I'll have some quick lookaheads to the lacrosse semifinals later today (and looking ahead, it appears the Duke juggernaut will get its postseason rematch with Johns Hopkins). Tomorrow, look for some season rewinds of a few teams now on the sideline.

But the question I asked myself this morning is just how rare is it for a team to win its first two NCAA tournament games by a point, as Virginia has with victories over UMBC (10-9) and Maryland (8-7)? And just how do those teams do going forward?

Before this year, there were seven such teams. Two of them even won national titles, both this decade. So while the second-seeded Cavaliers have received some scares, it's not necessarily something to be overly worried about.

Here's a look at how those seven previous teams fared after their first two games:

1980 Virginia: Lost to Johns Hopkins 9-8 in 2OT in the final

1988 Virginia: Lost to Cornell 17-6 in the semifinals

1991 Towson (State): Beat Maryland 15-11 in the semifinals; lost to North Carolina 18-13 in the final

2001 Princeton: Beat Syracuse 10-9 on OT in the final

2002 Syracuse: Beat Princeton 13-12 in the final

2002 Princeton: Lost to Syracuse 13-12 in the final

2006 Massachusetts: Beat Maryland 8-5 in the semifinals; lost to Virginia 15-7 in the final

--- Patrick Stevens