D1 Men: Sizing up the postseason picture

Quinnipiac senior attackman Mike Fletcher had six points last weekend vs. Monmouth. (Quinnipiac Athletics)

There's one thing on the mind of New England's teams: playoffs.

That's the nature of college lacrosse in late April, when the last three months of hard work hopefully arc towards a conference tournament berth. Namely, the region's programs are keenly focused on earning automatic qualifiers, because at-large bids tend are hard to come by unless you're already in and around the top 25 rankings nationally.

As that takes shape, here's how the conference races are looking for the region's 15 programs. There's plenty of good, some not so great and ample work that remains.

Let's get right on into it.