Doesn't it seem like the men's lacrosse just ended last week? Inside Lacrosse, the mecca for college lacrosse online coverage, just released its first poll...for next season. What's even more surprising, though, is that Duke is ranked No. 6. ACC foes Virginia and Maryland occupy the top two spots.
The Blue Devils held the No. 1 slot for most of this season and garnered the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA tournament before losing to No. 5 Johns Hopkins in the Final Four. They lose the NCAA's all-time leading scorer in Matt Danowski, in addition to goalie Dan Loftus and defensemen Nick O'Hara and Tony McDevitt, but will still have plenty of talent, especially if Zack Greer and Brad Ross use their extra years of eligibility at Duke (more on that later).
Where do you think Duke should be ranked?
--by Ben Cohen
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