Yes it is true that with the AQ some good teams will be left out of the tourney and other teams that aren't ranked as high will make it to the big dance. This is not a bad thing for two reasons:
1. In the long run it will only make the game better and more competitive. Coaches from the smaller conferences that normally don't have ranked teams will have an easier time bringing in better recruits if their school has a chance to play in the NCAA tourney. Before, only certain teams and conferences had teams make it, so this will raise the bar for all of lacrosse. Sure it might take ten years, but that will be worth it if we have fourty teams capable of winning the national championship instead of ten like we do now.
2. Just because teams aren't ranked does not mean they are not just as good as the perennial top teams. An example, I had a chance to see New England College play a game last year, they went 14-1 and play in the CCC, a low-rate lacrosse conference. They were not even considered for the NCAA or the ECAC's. But the truth of the matter was, they were just as good as any of the powerhouses in New England, and one of them, Middlebury, made the championship game. Nobody knew who New England College was so they did not have a chance to play any big schools. (This year the CCC has an automatic bid).
So what I am saying is that maybe some of these unknown, unranked teams may surprise you and win a game or two once they make the tourney.
I am positive that after I saw NEC last year that they could have played with anyone.
The AQ will better the game in the long run, trust me.
D-III