America with a great mitzvah, deciding against extending an invitation to Georgetown University to participate in the 2008 Men’s Lacrosse Championship.  When reached for comment, Dave Urick – the Hoya’s lacrosse fuhrer — had the following to say:

I’d like to hear what the thinking was on Navy getting in. That was a little bit of an interesting selection. We thought there’d be a few other teams in the conversation with us, but I didn’t think Navy would be one, and I don’t think they did either, but I’m not sure about that. I think the Colgate win over Syracuse probably factored in somehow.

I know we had a head to head win at Navy and a pretty good win over Duke. I’m not real sure how Denver gets in ahead of us, either. They have a win over Colgate, also had a loss to a Towson team that had a losing record. Denver’s best win is over Notre Dame. Those are the two I’d like to hear more in terms of what were the factors that put those two teams ahead of us.

As far as I can surmise, the NCAA’s reasoning for including the above-mentioned two schools (Navy and Denver) over Georgetown was fairly straightforward:

Navy

• Not Georgetown.

Denver

• Not Georgetown.

Georgetown

• Is Georgetown.

When push came to shove, Georgetown’s very existence curtailed any opportunity the Hoyas had at making the tournament.  With all resumes equal — Georgetown’s victories over Navy and Denver against Navy and Denver’s non-Georgetown character — it is quite clear why the Hoyas are now forced to watch Syracuse hoist its 10th national championship.