Dave Hendrickson writes >OTOH, the Lakers are now in striking distance, ranked 13th in the RPICH needing >only to leapfrog an inactive Northeastern plus one more team (since a second >ECAC team must go). Additionally, they will be strong in categories like >record down the homestretch if they finish close enough to add in those >factors. > >Personally, I wouldn't bet against the Lakers making it to The Dance and having >almost as good a shot as anyone. It really a'int over till it's over. I don't know about this. I think the Lakers need two more wins to put them in a position for a bid. In other words they'll have to beat Michigan. Beating Miami, by no means a given, on Wednesday won't help the Lakers much because Miami is ranked below them. Perhaps some of you more analytically oriented folks out there can back my assertion up with numbers, but I feel that the Lakers must win one game at the Joe to have the opportunity to repeat. Anyway, it won't matter unless they decide to start playing some defense. Last years Lakers averaged around 20 shots per game allowed. This year it's still close to 30. It wasn't JUST Blaine Lacher last year ya know. cheers aj LSSC '84 A.J. Scheetz Yale University Department of Biology New Haven, CT 06511 203-432-3493 203-432-6219 FAX Say ya to da UP eh?