Friday, April 21, 2017

25 Hockey Logos You've Never Seen in Person

25 Hockey Logos You've Never Seen in Person
by, Billy Mumphrey
There are many hockey programs throughout the world of all different levels that have awesome logos you've never seen before. Here they are:
 
 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

Tuesday, April 18, 2017

The 64 Team D1 Lacrosse National Campionship Tournament.

The 64 Team D1 Lacrosse National Championship Tournament
by, Billy Mumphrey

 
The way I divided up the  regions is what is going to make people the craziest not the outcome of the games. To have a "West" or "South" Region you have to put teams in those brackets that might not be considered South or West by a lot of people, but in these circumstance we have to shift the teams based on location. Here is the map how I divided the teams.
 
 
 
It's hard to break up the teams on a map and with 71 different teams we must find a way to appropriately "Region" each team. It was not easy.
 
Based on RPI Rankings (4-18)
 
REGION:
West Region
South Region
North Region
East Region
 
 
 
 
 
1         
Notre Dame
Maryland
Syracuse
Hofstra
2
Ohio State
John’s Hopkins
Albany
Rutgers
3
Penn. State
North Carolina
Army
Villanova
4         
Denver
Towson
Boston U.
Princeton
5
Michigan
Duke
Yale
Stony Brook
6
Marquette
UMBC
Providence
Penn.
7
Binghamton
Virginia
UMass
Delaware
8         
Air Force
Richmond
Brown
Drexel
9
Cornell
Loyola
Sacred Heart
Navy
10
Robert Morris
Furman
Marist
Monmouth
11
Hobart
Georgetown
Harvard
Lehigh
12
Bucknell
Mount St. Joe’s
Bryant
St. Joseph’s
13
Cleveland State
High Point
Vermont
St. John’s
14
Canisius
Mercer
Fairfield
Lafayette
15
Detroit Mercy
Jacksonville
Colgate
(@ Lrg Tour)*
16
Bellarmine
VMI
Holy Cross
(@ Lrg Tour)*
 
 
 
 
 

EXTRA:
 
Hampton
Hartford*
Wagner
 
 
 
UMass Lowell
Quinnipiac
 
 
 
Dartmouth *
NJIT
 
 
 
Siena
Manhattan

After "Region-ing" each of the 71 Division 1 Lacrosse Programs, then we bracketed each team in it's appropriate bracket except that we had 7 Teams over 64. With an auto bid going to VMI (bc all Military Colleges get an auto Bid), we had nine teams bidding for two final spots in the "East Region." Here is that two team tournament:
 
 
With Dartmouth and Hartford moving on, we were able to fill out our 64 Team May Madness Lacrosse Style Bracket. I understand that the Regions may not be what you think they are and I understand that in a 64 Team Tournament anything is possible, but I think at least the Sweet 16 is pretty close to accurate. We will see at the end of the season how close we came, but until then, here is the fun of the bracket! I believe we should have a 64 Team Lacrosse Tournament for the National Title. If we could move from 16 to 32 that'd be a move in the right direction.