I think the top 5-10 teams in DIII would be top 50% in DI. Salisbury would probably consistently be around the top 20 D1. There's just more parity in lacrosse than there is in other sports like football. So may ex-D3 players with residual eligibility from COVID now playing graduate seasons at elite D1 schools. Two of UVA's starters are former-NESCAC players.
Lmao, i heard that back in the 90s when I was playing ball in college, yet no one I know that went to Salisbury can point to when it happened. It never happened, just a rumor.
Hobart was a perirenal powerhouse at D3 for years - they went D1 and got smoked for several years. Salisbury is good, but UMD, Michigan, UNC, Denver, Duke would all smoke 'em.
I played D1. One of my roommates was s 2nd string D middie at my school. Transferred to SU as a junior, first team all american. SU is a great program, but they are delusional. They still go on and on about supposedly beating duke once in a scrimmage, but no one can say when it actually happened. They barely beat a terrible drexel team in a scrimmage during covid, but SU had 4 games already and Drexel just started practice that week. And again, that was a bad drexel team that never approached top 30 all year.
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100% they could be d1
I think the top 5-10 teams in DIII would be top 50% in DI. Salisbury would probably consistently be around the top 20 D1. There's just more parity in lacrosse than there is in other sports like football. So may ex-D3 players with residual eligibility from COVID now playing graduate seasons at elite D1 schools. Two of UVA's starters are former-NESCAC players.
Look what happened to Hobart, when they jumped to D1... better to be a big fish in a pond, than small fish in a big lake...
Hobart won 10 D-III national championships. They’ve been irrelevant ever since they moved to D-I.
Score?
um yeah since like 96
They should be …
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Yes
but you'd have to live in Salisbury
What?
I mean they beat duke in a scrimmage a few years back
Lmao, i heard that back in the 90s when I was playing ball in college, yet no one I know that went to Salisbury can point to when it happened. It never happened, just a rumor.
@ well they beat Drexel on film
Any school could be D1 with enough funding
There are so many aweful d1 programs. Salisbury would prob be ranked top 20 year one
Hobart was a perirenal powerhouse at D3 for years - they went D1 and got smoked for several years. Salisbury is good, but UMD, Michigan, UNC, Denver, Duke would all smoke 'em.
Those are also all top 10 teams @@33Ozweldian
Exactly
I played D1. One of my roommates was s 2nd string D middie at my school. Transferred to SU as a junior, first team all american. SU is a great program, but they are delusional. They still go on and on about supposedly beating duke once in a scrimmage, but no one can say when it actually happened. They barely beat a terrible drexel team in a scrimmage during covid, but SU had 4 games already and Drexel just started practice that week. And again, that was a bad drexel team that never approached top 30 all year.
@@johncampbell1778Facts.
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