Guide

26 prompts for college lacrosse coaches

Every question below runs on real NCAA box scores and game data, for men’s and women’s lacrosse. Swap [Team] for your program, or a rival’s, and paste it straight into magisterial.

Coverage: NCAA D1, D2 and D3 men’s and women’s lacrosse, plus NAIA, and NJCAA for the men’s game. Faceoff, draw-control, man-up and goalie detail depends on what each school’s box score publishes, so some programs have deeper splits than others. Returning-production answers depend on a program having posted its next-season roster.

Possession: faceoffs, draws and ground balls

Who gets the ball first, and who wins it when it is loose.

  • 01

    Who took the most faceoffs for [Team] last season, and what was each specialist's faceoff percentage?

  • 02

    How did [Team] do in games they won the faceoff battle vs games they lost it?

  • 03

    How many draw controls did [Team] average per game, and who won them? (women's)

  • 04

    What was [Team]'s ground-ball margin per game, and how did it track with wins?

  • 05

    Which [Team] players lead in ground balls per game, and how many came on faceoffs?

Goalkeeping

Save percentage and goals against, normalized per 60 minutes.

  • 06

    What were [Team]'s goalie's save percentage and goals against per 60 minutes, and how do they compare to the division median?

  • 07

    How did [Team]'s save percentage change in games decided by one or two goals?

  • 08

    Which goalies in [Conference] had the best save percentage on at least 100 shots faced?

  • 09

    How many goals per game did [Team] allow in the first half vs the second half?

Offense and shooting

Shots, shot quality, and who finishes.

  • 10

    Break down [Team]'s scoring — goals, assists, shots and shooting percentage by player.

  • 11

    How many of [Team]'s goals were assisted vs unassisted, and who creates the most for others?

  • 12

    Which [Team] attackers had the highest shots-on-goal rate, and who wasted shots?

  • 13

    How did [Team]'s scoring change against opponents ranked in the top 25% of goals against?

Special situations: man-up and man-down

Penalties are the cheapest swing in the sport.

  • 14

    What was [Team]'s man-up conversion rate, and how many man-up goals did they allow in man-down situations?

  • 15

    How many penalties did [Team] take per game, and which players took the most?

  • 16

    How many extra-man opportunities did opponents get against [Team] compared to the division average?

Defense and turnovers

Caused turnovers, clears, and giving the ball away.

  • 17

    Who led [Team] in caused turnovers, and how did that compare to their own turnovers?

  • 18

    What was [Team]'s turnover margin in wins vs losses?

  • 19

    What was [Team]'s clear percentage, and where did clears break down?

Schedule and rankings

Results weighted by who was across the field, including the D3 NPI.

  • 20

    Where does [Team] sit in the D3 NPI, and what does the best possible regular-season finish look like?

  • 21

    Split [Team]'s results by opponent strength. How did they do against ranked or top-100 opponents?

  • 22

    How did [Team] perform in one-goal games and in overtime?

Roster, transfers and the portal

Who is coming back, who is leaving, and who is available.

  • 23

    How many goals, assists, ground balls and saves does [Team] return next season, and what walks out the door?

  • 24

    Show me attackmen in the transfer portal with at least 20 goals last season.

  • 25

    Which goalies are in the transfer portal, and what were their save percentages?

  • 26

    Which faceoff specialists are in the portal, and how did they perform against ranked teams?

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