That No. 1 ranking seems like an eternity ago. As does the 8-0 start to the season.
A Sunday night game, maybe the best college game of the season, still ended up as a loss for the men's lacrosse team. And a season that started on fire has cooled and is now looking at the possibility - maybe very distant - of not making the NCAA tournament.
Sitting at 9-3 (1-2 B1G), the 8-0 start is in the rear view mirror, and the challenge is to finish the conference season strong and do some damage in the Big Ten tourney.