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Username Post: Around the Patriot League 2017-18        (Topic#20396)
BisonRoadWarrior 
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02-07-18 09:38 PM - Post#246847    
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Wow, Army getting crushed by Lafayette 71-41.

 
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02-07-18 09:49 PM - Post#246854    
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Colgate with a 10-point lead over Boston U in the final minute. Colgate will move into undisputed possession of 2nd place. If they were to beat the Bison next Monday, the race would become very tight - especially since Colgate would likely hold the tiebreaker at that point.




 
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02-07-18 09:58 PM - Post#246855    
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  • BisonRoadWarrior Said:
Wow, Army getting crushed by Lafayette 71-41.





Army 6-28 on threes. Those sort of nights happen . . . But Army was also outrebounded by a huge margin by LC. They only got 6 out of 39 available offensive rebounds. Even with LC having the best defensive rebounding team they've put on the floor during the entire O'Hanlon era, there is no excuse for that sort of performance by Army.




 
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02-10-18 02:04 PM - Post#247236    
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Excellent three-day weekend of Patriot League hoops. Gotta love today's tightly staggered start times, which sets viewers up to catch three endings in quick succession.

Saturday
Holy Cross at Boston Univ. 1pm
Navy at Army 1:30pm on CBS Sports
Lehigh at American 2pm

Sunday
Loyola at Lafayette Noon CBS Sports

Monday
Colgate at Bucknell 7pm CBS Sports

 
BisonRoadWarrior 
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02-10-18 03:23 PM - Post#247248    
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Under the cloud of suspensions, Holy Cross bouncing back from worst ever loss at home to lead 3rd place BU (Boston University) by 8 on the road in the second half.


 
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02-10-18 04:08 PM - Post#247253    
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Stadium seems to have screwed up their website once again. I can't get to any of the games.

Edited by jkrun80 on 02-10-18 04:18 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.

 
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02-10-18 04:20 PM - Post#247257    
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Now it's back. Bucknell women lead by 28 at the end of 3Q at Colgate. Colgate has scored only 4, 8, & 11 in the first 3 quarters. Bucknell scored only 5 in the 1st, but has 46 in the 2nd & 3rd.

Edited by jkrun80 on 02-10-18 04:20 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.

 
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02-10-18 05:32 PM - Post#247283    
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3 men's HC over Boston 73-62, Navy over Army 68-59, and (!) Lehigh over American 80-78 in OT.

Women Navy 55 Army 46, Boston 65 HC 58 Bucknell 63-42 over Colgate ; Lafayette 73, Loyola 64


 
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02-10-18 07:17 PM - Post#247369    
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The end of the Lehigh-American game was wild. Down 1 with 45 seconds to play, American drove in for a layup and got blocked. Brennan flipped out at the no-call and get's a T. Lehigh puts Pat Andre (an 87% FT shooter) on the line and he misses the first, makes the second. Lehigh inbounds to Kahron Ross who runs the shot clock down before driving in and misses the layup. Nelson brings the ball up with 15 seconds left and while looking over at the bench, get's the ball stolen. Instead of dribbling out the clock and waiting to get fouled, Lehigh goes for a fast break layup and misses with 5-6 seconds still left. American pushes up court, passes up two open threes to pass the ball inside, but time expires before they get a shot up. Just an incredible comedy of errors.

 
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02-11-18 05:36 PM - Post#247470    
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Lafayette blew out Loyola today 84-67, outscoring them 26-14 over the last 9 minutes. LC was 19-31 on twos and 10-30 on threes. But the biggest factor was LC outrebounding Loyola 39-22. LC has one of the best rebounding teams they have had over O'Hanlon's 23 years, but there is no excuse for Loyola getting outrebounded that badly. With the win, LC moves into a tie for 6th in the PL.

Current standings:

Bucknell 11-2
Colgate . 9-4
Boston U 8-6
Navy . . 8-6
Lehigh . 7-7
Holy Cross 6-8
Lafayette 6-8
Army . . 6-8
Loyola . 6-8
American 2-12

Assuming the Bison hold onto the 1 seed, I don't like seeing LU in 5th, where they've landed after a 4-game winning streak. Otoh, Boston U is in the midst of a mini-collapse - partly due to injuries. Hankerson missed five games before returning Saturday, but Walter Whyte has missed the last couple.




