Note: This post will be almost entirely devoted to College Ultimate. Sorry Ginny.
It's almost 2 AM. What am I doing up? I was going to do a mini-workout, actually. And I can't seem to concentrate on any sort of work (surprise?). So I must pour out my Ultimate-related thoughts...
First off. NW Regionals. Good show by Collin, David, and Greg to make regionals. Not an easy task (at least for WA/BC sectionals). David's GURU proving that they were underrated. Collin's Sweets challenging for the section crown before falling in two close defeats (what if...? A possible 1 or 2 seed could have been?). Greg's Beavers (?) going 6-1 on the weekend. Nice. I can't believe Western played so poorly this weekend.
My guess for NW Regionals seeding:
1 UBC
2 UCSC
3 Stanford
4 LPC
5 Oregon
6 Cal
7 Washington
8 Whitman
9 WWU
10 Victoria
11 OSU
12 UC Davis
13 Humboldt St
14 Lewis & Clark
15 BYU
16 Gonzaga
My guess is that UBC and Stanford make it out, and UCSC doesn't hold up to its seed. Whitman will be the upset specialist.
Also, I'm going to talk about the Great Lakes Regionals for a little bit as well, because I always think of Luke. And because we've faced 3 of the region's four top teams (Michigan, Ohio St., Notre Dame). We've beaten Michigan, lost to Notre Dame once, and lost THREE TIMES to Ohio St. (though each time they were close games, and we practically gave away our third game against them). I think Michigan and Illinois will make it out, but look for Notre Dame to make some serious noise.
Anyways, on to the region everyone loves most!
My guess for ME Regionals seeding:
1 Pitt
2 Maryland
3 Penn
4 Delaware
5 Edinboro
6 George Washington
7 Carleton Univ.
8 Cornell
9 Princeton
10 Penn St.
11 Bucknell
12 Lehigh
13 RPI
14 Queens-Kingston
15 Hofstra
16 Vassar
I see Pitt beating us in the finals, and then us beating Maryland soundly in the game-to-go. Our previous loss to Maryland was coming off of a deflating loss to Ohio St., with one of our best players (a 6-3 grad student who would demolish Stout from Ego) out. We didn't play with energy (we didn't have any left), and I think we would come out fired up in a rematch. Also, Cornell and Edinboro are underrated.
Here are some very good Ultimate blogs...
http://matchdiesel.blogspot.com/
http://tnilan.blogspot.com/
And I'm sure you all read RSD? MSSUI? Woo.
4 comments:
My prediction for NW Regionals seeding:
1. UBC
2. Oregon
3. UCSC
4. Stanford
5. Washington
6. Whitman
7. Las Positas
8. Cal
9. Western Washington
10. Oregon State
11. UC Davis
12. Victoria
13. Gonzaga
14. Humboldt State
15. Lewis & Clark
16. BYU
Rationale for the top: Whitman is ranked 4th in the region. However, UCSC has to be ahead of Stanford because they won the tournament, and Stanford will be ahead of Whitman because they're ranked higher, therefore UCSC has to be ahead of Whitman. Washington finished ahead of Whitman at sectionals, so they have to be ahead of them. As for Whitman vs. Cal and Las Positas, Whitman only lost to Cal by 1 and beat Las Positas by 3, and is ranked ahead of both of them. Plus, Cal did the worst at sectionals, so is less likely to be ahead of Whitman, especially given the fact that, in order to do that, Las Positas would also have to be ahead of Whitman (they finished ahead of Cal at sectionals), and that doesn't make sense because Whitman has a higher ranking and a 3 point win over Las Positas.
I really hope it works out this way, because it would give us UCSC as the 1 seed in our pool.
Also, Western Washington really only had two bad games: getting blown out by us and losing in overtime to Victoria. But they redeemd the latter by crushing them 15-7 in the 4th place game (and they beat them 15-7 in pool play). Granted, the close games to PLU don't look great, but overall Western just tanked a couple games, and did alright besides that.
Two other good ultimate blogs:
http://dlkultimate.blogspot.com/
http://ultimatepulse.blogspot.com/
By the way, how'd you play at sectionals? How much do you play in close games (I know there weren't any at sectionals).
Haha, yes, I actually already had those on my bookmarks, but they hadn't put anything good out for weeks (until today, oddly enough), so I didn't mention them.
At sectionals? Uh, I played okay, not spectacular. I played pretty uninspired Ultimate at times. I tend to step it up in the big matches.
In close games, actually, unless I'm on a hot streak, I play not very much. Our team runs heavily on our seniors and juniors (there are only two freshmen on the A squad). But, for example, I had a layout clap-catch for a score in one of our Ohio St games, and then I was put in more often. We run O and D-lines, and our O-line has for the most part a rotation among 9 guys - pretty inflexible. So I end up playing often as a D-line handler or cutter. But I certainly don't play a great amount.
ultimate poop!
jargon jargon jargon.
;-)
Our captain got an email with the preliminary seedings and you were exactly right for the first 9, except Cal is 5 and Oregon is 6. I guess the thing is that UW kind of belongs below all those bay area teams, and even though we should be above some of them, we also have to be below UW. Damn.
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