In what's become an annual tradition, IL's Matt Kinnear, Dan Kaplan, Kevin Brown and Terry Foy discuss their drafts of a Top 50 players list as part of an exercise leading to next week's reveal of IL's final list. No. 1 is unanimous, but from there it gets more interesting.Af Inside Lacrosse Podcasts

As yet another evaluation window comes to a close, Harvard lacrosse coach and the sport's contrarian/ombudsman Gerry Byrne joins IL's Terry Foy to lay out the ills that he sees in the recruiting process. Topping his list of complaints: gatekeepers of communication that don't act in the best interest of their players and families. On the other end o…

On the heels of last weekend's World Lacrosse General Assembly, newly-extended CEO Jim Scherr and newly-elected president Bob DeMarco join IL's Terry Foy to discuss what's been done to get to this point, from Scherr's arrival to Olympic inclusion, as well as what's next, from governance to schedule to sport development and more.…

A year on from the release of his book "Influence and the Creator's Game," IL's Terry Foy catches up with Frank Kelly III for a unique and wide-ranging conversation that centers on the role that faith played in Kelly's life and the relationship between that and, among other things, the spirituality of the Creator's Game. They also touch on what a u…

About halfway through the college fallball season, IL's Matt Kinnear, Kevin Brown, Christian Swezey and Terry Foy convene to compare their notes on the teams they've seen so far this month. They start with Swezey and Kinnear's breakdown of Georgetown's win over Virginia at the Bob Kemp Classic, then discuss Notre Dame's win over Harvard at "Playing…

IL's Dan Kaplan continues the series of "How Recruiting Works" with a DIII twist. He welcomes Dickinson coach Dave Webster and Amherst coach Sean Woods to answer a bevy of recruiting-related questions. While a lot of the blueprint for most of DIII is pretty similar, the subtle manipulations by staff and program make all the difference. In addition …

Around this time every year, dozens of parents of high school prospects ask IL's Terry Foy some version of the question, "How does recruiting work?" In an effort to round out that answer, he's interviewing a series of DI men's lacrosse coaches about their process, concluding this year's series with Delaware coach Ben DeLuca. The Blue Hens sit at th…

More than 200 players in the Class of 2026 have announced their commitment, including more than 100 since IL's Dan Kaplan and Terry Foy last recorded. In light of that, the Top 10 Class Rankings have started to take form, most notably Duke's No. 2 group, which rocketed up the charts with four huge commitments on Sept. 16. After unpacking what the B…

Around this time every year, dozens of parents of high school prospects ask IL's Terry Foy some version of the question, "How does recruiting work?" In an effort to round out that answer, he's interviewing a series of DI men's lacrosse coaches about their process, continuing with Saint Joseph's coach Taylor Wray. Entering his 14th season at the Haw…

Around this time every year, dozens of parents of high school prospects ask IL's Terry Foy some version of the question, "How does recruiting work?" In an effort to round out that answer, he's interviewing a series of DI men's lacrosse coaches about their process, continuing with Sacred Heart coach Jon Basti. Coming off a MAAC Championship and an N…

The Archers have successfully defended their crown, so Chris Rosenthall and Kevin Brown are back for a final time this season to discuss how they got the job done, put Brett Dobson's repeat Championship MVP honors in perspective, describe how impressive their offensive depth really is and double down on why defense wins championships. After a thoro…

Chris Rosenthall and Kevin Brown bring on PLL stats analyst Joe Keegan to preview the 2024 title game matchup between the fourth-seeded Maryland Whipsnakes against the second-seeded Utah Archers (0:00-40:58). Then, Rosie and Kevin travel to Philadelphia for the PLL Championship Media Day and interview Archers captain Ryan Ambler (40:59-48:16), coac…

What up Prep Nation! IL's Dan Kaplan and Terry Foy are back for the first time in more than a month to discuss the process behind ranking the Class of 2026 and assigning the 5-, 4- and 3-Star recruits, then discuss the early movers in the first 11 days since Sept. 1, notably North Carolina, Duke, Harvard, Notre Dame, Maryland, Penn State and Syracu…

Around this time every year, dozens of parents of high school prospects ask IL's Terry Foy some version of the question, "How does recruiting work?" In an effort to round out that answer, he's interviewing a series of DI men's lacrosse coaches about their process, continuing with Denver coach Matt Brown. Now in his second fall since taking over for…

Around this time every year, dozens of parents of high school prospects ask IL's Terry Foy some version of the question, "How does recruiting work?" In an effort to round out that answer, he's interviewing a series of DI men's lacrosse coaches about their process, continuing with Bryant coach Brad Ross. As one of the youngest coaches to be featured…

IL’s Dan Kaplan hosts the first DIII edition of the "How Recruiting Works" series. Christopher Newport coach Mikey Thompson and McDaniel coach TC Dibartolo join to answer a bevy of questions to shed light on the process for families and recruits. DII programs do things a variety of ways, and with no scholarships, and less strict regulations the rec…

