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Excitement is high as the NCAA Tournament kicks off this weekend. Sixteen teams will battle in eight games for a coveted spot in the Quarterfinal round and to continue to earn the opportunity for extra time together as a team. As always D-Fly and Dixie are here to get you pumped up for all the action.

This week’s guest is Virginia defenseman, Cole Kastner. Ahead of his first round matchup with Saint Joseph’s, he talks to the guys about refocusing for the NCAA Tournament, Virginia’s selection show watch party, playing for the last time in Klockner, being selected in the PLL Draft, his dream of playing college basketball at his hometown school, the game vs. St. Joe’s, and much, much more.






GAME PREVIEWS
NCAA TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND
All games on ESPNU

Saturday, May 11
Saint Joseph’s (12-3) at No. 6 Virginia (10-5), noon
Utah (12-4) at No. 2 Duke (12-5), 2:30 p.m.
Michigan (10-6) at No. 5 Denver (11-3), 5 p.m.
Princeton (11-4) at No. 7 Maryland (8-5), 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, May 12
Lehigh (10-6) at No. 3 Johns Hopkins (10-4), noon
Penn State (11-4) at No. 8 Georgetown (12-3), 2:30 p.m.
UAlbany (10-7) at No. 1 Notre Dame (12-1), 5 p.m.
Towson (13-3) at No. 4 Syracuse (11-5), 7:30 p.m.

GIVE & GO
In this week’s tournament-inspired Give & Go, the guys create “Maggiano’s Madness,” a 16-entrée bracket to crown the ultimate dish at the lacrosse world’s favorite restaurant.

Man the first week of May goes by fast!

Kap and Caleb recap a fun week of conference championship action and hit a ton of NCAA Tournament bracket talk — everything from Bracketology and how the bracket is made to teams' paths and most importantly predictions. A great episode with some can't-miss context for this stage of the season. We also officially turn the coverage keys over for #d3lax nation.

In the wake of Sunday's NCAA Tournament Selection Show, IL's Terry Foy talks to Committee chair and Rutgers Deputy AD Matthew Colagiovanni about decisions like Penn (the first team out) vs. Penn State (the last team in), seeding Hopkins over Syracuse and Virginia over Maryland and more. He then talks to Sacred Heart head coach Jon Basti, whose Pioneers won the MAAC for the first time, plus Towson coach Shawn Nadelen, Syracuse coach Gary Gait and Denver coach Matt Brown.

May Madness is upon us. We’re down to the conference semifinals, and it’s down to each league’s four best squads. So many critical games, and since conference tournament semifinals begin on Thursday, we’re putting this out a day early. Let’s get it!

As we normally do, we’ll go chronologically through the schedule, conference by conference.

THURSDAY’s Conference Tournament Games
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Semifinals at Manhattan – Riverdale, N.Y.
No. 5 Siena (8-7, 5-4) vs. No. 1 Sacred Heart (11-4, 9-0), 3 p.m., ESPN+
No. 3 Manhattan (7-8, 6-3) vs. No. 2 LIU (10-3, 7-2), 6:30 p.m., ESPN+

Atlantic 10 Semifinals at University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Mass.
No. 1 Saint Joseph’s (10-3, 5-0) vs. No. 4 UMass (6-7, 2-3), 3 p.m.
No. 2 Richmond (9-5, 4-1) vs. No. 3 High Point (9-6, 3-2) 6 p.m.

America East Semifinals at UAlbany, Albany, N.Y.
No. 2 Vermont (7-7, 5-2) vs. No. 3 UMBC (5-6, 4-3), 4 p.m., ESPN+
No. 1 UAlbany (7-1, 6-1) vs. No. 4 Merrimack (6-7, 4-3), 7 p.m., ESPN+

Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) Semifinals at Towson University, Towson, Md.
No. 1 Towson (11-3, 7-0) vs. No. 4 Drexel (6-8, 3-4), 4 p.m., Lacrosse TV
No. 2 Delaware (8-4, 6-1) vs. No. 3 Fairfield (8-6, 5-2), 7 p.m., Lacrosse TV

Big East Semifinals at Villanova University, Villanova, Penn.
No. 1 Denver (11-2, 5-0) vs. No. 4 Villanova (8-6, 2-3), 5:30 p.m., CBS Sports Network
No. 2 Georgetown (10-3, 4-1) vs. No. 3 Providence (7-7, 3-2), 8:30 p.m., CBS Sports Network

Big Ten Semifinals at Ohio State – Columbus, Ohio
No. 4 Michigan (8-6, 2-3) vs. No. 1 Johns Hopkins (10-3, 5-0), 6 p.m., BTN
No. 3 Penn State (10-3, 3-2) vs. No. 2 Maryland (8-4, 3-2), 8:30 p.m., BTN

FRIDAY’s Conference Tournament Games
Atlantic Sun (ASUN) Semifinals at United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo.
No. 1 Utah (10-4, 8-1) vs. Cleveland State (9-7, 5-4), 1 p.m., ESPN+
No. 2 Air Force (9-5, 8-1) vs. No. 3 Jacksonville (12-4, 8-1), 4 p.m., ESPN+

Patriot League Semifinals at United States Military Academy – West Point, N.Y.
No. 1 Army West Point (11-2, 6-2) vs. No. 4 Boston University (9-6, 5-3), 4 p.m., CBS Sports Network
No. 2 Lehigh (8-6, 6-2) vs. No. 3 Navy (9-6, 5-3), 7 p.m., CBS Sports Network

Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Semifinals at American Legion Mem. Stadium, Charlotte, N.C.
No. 1 Notre Dame (10-1, 4-0) vs. No. 4 Virginia (10-4, 1-3), 5 p.m., ACC Network
No. 2 Syracuse (11-4, 3-1) vs. No. 3 Duke (11-4, 1-3), 8 p.m., ACC Network



Ivy League Semifinals at Cornell – Ithaca, N.Y.
No. 2 Princeton (9-4, 4-2) vs. No. 3 Yale (11-3, 4-2), 6 p.m., ESPNU
No. 1 Cornell (9-4, 5-1) vs. No. 4 Penn (8-5, 4-2), 8:30 p.m., ESPNU

Give and Go
In this week’s snack-inspired Give & Go, the guys discuss the merits of convenience store chains.

The start of May brings  a new episode of the DIII Lax Pod and plenty of conference clashing.

Kap and Caleb linked up to recap some heavy-hitting games, do a little NCAA Tournament field selection explainer, have a loaded batch of statistical players of the week and close things out with a handful of conference champion predictions.

Consistent listeners should be prepared for Big Dog to bask in the glory of his correct Hamilton over Tufts prediction and get ready for this week’s version.

It's the penultimate Tailgate of the regular season, IL's Terry Foy and Nick Ossello start by talking not about Notre Dame's win over Virginia, but North Carolina's win over Duke and what it means for the ACC Tournament and the future of Tar Heel lacrosse.

From there, they dive into the Merrimack situation, which started with a fight at last week's loss to UAlbany (which Nick was in attendance for), the Warriors' win over Bryant on Saturday, the resignation of coach Mike Morgan later in the day and then the Mack's qualifying for the America East Tournament to end the day.

While the Ivy League and Big Ten didn't pack a huge punch, the Patriot League and Atlantic 10 made up for it. Wrap up the weekend with Towson's winning the CAA and Siena and Manhattan making it to the MAAC Semifinals.