Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The parents that send their kids to Ivies had that plan all along I suspect. If the Ivy is good at lacrosse it’s a bonus. Many of these families aren’t sweating the 90k a year tuition.

The parents who have the plan for an Ivy all along are so exhausting. They aren’t very subtle about it. I feel sorry for some of their kids.

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Interesting insight on the origination of the teams at the respective schools, and good to hear on USF commitment to women's lacrosse. Just two observations in response: (1) clearly the FSU machine is recruiting successfully, landing a 5-star goalie, other national-class talent, and great transfers, so they must be expressing a full commitment to the sport. Perhaps they have achieved the zeal of the converted; and (2) you don't really have to "jump" other ACC teams to get to the top 25. In all seriousness, all 9 teams could finish in the top 25 in the not too distant future. Generally one or two has a down year (see Duke recently), but these schools are all among the top programs in the country and will likely remain there.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The parents that send their kids to Ivies had that plan all along I suspect. If the Ivy is good at lacrosse it’s a bonus. Many of these families aren’t sweating the 90k a year tuition.

The parents who have the plan for an Ivy all along are so exhausting. They aren’t very subtle about it. I feel sorry for some of their kids.

Anonymous wrote:The parents that send their kids to Ivies had that plan all along I suspect. If the Ivy is good at lacrosse it’s a bonus. Many of these families aren’t sweating the 90k a year tuition.

Anonymous wrote:I have a middle schooler and have been thinking about where she will try to play in high school. Seems like Cap Blue is most likely to lead to Ivy League and other top academics, other strong teams are more likely to lead to be scholarship $ and state flagships. Is that just true for the 2026 class or is this a persistent theme across years?

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Anonymous wrote:To address the question about Heros Green, is it a down year for them? Judging is impossible until the entire recruiting cycle completes itself. It is a new world, and I'm betting you'll see more de-commitments and flips to another school than we've typically seen. I also expect some schools will add to their class late in the cycle when hurt players show themselves on the field.

Having said all that, looking at HG v CB, the approximate average lax rank of the schools the players have committed to is 49.35 HG v 43.6 CB. That's not much of a difference.

Given South Florida and Florida State are starting programs, I assigned them both an equal ranking of 60. HG has two kids going there, and CB has 2 kids going to FSU. I think CB has committed 20 and HG has committed 14. So there's a difference there. If one assumes HG had multiple players out with injuries, then where they ultimately commit will adjust their average.

Looking at the top 12 players for each club (in terms of college lax ranking), HG has an average of 40.74, and CB has an average of 23.83. Kudos to CB.

Consider that two of HG top 12 players are going to South Florida, which has been given an average ranking of 60 for this analysis. I think South Florida will be much better than 60, so take it all with a grain of salt. If we throw out the two USF players and go with the following two players, their top 12 average goes to 44.58.

If you look at the rest of the roster that has committed, you see the average CB commit is about 70 and HG is 92.

For comparison, MD Black's 17 commits overall average is 26, the top 12 is 13.75, and the second group is 53.5.

Before people trash one school v another school, HG has 3 AAC, 5 ACC, 1 ASUN, 3 Big 10, 1 Big East, 1 CAA, 1 Patriot. Capital Blue has 4 ACC, 2 Big 10, 1 Big East, 1 Big South, 1 CAA, 8 Ivy, 3 Patriot.

So what does all this mean? Zip.

Nada, because clubs/teams don't get recruited; players do.

If you are a top player, it probably doesn't matter all that much which top club you play for because you'll have all your options open and only limited by your grades and budget. If you are on the second half of the roster you'll likely have to be more strategic in evaluating college lax vs. college degree vs. budget. AND....that's ok.

To suggest any of these results are bad is brain-dead nonsense.

They've all done exceptionally well. Clearly, Capital "Little Ivy" Blue is the place to be if you want to go to an IVY league school but that's about way more than just lacrosse. Again, thinking that any of these results are bad blows my mind.

I do wonder if Capital Blue requires a pre-SAT score and tax returns as part of its tryout process. (Stop, I'm kidding. Lighten up.)

One more time for the trolls in the back. ALL OF THESE RESULTS ARE CRAZY IMPRESSIVE. To the parents/players who are still available, keep grinding.

This is good work. Nice post.

A quibble on the potential future of the USF program versus FSU. Based on overall resources, sports commitment, and academic breadth, I would place my bets on FSU becoming more relevant, more quickly, and more permanently--similar to Clemson's trajectory--than I would on USF. Guessing 50-60 is fair for both for now. Expect FSU to be top 25 in 2-3 years.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To address the question about Heros Green, is it a down year for them? Judging is impossible until the entire recruiting cycle completes itself. It is a new world, and I'm betting you'll see more de-commitments and flips to another school than we've typically seen. I also expect some schools will add to their class late in the cycle when hurt players show themselves on the field.

