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LU65 Sophomore Posts 133 |
11-09-07 12:54 PM - Post#38090
Lehigh embarks on its 29 game (minimum) hoop journey Saturday as the Mountain Hawks travel 176 miles north to Ithaca to take on the Ivy League’s pre-season #1 pick (rivals.com), Cornell. All in all, a fair match-up and good opening day test. Jeff Sagarin seems less impressed with The Big Red and has tabbed them to finish 4th among the Ivies, grading out at #224 among the nation’s 341 D-1 teams. In fact, it you subscribe to the Sagarin methodology, you might conclude that Lehigh – except for its Nov. 23rd date with the Terps, should find itself right at home throughout the OOC and PL campaigns. Opponent / Home(H) or Away(A) / League / Sagarin Ranking Cornell / A / Ivy / 224 St. Peter’s / H / Metro Atlantic / 254 St. Francis / A / Northeast / 315 Albany / A / America East / 158 Maryland / A / Atlantic Coast / 15 NJIT / H / Independent / 334 Quinnipiac / H / Northeast / 267 Central Conn. St. / A / Northeast / 200 Stony Brook / H / America East / 290 Harvard / H / Ivy / 246 Monmouth / H / Northeast / 229 Penn State / A / Big Ten / 143 Columbia / A / Ivy / 253 Princeton / H / Ivy / 220 Average Opponent Ranking: 225 Lehigh Ranking: 232 Sagarin places the Patriot League on the 23rd rung of the 32 step D-1 Conference ladder and names Holy Cross as his pre-season pick to win it all. His rankings follow: Holy Cross - 90 Bucknell – 99 American - 193 Lehigh – 232 Colgate – 265 Navy – 273 Lafayette – 286 Army – 313 |
LU65 Sophomore Posts 133 |
11-09-07 07:24 PM - Post#38091
Approaching Day One perhaps we should look "ahead" instead at the recently released rivals.com pre-season rankings. Here they are for the PL: Holy Cross = 77 Bucknell = 94 Lehigh = 233 American = 253 Colgate = 268 Army = 277 Lafayette = 282 Navy = 298 As for LU's OOC competition, the numbers follow: Cornell = 107 St. Peter's = 331 St. Francis = 284 Albany = 204 Maryland = not yet released yet picked 5th in ACC NJIT = 334 Quinnipiac = 261 Central Conn = 222 Stony Brook = 288 Harvard = 262 Monmouth = 279 Penn State = not yet released yet picked 9th in Big 10 Columbia = 153 Princeton = 202 Same observation: Whether looking at Sagarin or rivals.com data, Lehigh seems well-placed to compete in OOC and PL play this year. |
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