NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Championship

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NCAA championship college sports tournament men’s lacrosse competition

The NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Championship is the premier annual U.S. college lacrosse tournament that determines the national champion among top Division I men’s programs.

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All labels observed (15)

Label	Occurrences
NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship	4
NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Championship canonical	3
NCAA Division I men’s lacrosse national champion	2
1992 NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Championship	1
1994 NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Championship	1
1996 NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Championship	1
1997 NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Championship	1
1998 NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Championship	1
2001 NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Championship	1
NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse championship game	1
NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse semifinals	1
NCAA Division I men's lacrosse tournament	1
NCAA Division I men’s lacrosse tournament bracket	1
NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship	1
NCAA men's lacrosse championship	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3575118 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Championship
Context triple: [NCAA men’s lacrosse, hasChampionship, NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Championship]

A. NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship
The NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship is the annual national tournament that determines the top women's college lacrosse team in the highest division of U.S. collegiate athletics.
B. NCAA men’s lacrosse
NCAA men’s lacrosse is the governing body–sanctioned collegiate field lacrosse competition in the United States, featuring varsity programs from universities and colleges across multiple divisions.
C. Ivy League men’s lacrosse
Ivy League men’s lacrosse is the NCAA Division I athletic conference for men’s lacrosse programs at the eight elite Ivy League universities in the Northeastern United States.
D. NCAA Division I women's lacrosse
NCAA Division I women's lacrosse is the highest level of intercollegiate women's lacrosse competition in the United States, featuring top university programs governed by the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
E. NCAA women's lacrosse
NCAA women's lacrosse is the overall collegiate women's lacrosse structure in the United States that encompasses all NCAA-sanctioned divisions and championships for the sport.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Championship
Target entity description: The NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Championship is the premier annual U.S. college lacrosse tournament that determines the national champion among top Division I men’s programs.

A. NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship
The NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship is the annual national tournament that determines the top women's college lacrosse team in the highest division of U.S. collegiate athletics.
B. NCAA men’s lacrosse
NCAA men’s lacrosse is the governing body–sanctioned collegiate field lacrosse competition in the United States, featuring varsity programs from universities and colleges across multiple divisions.
C. Ivy League men’s lacrosse
Ivy League men’s lacrosse is the NCAA Division I athletic conference for men’s lacrosse programs at the eight elite Ivy League universities in the Northeastern United States.
D. NCAA Division I women's lacrosse
NCAA Division I women's lacrosse is the highest level of intercollegiate women's lacrosse competition in the United States, featuring top university programs governed by the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
E. NCAA women's lacrosse
NCAA women's lacrosse is the overall collegiate women's lacrosse structure in the United States that encompasses all NCAA-sanctioned divisions and championships for the sport.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NCAA championship ⓘ college sports tournament ⓘ men’s lacrosse competition ⓘ
competitionFormat	single-elimination tournament ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
determines	NCAA Division I men’s lacrosse national champion ⓘ linked to: NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Championship
division	NCAA Division I ⓘ
eligibility	NCAA Division I men’s lacrosse teams ⓘ linked to: NCAA men’s lacrosse
finalsKnownAs	Championship Weekend ⓘ
firstChampion	Cornell Big Red men’s lacrosse ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
gender	men ⓘ
governingBody	NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Committee ⓘ
governsSeason	NCAA Division I men’s lacrosse postseason ⓘ
hasBracket	NCAA Division I men’s lacrosse tournament bracket ⓘ linked to: NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Championship
hasRelatedCompetition	NCAA Division I Women’s Lacrosse Championship ⓘ linked to: NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship NCAA Division II Men’s Lacrosse Championship ⓘ linked to: NCAA Division II men’s lacrosse NCAA Division III Men’s Lacrosse Championship ⓘ
inception	1971 ⓘ
level	college ⓘ
monthPlayed	May ⓘ Memorial Day weekend ⓘ
mostChampionshipsTeam	Johns Hopkins Blue Jays men’s lacrosse ⓘ Princeton Tigers men’s lacrosse ⓘ Syracuse Orange men’s lacrosse ⓘ
notableProgram	Duke Blue Devils men’s lacrosse ⓘ linked to: Duke Blue Devils men's lacrosse Maryland Terrapins men’s lacrosse ⓘ linked to: Maryland Terrapins men's lacrosse Virginia Cavaliers men’s lacrosse ⓘ linked to: University of Virginia men's lacrosse team
numberOfTeams	16 ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
organizer	National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ
region	national ⓘ
replaced	USILA National Championship ⓘ
ruleSet	NCAA men’s lacrosse rules ⓘ
selectionMethod	at-large bids ⓘ automatic bids for conference champions ⓘ
sponsorType	corporate sponsors ⓘ
sport	field lacrosse ⓘ
stage	championship game ⓘ first round ⓘ quarterfinals ⓘ semifinals ⓘ
televisionCoverage	ESPN networks ⓘ linked to: ESPN family of networks
ticketedEvent	true ⓘ
tournamentType	postseason ⓘ
typicalFinalVenueType	large outdoor stadium ⓘ
website	https://www.ncaa.com/sports/lacrosse-men/d1 ⓘ

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Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

NCAA men’s lacrosse → hasChampionship → NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Championship ⓘ

Princeton Tigers men’s lacrosse → nationalChampionship → 1992 NCAA Division I Men’s Lacrosse Championship ⓘ