Having said all that, looking at HG v CB, the approximate average lax rank of the schools the players have committed to is 49.35 HG v 43.6 CB. That's not much of a difference.

Given South Florida and Florida State are starting programs, I assigned them both an equal ranking of 60. HG has two kids going there, and CB has 2 kids going to FSU. I think CB has committed 20 and HG has committed 14. So there's a difference there. If one assumes HG had multiple players out with injuries, then where they ultimately commit will adjust their average.

Looking at the top 12 players for each club (in terms of college lax ranking), HG has an average of 40.74, and CB has an average of 23.83. Kudos to CB.

Consider that two of HG top 12 players are going to South Florida, which has been given an average ranking of 60 for this analysis. I think South Florida will be much better than 60, so take it all with a grain of salt. If we throw out the two USF players and go with the following two players, their top 12 average goes to 44.58.

If you look at the rest of the roster that has committed, you see the average CB commit is about 70 and HG is 92.

For comparison, MD Black's 17 commits overall average is 26, the top 12 is 13.75, and the second group is 53.5.

Before people trash one school v another school, HG has 3 AAC, 5 ACC, 1 ASUN, 3 Big 10, 1 Big East, 1 CAA, 1 Patriot. Capital Blue has 4 ACC, 2 Big 10, 1 Big East, 1 Big South, 1 CAA, 8 Ivy, 3 Patriot.

So what does all this mean? Zip.

Nada, because clubs/teams don't get recruited; players do.

If you are a top player, it probably doesn't matter all that much which top club you play for because you'll have all your options open and only limited by your grades and budget. If you are on the second half of the roster you'll likely have to be more strategic in evaluating college lax vs. college degree vs. budget. AND....that's ok.

To suggest any of these results are bad is brain-dead nonsense.

They've all done exceptionally well. Clearly, Capital "Little Ivy" Blue is the place to be if you want to go to an IVY league school but that's about way more than just lacrosse. Again, thinking that any of these results are bad blows my mind.

I do wonder if Capital Blue requires a pre-SAT score and tax returns as part of its tryout process. (Stop, I'm kidding. Lighten up.)

One more time for the trolls in the back. ALL OF THESE RESULTS ARE CRAZY IMPRESSIVE. To the parents/players who are still available, keep grinding.

This is good work. Nice post.

A quibble on the potential future of the USF program versus FSU. Based on overall resources, sports commitment, and academic breadth, I would place my bets on FSU becoming more relevant, more quickly, and more permanently--similar to Clemson's trajectory--than I would on USF. Guessing 50-60 is fair for both for now. Expect FSU to be top 25 in 2-3 years.

The support USF and FSU have from their respective athletics departments couldn't be more different. USF has full support, building lax specific facilities and from what I'm hearing, is all in on fully funding the new roster limits. FSU on the other hand, was FORCED to add a women's sport, but only after the school was sued by the girls club team there. Make no mistake, FSU is not fully behind their lacrosse program currently. That may change in the near or distant future, but they are taking a much different path than Clemson did or even USF. They'll start along the lines of a Pitt. FSU will be lucky to be top half of the ACC in 3-5 years, let alone top 25. Who in the ACC will they jump? Cuse, Duke, UNC, UVA, Clemson, BC, Notre Dame, and now Stanford??? Not anytime soon.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To address the question about Heros Green, is it a down year for them? Judging is impossible until the entire recruiting cycle completes itself. It is a new world, and I'm betting you'll see more de-commitments and flips to another school than we've typically seen. I also expect some schools will add to their class late in the cycle when hurt players show themselves on the field.

Having said all that, looking at HG v CB, the approximate average lax rank of the schools the players have committed to is 49.35 HG v 43.6 CB. That's not much of a difference.

Given South Florida and Florida State are starting programs, I assigned them both an equal ranking of 60. HG has two kids going there, and CB has 2 kids going to FSU. I think CB has committed 20 and HG has committed 14. So there's a difference there. If one assumes HG had multiple players out with injuries, then where they ultimately commit will adjust their average.

Looking at the top 12 players for each club (in terms of college lax ranking), HG has an average of 40.74, and CB has an average of 23.83. Kudos to CB.

Consider that two of HG top 12 players are going to South Florida, which has been given an average ranking of 60 for this analysis. I think South Florida will be much better than 60, so take it all with a grain of salt. If we throw out the two USF players and go with the following two players, their top 12 average goes to 44.58.