 
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02-11-18 07:02 PM - Post#247473    
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Lehigh plays @Colgate, Army, @Loyola, and Lafayette to close the season. None of those are givens and Colgate and Lafayette could give them a lot of trouble. With seven teams within two games of each other there's still a lot of opportunity for movement. Their four wins have all been close (two in OT) as were the prior two losses. There's no telling with their team which version will show up.

 
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02-14-18 11:38 PM - Post#247901    
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In their win at Army, Holy Cross got 60 of their 70 points from freshmen.


 
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02-15-18 01:45 AM - Post#247903    
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Patriot League Down the Stretch

1. BUCKNELL (13-2) @Holy Cross, Navy, @American
2. COLGATE (9-6) @Loyola, Army, Holy Cross
3. NAVY (9-6) @Boston, @Bucknell, Loyola
4. BOSTON U (8-7) Navy, Lafayette, @Army
5. LEHIGH (8-7) Army, @Loyola, Lafayette
6. HOLY CROSS (7-8) Bucknell, American, @Colgate
7. ARMY (6-9) @Lehigh, @Colgate, Boston
7. LAFAYETTE (6-9) American, @Boston, @Lehigh
7. LOYOLA (6-9) Colgate, Lehigh, @Navy
10. AMERICAN (3-12) @Lafayette, @Holy Cross, Bucknell

I think I have the tiebreakers through 5th correct. Colgate swept Navy; Lehigh and Boston University split against each other and against Bucknell and against Colgate, but Boston University has a win against Navy and Lehigh was swept by Navy.

 
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02-17-18 08:16 PM - Post#248316    
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Navy is currently playing at Lehigh in front of a crowd that is no more than 100 persons. They likely would have drawn 350 if it weren't for the snow.




 
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02-17-18 09:51 PM - Post#248394    
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Lehigh sure is playing great right now. I just hope they are peaking too soon and Bucknell pulls it together and peaks at the right time.

Gotta hope Colgate loses tomorrow. Gate has an easy final 3, but if they could lose one, it would open the door for Lehigh to take the 3 over Gate. In a head to head tiebreaker with Colgate, Lehigh would win. If it is a 3 way tie adding in Navy it would be a different story.



 
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02-17-18 11:07 PM - Post#248419    
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Pathetically HC87 (IndianHoop) has launched another multi-post diatribe about how the PL is dragging down HC and how they could quickly get into the Big East.
"We could be in the Big East tomorrow", says he.

I imagine he also believes in Big Foot, unicorns, and that the sun goes around the earth. Sad.




 
HuskyColonial 
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02-17-18 11:37 PM - Post#248424    
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Poor guy is on the struggle bus.

 
Bison7882 
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Re: Around the Patriot League 2017-18
02-17-18 11:42 PM - Post#248425    
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To interject a phrase popular on the HC board, "sad, so sad."

 
JimK_LU72 
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02-17-18 11:52 PM - Post#248427    
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For the sake of accuracy Lehigh beat a very down Army team tonight. Just over 1,000 patrons were financially in attendance, most posing as empty seats. In fairness to the missing, travel was beyond treacherous. My usual 50 minute travel from work to Stabler took just over 2 hours due to closed roads and accidents. I did see the second half. Lehigh was pretty good but Army just looked sad.

 
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02-18-18 08:41 AM - Post#248443    
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Delusional is the only word to describe any thought of HC to the Big East. If the Big East were looking to expand, I would put Holy Cross at around 150 on their priority list of teams to recuruit.

HC has been a mediocre at best team in around the 25th ranked conference in the nation. They have an arena way too small for the Big East (sure, they could play in a 1/10 full DCU Center, but that wouldn’t look to good). Why on earth would the Big East want them (and I would also ask why would HC want the Big East)?

Seriously, I can’t imagine the rationale that would make someone believe the BE would want HC? Is it because of the large number of Catholic schools in the BE? By that logic, I guess mighty Saint Francis PA should also be getting ready to add the BE logo to their court? Or is the logic that HC was a basketball power almost a century ago so the BE wants that “tradition”? By that logic, I think the first Orange Bowl winner should be expecting to contend with Alabama in the college football playoff next year

Holy Cross is a great academic institution and they are in a good league with other schools who equally value academics. If they desperately want out of the PL for some reason, they can enjoy playing in the MAAC or NEC where they will be competing against schools with lower academic standards in equally empty gyms!

To be fair, 95% of HC fans get this and unfortunately, they have to deal with the constant crazy logic coming from a small minority.

 
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