Chris Rosenthall and Kevin Brown wrap up the 2024 PLL regular season with their takes on the end of season award finalists before giving their own superlatives from the summer that was. Then, Rosie and Kevin end the pod with their postseason predictions so stay til the end for their picks for this year's title winners!…

Around this time every year, dozens of parents of high school prospects ask IL's Terry Foy some version of the question, "How does recruiting work?" In an effort to round out that answer, he's interviewing a series of DI men's lacrosse coaches about their process, continuing with Penn coach Mike Murphy. Murphy's conversation is one of the most wide…

Around this time every year, dozens of parents of high school prospects ask IL's Terry Foy some version of the question, "How does recruiting work?" In an effort to round out that answer, he's interviewing a series of DI men's lacrosse coaches about their process, continuing with Notre Dame coach Kevin Corrigan. One of the longest tenured coaches i…

With the top play on SportsCenter and a game-winning goal all in his debut, Jack VanOverbeke stole the show in Utah in the Archers' first of two wins to end the regular season as Western Conference Champions. Co-hosts Chris Rosenthall and Kevin Brown catch up with VanOverbeke (1:01-21:37) to talk about his dream weekend, playing at High Point and l…

Around this time every year, dozens of parents of high school prospects ask IL's Terry Foy some version of the question, "How does recruiting work?" In an effort to round out that answer, he's interviewing a series of DI men's lacrosse coaches about their process, continuing with Utah coach Drew McMinn. After playing goalie at Providence, McMinn sp…

Around this time every year, dozens of parents of high school prospects ask IL's Terry Foy some version of the question, "How does recruiting work?" In an effort to round out that answer, he's interviewing a series of DI men's lacrosse coaches about their process, continuing with Maryland coach John Tillman. Reputed among his peers as one of — in n…

The No. 1 pick in the 2023 draft Gavin Adler join the show (25:48-1:04:00) to describe the Atlas' defensive turnaround this season, his personal lacrosse story that includes a determined road to getting recruited to Cornell, why he started playing defense, why he wears 77, and now how he trains and prepares himself during the PLL season now fully h…

Around this time every year, dozens of parents of high school prospects ask IL's Terry Foy some version of the question, "How does recruiting work?" In an effort to round out that answer, he's interviewing a series of DI men's lacrosse coaches about their process, starting with Army head coach Joe Alberici. Given the service academies' ability to b…

What up Prep Nation! We're back for the final evaluation update of the summer, covering everything since mid July. IL's Dan Kaplan, Matt Kinnear, Kevin Brown and Terry Foy start with the All-American Senior Game, then identify the standout performances from the Adrenaline All-America Game, ML8's Future Phenoms and conclude with the All-America Unde…

IL's Chris Rosenthall and Kevin Brown return to recap the action from Maryland's homecoming weekend sweep at Homewood Field, unpack the deal that sent Waterdogs midfielder Ryan Conrad to the Whipsnakes, provide an initial eulogy on Philly's season and hype up the races to the coveted Eastern and Western Conference top seeds for a chance at those fi…

Chris Rosenthall and Kevin Brown return to recap the action from San Diego in Week 8 of the PLL season including discussions on whether or not we'd like to face the Waterdogs in the playoffs if they turned their season around, are they what their record says they are and what needs to change? Also, the two discuss the Redwoods splitting their two h…

Coming off a five-point (1G, 2T) display against the Waterdogs, Graham Bundy joins the show at the 53-minute mark to discuss a range of topics including using his backup stick since his last breakout performance against the Redwoods, the jump from the college game to the PLL ranks, the Outlaws team dynamic in the locker room, playing alongside Bren…

What up Prep Nation! We're back to cover everything since the NCAA Dead Period, and IL's Dan Kaplan, Matt Kinnear and Terry Foy start with the NLF Summer Club Championships, then identify the standout performances from the Alliance Lacrosse League, National All-Star Games, Main Stage, IL Summer Cup the Countdown.…

IL's Chris Rosenthall and Kevin Brown dive in on the Week 5 games from Boston, discuss the impact of the home crowd, the potential goal of the season, Atlas' dominant bounce back and the Redwoods getting in the win column. Chris and Kevin also talk midseason award frontrunners and nominees if the season ended at the halfway point.…

Checking in now the NCAA Recruiting Dead Period has officially arrived, IL's Dan Kaplan, Kevin Brown and Terry Foy rundown the events they've attended and talent they've evaluated over the last two weeks, starting with USA Men's U20 Tryouts, Sweetlax Summer Showcase and Showdown, Crabfeast, NHSLS and NAL.…

IL's Chris Rosenthall and Kevin Brown catch up to recap the Week 4 action from Minnesota, provide a status update on the Atlas, note why Redwoods and Chaos fans should be worried and talk about Bill Tierney's first win as the Waterdogs' head coach. Then, the two go over the interesting choices in filling out the All-Star Game ballots before setting…

