In an area that prides itself as a lacrosse mecca, it was a little unfortunate to be a lacrosse enthusiast in the area last night-or player for that matter.

The announcement of the men’s Division I NCAA tournament bracket took place last night at 9 p.m. on ESPNU, a channel that is not readily available in this area. It took some hunting for me to track down the matchups in a timely manner, and if you don’t feel bad for me, how about for the people it affects the most.

Today before lacrosse practice, I asked three different Terps how they got word that their team had earned a No. 7 seed in the tournament. None of them said they watched the selection special.

So the Terps scrambled in any way they could to find out who had made the field of 16 that their own coach had spent the weekend selecting.

“The TV we had didn’t get it, so we were just hearing from friends and stuff,” senior midfielder Max Ritz said.

“I didn’t watch it. I followed it online and stuff,” senior midfielder Drew Evans said.

Freshman attackman Ryan Young’s story was even more depressing.

Apparently, they do get the network, which will have aired over 40 lacrosse games by season’s end, including each NCAA first round and quarterfinal tournament game, down on Tobacco Road.

“I couldn’t watch it, but I had my friend who goes to UNC on the phone the whole time,” Young said.

It all makes me so nauseated that I think I’d like to go watch the end of a replay of a Florida and Tennessee basketball game from this past season that should be finishing up right now on the network.

Oh wait. I can’t.

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