Have we really reached the midpoint of the 2024 regular season? Yes. Yes, we have. Time flies when you are having fun.

As we close out March we have a pretty good understanding of the college lacrosse landscape, including which teams are shaping into contenders and which players are shaping into stars. Many of those contenders will sharpen their iron in another weekend featuring half a dozen Top 20 matchups. D-Fly & Dixie will set the table for big weekend ahead.

One of those stars is Penn State attackman, TJ Malone, who’s No. 4-ranked Nittany Lions have somehow seemed to fly under the radar in 2024. They’ll emerge in the spotlight come Sunday night in a marquee nationally-televised Big Ten game against No. 12 Maryland. Malone joins the guys this week to discuss the Nittany Lions quest to return to Championship Weekend, how the team refocused after a season-opening loss to Colgate, ‘gratitude practice’ and life lessons learned during injury rehab, Drake coming to State College this Sunday night, Panzermonium and much, much more.

No. 6 Army (7-1) at North Carolina (6-3), noon, ACCN+

No. 2 Virginia (8-1) at No. 16 Harvard (6-2), noon, ESPN+

No. 14 Michigan (6-3, 1-0 B1G) at No. 8 Johns Hopkins (6-3, 1-0), noon, ESPNU

No. 7 Cornell (5-2, 2-0 Ivy) at No. 15 Penn (6-3, 2-0), 1 p.m., ESPN+

No. 3 Syracuse (9-2, 1-0 ACC) at No. 1 Notre Dame (5-1, 0-0), 2 p.m., ACC Network

No. 12 Maryland (5-3, 0-1 B1G) at No. 4 Penn State (7-1, 1-0), 7 p.m., Big Ten Network

And finally, in a Quiet Riot-inspired Give & Go, they talk about walk-up songs, goal music and the other bangers that routinely rock stadiums across this fine nation.