There is no disputing that this is an unprecedented moment in the history of college athletics. Given how important college lacrosse is to the sport more broadly (and specifically Division I men's lacrosse), understanding the future of college sports — in an incredibly uncertain time — is exceptionally important. To try to understand better, IL CEO…

Back together for the first time in a long time, IL's Terry Foy and Matt Kinnear recap the last month of coaching news, from Jon Torpey taking the Brown job, John Crawley taking over High Point, Jake Richard and Charlie Hayes getting promoted at Marquette and Detroit Mercy, respectively, and Michael Sciamanna getting the Merrimack job. From there, …

The PLL Bye Week brings an overdue return for the PLL Happy Hour Podcast as Chris Rosenthall and Kevin Brown catch you up on the biggest storylines from the first three weeks of the season. From Atlas' resurgence into an undefeated hot start out of the gates and wondering how to slow down Jeff Teat's record scoring pace to enjoying the superstar ro…

It's Summa, summa, summatime and IL's Terry Foy, Dan Aburn and — most importantly — ILPreps Director Dan Kaplan are back to recap the first 12 days of the summer recruiting circuit. An incredibly dense 80 minutes starts by discussing the standouts from Maverik Showtime, which — if history is any indicator — will have an outsized impact on informing…

For the final episode of the 2024 season, IL's Terry Foy and Nick Ossello look inward, reflecting on their best and, more importantly, worst takes of the season, the funniest moments of the year, their best listener interactions and so much more. But first, hear what it's like to break news in real time as Nick gets word of who's taking over as Mer…

As spring transitions to summer, Director of ILPreps Dan Kaplan brings on Detroit Country Day (Mich.) coach Chris Garland and Urbana (Md.) coach Gavin Donahue to discuss their teams run to state titles, and to kick things off, he and and Terry Foy look back at the first week of summer recruiting and look ahead to the big upcoming second weekend.…

Nearly two weeks removed from the national championship game and the end of the season, IL's Terry Foy and Nick Ossello reflect on the season in total, discussing the following categories from an a non-Notre Dame and a fully Notre Dame perspective: Best Game Best Goal Best Non-Goal Highlight Best Upset Best Player Best Teammate Best SSDM Most Impro…

What a year in college lacrosse! We felt back in January that the 2024 season would be special, and it definitely delivered. The D-Fly and Dixie Podcast presented by Simplicity Group recaps Championship Weekend in Philadelphia, looks at USILA post-season awards and ties up some other loose ends. Dixie also makes his Tewaaraton Award prediction. In …

Live from Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, IL's Terry Foy and Nick Ossello unpack Notre Dame's 15-5 win over Maryland to win the program's second NCAA Championship. From Chris Kavanagh's MOP showing to the weather delay to what it's like to be in the building as a fan, they dive into the tactics and personnel behind ND's dominance, then tou…

The dream begins each fall as newcomers join the veteran players on a quest to win a championship and bring glory to themselves, their teammates and their alma mater. This weekend the quest culminates in Philadelphia. Four teams. Four dreams. One trophy. In this week’s pod, D-Fly and Dixie talk with CBS’s Evan Washburn and set the table for you to …

The Big Dog Caleb Abney takeover continues as this week he links up with another former Spartan to talk about Sunday's title game. Matt Whitcher brings his experiece playing and coaching against both Tufts and RIT to the table as they discuss keys for each team and what makes both teams so unique.Af Inside Lacrosse Podcasts

Live from Johnny Unitas Stadium in Towson, Md., as Virginia came back from down 10-7 to win 11-10 in double overtime, IL's Terry Foy and Nick Ossello discuss Maryland's shocking upset of Duke, Denver's methodical sprint past Syracuse, Virginia's impressive win over the Blue Jays and wrap up with Notre Dame's 16-11 win over Georgetown. Among the que…

The college lacrosse season ends cruelly for most teams. The Dream of chasing a ring can end abruptly in May, and the harsh reality hits you that the run with your teammates is over. Instead of advancing and keeping the good times rolling, it’s time to return to a mostly-empty campus, pack up your belongings and head home. For the eight top seeds, …

Dan Kaplan connects with Caleb Abney to dive into the Second and Third Round scores from last weekend and Kap has some exciting personal news to share before Big Dog welcomes on guest Sean Aaron. The former Union and Australian National Team goalie delves into Sunday's Third Round results, from Saint John Fisher's Cinderella run to featured segment…

IL's Terry Foy and Nick Ossello talk about all eight games of the First Round of the 2024 NCAA Tournament, beginning with Johns Hopkins' win over Lehigh, moving into Georgetown's come from behind win over Penn State, then discussing Maryland's win over Princeton. From there, they discuss Notre Dame staving off UAlbany and IL's Media All-America lis…

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 …

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 officia…

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 Pion…