Just some quick hitters on each series to whet the appetite until tomorrow morning.

No. 1 Duke vs. Loyola

* Duke leads series, 10-7

* Duke won last meeting 21-8 (March 8, at Loyola)

* The teams have never met in the NCAA tournament.

No. 8 Cornell vs. Ohio State

* Series tied 1-1

* Ohio State won last meeting 8-7 (2001)

* The teams have never met in the NCAA tournament,

No. 5 Johns Hopkins vs. Hofstra

* Hopkins leads series 16-4

* Hofstra won last meeting 8-7 in overtime (March 8, at Hofstra)

* Hopkins has won all three NCAA tournament meetings (1974, 1978, 1999 quarterfinals)

No. 4 North Carolina vs. Navy

* Series tied 11-11

* North Carolina won last meeting 12-8 (May 13, 2007, at North Carolina)

* North Carolina is 4-1 against Navy in the NCAA tournament. Navy won in 1976 quarterfinals; North Carolina won in 1980 (quarters), 1981 (semis), 1982 (quarters) and 2007 (first round)

No. 3 Syracuse vs. Canisius

* First meeting

No. 6 Notre Dame vs. Colgate

* Notre Dame leads series 1-0

* Notre Dame won only meeting 11-10 (March 28, 1987, in Geneva, N.Y.)

No. 7 Maryland vs. Denver

* Maryland leads series 3-0

* Maryland won last meeting 16-8 (May 13, 2006, in College Park)

* Maryland won the teams' only NCAA tournament meeting (2006 first round)

No. 2 Virginia vs. UMBC

* Virginia leads series 12-2

* Virginia won last meeting 20-9 (April 27, 1996, in Catonsville, Md.

* The teams have never met in the NCAA tournament

--- Patrick Stevens