5/4 D-Fly & Dixie: Greatest (Pod) Ever with Bill Tierney

May 04, 2023, 09:00 AM

May Madness is upon us. We’re fully in the camp who believe that the Thursday and Friday of conference semifinals are the greatest two days of lacrosse every year. To celebrate, D-Fly and Dixie are coming to you a day early with a super-sized podcast to preview all the conference tournaments and to deliver you an extended, candid interview with coaching legend Bill Tierney as he prepares for what could be his final game. 

You won’t want to miss any of this one. Let’s get it!


THURSDAY’s Games
Big Ten Semifinals at Johns Hopkins – Baltimore, Md.
No. 4 Michigan (7-6, 2-3) vs. No. 1 Penn State (9-3, 4-1), 1 p.m., BTN
No. 3 Maryland (9-4, 3-2) vs. No. 2 Johns Hopkins (11-4, 4-1), 3:30 p.m., BTN

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Semifinals at Manhattan – Riverdale, N.Y.
No. 3 Marist (8-7, 6-3) vs. No. 2 Mount St. Mary’s (8-7, 7-2), 3 p.m., ESPN+
No. 4 Siena (8-6, 5-4) vs. No. 1 Manhattan (10-4, 7-2), 7 p.m., ESPN+

America East Semifinals at Vermont – Burlington, Vt.
No. 4 Albany (5-9, 4-3) vs. No. 1 Vermont (9-4, 7-0), 4 p.m., ESPN+
No. 3 Binghamton (9-4, 5-2) vs. No. 2 Bryant (10-4, 5-2), 7 p.m., ESPN+

Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Semifinals at Delaware – Newark, Del.
No. 4 Towson (6-8, 5-2) vs. No. 1 Delaware (10-4, 6-1), 5:30 p.m., Lacrosse TV
No. 3 Stony Brook (8-6, 5-2) vs. No. 2 Drexel (8-5, 5-2), 8:30 p.m., Lacrosse TV

Atlantic 10 Semifinals at Richmond – Richmond, Va.
No. 4 High Point (8-7, 2-3) vs. No. 1 Saint Joseph’s (10-4, 5-0), 5:30 p.m.
No. 3 UMass (8-5, 3-2) vs. No. 2 Richmond (9-4, 4-1), 8 p.m.

Big East Semifinals at Marquette – Milwaukee, Wisc.
No. 4 Providence (6-8, 2-3) vs. No. 1 Georgetown (10-3, 5-0), 6:30 p.m., CBS Sports Network
No. 3 Villanova (10-4, 3-2) vs. No. 2 Denver (9-4, 4-1), 9:30 p.m., CBS Sports Network

FRIDAY’s Games
Atlantic Sun (ASUN) Semifinals at Robert Morris – Moon Township, Penn.
No. 4 Bellarmine (10-5, 7-2) vs. No. 1 Utah (10-4, 9-0), 1 p.m., ESPN+
No. 6 Robert Morris (7-7, 4-5) vs. No. 2 Air Force (10-5, 7-2), 4 p.m., ESPN+

Patriot League Semifinals at Boston U. – Boston, Mass.
No. 5 Loyola (8-7, 4-4) vs. No. 1 Boston U. (10-3, 7-1), 4 p.m., CBS Sports Network
No. 3 Lehigh (10-4, 6-2) vs. No. 2 Army (10-3, 7-1), 7 p.m., CBS Sports Network

Ivy League Semifinals at Columbia – New York, N.Y.
No. 4 Yale (8-4, 3-3) vs. No. 1 Cornell (11-2, 5-1), 6 p.m., ESPNU
No. 3 Princeton (6-6, 4-2) vs. No. 2 Penn (7-5, 4-2), 8:30 p.m., ESPNU

Give and Go
In a sports fan-inspired Give & Go, the guys talk about how even within the same sport there are some events that are just better than others, and they make choices about the best. Simplicity Group President and CEO, Bruce Donaldson, joins them for the discussion.