If you look at the rest of the roster that has committed, you see the average CB commit is about 70 and HG is 92.

For comparison, MD Black's 17 commits overall average is 26, the top 12 is 13.75, and the second group is 53.5.

Before people trash one school v another school, HG has 3 AAC, 5 ACC, 1 ASUN, 3 Big 10, 1 Big East, 1 CAA, 1 Patriot. Capital Blue has 4 ACC, 2 Big 10, 1 Big East, 1 Big South, 1 CAA, 8 Ivy, 3 Patriot.

So what does all this mean? Zip.

Nada, because clubs/teams don't get recruited; players do.

If you are a top player, it probably doesn't matter all that much which top club you play for because you'll have all your options open and only limited by your grades and budget. If you are on the second half of the roster you'll likely have to be more strategic in evaluating college lax vs. college degree vs. budget. AND....that's ok.

To suggest any of these results are bad is brain-dead nonsense.

They've all done exceptionally well. Clearly, Capital "Little Ivy" Blue is the place to be if you want to go to an IVY league school but that's about way more than just lacrosse. Again, thinking that any of these results are bad blows my mind.

I do wonder if Capital Blue requires a pre-SAT score and tax returns as part of its tryout process. (Stop, I'm kidding. Lighten up.)

One more time for the trolls in the back. ALL OF THESE RESULTS ARE CRAZY IMPRESSIVE. To the parents/players who are still available, keep grinding.

This is good work. Nice post.

A quibble on the potential future of the USF program versus FSU. Based on overall resources, sports commitment, and academic breadth, I would place my bets on FSU becoming more relevant, more quickly, and more permanently--similar to Clemson's trajectory--than I would on USF. Guessing 50-60 is fair for both for now. Expect FSU to be top 25 in 2-3 years.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To address the question about Heros Green, is it a down year for them? Judging is impossible until the entire recruiting cycle completes itself. It is a new world, and I'm betting you'll see more de-commitments and flips to another school than we've typically seen. I also expect some schools will add to their class late in the cycle when hurt players show themselves on the field.

Having said all that, looking at HG v CB, the approximate average lax rank of the schools the players have committed to is 49.35 HG v 43.6 CB. That's not much of a difference.

Given South Florida and Florida State are starting programs, I assigned them both an equal ranking of 60. HG has two kids going there, and CB has 2 kids going to FSU. I think CB has committed 20 and HG has committed 14. So there's a difference there. If one assumes HG had multiple players out with injuries, then where they ultimately commit will adjust their average.

Looking at the top 12 players for each club (in terms of college lax ranking), HG has an average of 40.74, and CB has an average of 23.83. Kudos to CB.

Consider that two of HG top 12 players are going to South Florida, which has been given an average ranking of 60 for this analysis. I think South Florida will be much better than 60, so take it all with a grain of salt. If we throw out the two USF players and go with the following two players, their top 12 average goes to 44.58.

If you look at the rest of the roster that has committed, you see the average CB commit is about 70 and HG is 92.

For comparison, MD Black's 17 commits overall average is 26, the top 12 is 13.75, and the second group is 53.5.

Before people trash one school v another school, HG has 3 AAC, 5 ACC, 1 ASUN, 3 Big 10, 1 Big East, 1 CAA, 1 Patriot. Capital Blue has 4 ACC, 2 Big 10, 1 Big East, 1 Big South, 1 CAA, 8 Ivy, 3 Patriot.

So what does all this mean? Zip.

Nada, because clubs/teams don't get recruited; players do.

If you are a top player, it probably doesn't matter all that much which top club you play for because you'll have all your options open and only limited by your grades and budget. If you are on the second half of the roster you'll likely have to be more strategic in evaluating college lax vs. college degree vs. budget. AND....that's ok.

To suggest any of these results are bad is brain-dead nonsense.

They've all done exceptionally well. Clearly, Capital "Little Ivy" Blue is the place to be if you want to go to an IVY league school but that's about way more than just lacrosse. Again, thinking that any of these results are bad blows my mind.

I do wonder if Capital Blue requires a pre-SAT score and tax returns as part of its tryout process. (Stop, I'm kidding. Lighten up.)

One more time for the trolls in the back. ALL OF THESE RESULTS ARE CRAZY IMPRESSIVE. To the parents/players who are still available, keep grinding.

This is good work and you cleary put some time into this but you do seem to contradict yourself by saying in the first instance “clubs/teams don’t get recruited; players do” but then go on to refer to Cap Blue as “Little Ivy” and “the place to be if you want to go to an Ivy League school . . .”