As the NCAA Tournament has whittled down to the final eight teams, No. 2-seed Maryland men’s lacrosse can look out at the field and see several familiar names.
The Terps’ regular-season schedule featured five of the other quarterfinalists. In games against Richmond, No. 6 Syracuse, No. 3 Princeton, Notre Dame and two against No. 5 Penn State, the Terps have gone 6-0.
Only two teams the Terps didn’t meet remain: No. 1 Cornell — who the Terps could only meet in the championship — and Maryland’s next opponent, Georgetown. Maryland did play the Hoyas in a January preseason scrimmage, but the familiarity with any team doesn’t matter much to head coach John Tillman.