Johns Hopkins is back in (and could be headed for a No. 4 seed if it wins out).

Bucknell has spectacularly played its way out.

A big mess remains to be resolved in the final two weeks of the lacrosse regular season.

Here's a 16-team field to ponder (the top half of the draw funnels into Annapolis, the bottom half into Ithaca for the quarterfinals), with the NCAA's travel restrictions taken into account:

(1) Duke vs. MAAC/Canisius

* The only thing saving the MAAC champion from a painful trip to Durham is the absence of a second team from the west. If two make it, the MAAC winner simply gets to be run out of the Dome in the first round.

(8) PATRIOT/Army vs. IVY/Princeton

* The Tigers emerge as a possibility after ripping Cornell. It still isn't enough to net a home game --- yet.

(5) Johns Hopkins vs. AMERICA EAST/UMBC

* Hopkins pops up after getting to .500. RPI and strength of schedule will be the Blue Jays' friend thanks to a merciless schedule.

(4) Maryland vs. Navy

* I'm not sold on the Terps as a No. 4 seed, but someone needs to fill the spot. Navy barely edge Denver and Notre Dame for the final at-large spot, but the Mids would still be wise to win the Patriot League title.

(3) Virginia vs. ECAC/Loyola

* The Cavaliers can pretty much solidify the No. 3 seed with a victory over Maryland in the ACC tournament on Friday. Two wins this weekend --- and that would probably mean a victory over Duke --- might vault the Cavaliers higher.

(6) North Carolina vs. Georgetown

* Or you could just switch the site. The Hoyas lost their home game as a result of Hopkins working its way back into the field. Carolina, by the way, hasn't won an ACC tournament game since 1996, and a meeting with Duke doesn't give much reason to think that streak will end this year.

(7) Cornell vs. GWLL/Ohio State

* The computer still likes the Big Red's profile. To keep this spot, they'd better beat Brown and Hobart down the stretch.

(2) Syracuse vs. CAA/Drexel

* The Orange dusted off Albany and should win out. They won't have to worry about leaving upstate New York until the final four, but a possible road game at Cornell in the quarterfinals isn't much of a reward.

--- Patrick Stevens