Hat Trick Lacrosse Picks

We've reached Memorial Day Weekend. A championship is just two wins away for one of the four remaining teams. We'll make our picks for both semifinal games Saturday, and run through the four title game scenarios as well. Plus, we preview the DIII Championship ahead of Sunday's classic north/south showdown.

Down a G this week, Glaeser and Voigt hold it down for the NCAA Quarterfinals. Michigan is on a warpath, but are they ready for the Blue Devils? Are UVA and Hopkins primed for early exits? We’ll see. Army and Penn State might also be the hardest game to pick this weekend. We also preview a stacked Division III Elite 8.

543 regular season and conference postseason games have come and gone. We've arrived to the new season, the promised land. The national tournament commences this week with Marist taking on Delaware midweek. We cover that play-in game as well as all the other first round matchups from the bracket.

We're back just like we promised to cover the full slate of weekend games. AQs will be locked down over the next 48 hours and bubble teams will be sweating it out until the bracket is revealed on Sunday. We'll return next week during our normal time to release our picks for the first round.

It is tournament time! The boys pick the remaining quarterfinal and semifinal games for the week. You’ll also get a taste of some live reactions to the Patriot League and ASUN Quarterfinal games from Tuesday. The field has narrowed and the stage is set. Who can stay in the spotlight and who will get kicked off stage?

Episode Time Stamps:

Rankings: 0:03:46 - 0:05:27

Dawg of the Week: 0:06:11 - 0:07:26

A few conferences have their tournaments set. Some only have 1 spot left. Yale and Harvard play for the last spot in the Ivy League Tournament. The Big East could be decided by Goal Differential. MAAC and B1G tournament quarterfinals this weekend. Is the committee giving Syracuse an At-Large if they beat Duke this weekend? Our worst fears may just be realized.

Episode Time Stamps:

Rankings: 0:03:02 - 0:04:51

Dawg of the Week: 0:04:52 - 0:05:51

Weekday Games: 0:07:10 - 0:32:15

Weekend Games: 0:32:20 - 1:10:55

Conference Tournament Games: 1:11:03 - 1:28:51

It’s Rivalry Week. Hearts will be broken, seasons will be spoiled, and teams will realize greatness in the midst of full stadiums. MAAC and ASUN will come down to the wire. Ivy League teams might rip each other to shreds for a tournament bid. One of the best weeks of the college lacrosse season is finally upon us.

Episode Time Stamps:

Rankings: 0:02:30 - 0:04:42

Dawg of the Week: 0:04:59 - 0:06:13

Weekday Games: 0:08:40 - 0:29:08

Weekend Games: 0:29:12 - 1:32:50

Crazy stuff went down this weekend, and it has all of us questioning what may be coming in the near future for the final weeks of the regular season. Glove checks? It looks like the ACC is gatekeeping at-large Bids. It’s desperation time for a lot of teams to make their claim and gain some momentum for a conference tournament run.

Episode Time Stamps:

Rankings: 0:04:26 - 0:06:11

Dawg of the Week: 0:06:25 - 0:07:20

Weekday Games: 0:08:27 - 0:26:05

Weekend Games: 0:26:20 - 1:52:00

The carousel that is the NCAA continues to go round and round, and it is taking a big hit on how Voigt is approaching this slate of games. Glaeser is convinced Loyola is #14, and Dreiband is standing tall at the top of our pick standings. Duke enters the Thunderdome as the #1 team in the nation, and takes on Notre Dame this week to headline another critical week of conference play.

Episode Time Stamps:

Rankings: 0:03:02 - 0:06:43

Dawg of the Week: 0:06:48 - 0:08:50

Weekday Games: 0:08:51- 0:23:20

Weekend Games: 0:23:22 - 1:39:35

From here on out, every game means so much more than the last. Conference play is in full swing with the A10 and the Big East joining the party, and for many the lone hope of getting a tournament bid is through their conference AQ. This will be the largest slate of games we will see all season, so no team should be feeling any fomo this week.

Episode Time Stamps:

Rankings: 0:03:05 - 0:06:17

Dawg of the Week: 0:06:18 - 0:08:40

Weekday Games: 0:08:48 - 0:31:10

Weekend Games: 0:31:12 - 1:38:45