BALTIMORE, MD - The Johns Hopkins men's lacrosse team will play at Penn State in the Big Ten Quarterfinals it was announced today. The Big Ten revealed the full bracket for the tournament complete with seedings, game dates, times and locations and broadcast information.
2021 Johns Hopkins-Penn State Regular Season Head-to-Head Results
March 13 - Johns Hopkins-13, Penn State-6
March 28 - Penn State-11, Johns Hopkins-8
Seeding
The Blue Jays are seeded sixth and will travel to take on third-seeded Penn State in the quarterfinals on Saturday, May 1 at 6 pm. The game will air live on the Big Ten Network.
Johns Hopkins tied Michigan in the final standings and the first four tie-breakers were exhausted before a coin flip awarded the Wolverines the number five seed and a trip to take on fourth-seeded Ohio State in the quarterfinals. That game will take place on May 1 at 4 pm.
Maryland, the top seed, and Rutgers, the number two seed, earned byes into the semifinals.
Tournament Schedule
Saturday, May 1
Quarterfinals
4 pm - #5 Michigan at #4 Ohio State
6 pm - #6 Johns Hopkins at #3 Penn State
Thursday, May 6 (at Penn State)
Semifinals
5 pm - #1 Maryland vs. Ohio State/Michigan Winner
7:30 pm - #2 Rutgers vs. Johns Hopkins/ Penn State Winner
Saturday, May 8 (at Penn State)
Finals
8 pm - Semifinal Winners
Broadcast Information
All games in the 2021 Big Ten Tournament will air live on the Big Ten Network
Big Ten Tie-Breaker
Johns Hopkins and Michigan finished the regular season with identical records and split two games in the head-to-head series (TB1). Both teams also held the same winning percentage against all conference opponents (TB2) and had a net-0 goal differential in their head-to-head matchups due to the official tiebreaker language which awards a maximum differential of either plus-3 or minus-3 goals per game(TB3). The next tiebreaker comes down to goal differential against all conference opponents (TB4) and maintains the same maximum differential threshold of plus-3 or minus-3 goals per game. The Blue Jays and Wolverines remained tied after implementing that tiebreaker and thus the No. 5 and No. 6 seeds were determined by a coin flip (TB5) administered by the Big Ten Conference.
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