Lacrosse primer - why you should hate UVA

Sean at Nunes wrote about why UVA is not really our arch-enemy last year. He's right. Johns Hopkins is truly our arch-enemy, our Georgetown of lacrosse, if not much, much more.

Mike Leveille making UVA fans cry in 2008

I have to let you in on a secret though. I HATE UVA. And you should too.

If you're new to this lacrosse thing, or just a casual fan who watches final fours to see SU celebrate titles (nothing wrong with that), you might not truly understand why. So here are a few reasons why you should truly hate the Cavaliers.

SU hasn't won a regular-season game against UVA since 2002
That's nine years. NINE YEARS. Sure, the Orange won the 2008 national semi-final against the Cavs, but for the most part, Virginia has dominated Syracuse in recent memory. No one dominates the Orange in lacrosse. NO ONE. This must change, now.



They stand in the way every year
With all due respect to Hopkins (which is none), Virginia is the only team that has been in the conversation with SU since its return to dominance in 2008. This is the third-straight year the teams enter their first meeting ranked 1/2 in the polls. Each team has entered the tournament as a top 3 seed every year since 2008. This game matters.

They represent the ACC
If basketball doesn't get your hatred for the ACC brewing, lacrosse will get the job done. The ACC isn't a real conference. It doesn't get an automatic bid to the tournament because there are only four teams. The fraudulent conference tournament allows each of the four schools to artificially boost their strength of schedule rankings and gets them high seeding in the tournament. This should make you angry.