Unlike previous years, there was little drama or mystery this spring involving Maryland-based men's lacrosse programs in the NCAA tournament.
No. 17 Johns Hopkins and Towson were guaranteed spots in the 18-team field by virtue of capturing their respective conference tournament crowns and the accompanying automatic qualifiers. And No. 6 Maryland's qualifications were never in question.
All that was left to figure out was the teams' opponents and travel plans, which were finalized Sunday night.
The Terps (12-3) earned the No. 6 seed and will play host to Yale (11-4) on Saturday at 2:30 p.