BUPilot
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04-26-07 07:45 PM - Post#34941
Things are a bit quiet lately so it's time for some more good old fashioned speculation about next year.
The question on the floor is - Who is the player on each Patriot League team that will most likely emerge as his team's #1 threat or 'Game breaker'? This person should be the player that opponents will most likely key their game planning on to prevent that person from beating them.
Obviously nobody knows how the incoming frosh will shake things up by the time the league's regular season rolls around.
That said, my early predictions are:
American - no clue with all the JUCOs that are coming into that program
Army - Jarrell Brown
Bucknell - Patrick Behan
Colgate - Kendall Chones
Holy Cross - Tim Clifford
Lafayette - not certain yet
Lehigh - Marquis Hall
Navy - Greg Sprink
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Bison137
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Re: '07-'08 Patriot League Gamebreakers
04-26-07 08:17 PM - Post#34942
In response to BUPilot
I'd agree with most of your picks. However, I don't think the Bison will have one player who is the "go to" guy who must be stopped. If they are going to be good, I think it will be a team effort with about nine guys willing to take the shots, depending on the defense. I expect the starting five at the start to be Griffin, Mastro, Behan, Castleberry, and Vegotsky, with Tyree and maybe Thomas having a chance to earn a starting wing spot. By January, all three frosh (especially Boon) could be in the mix for key minutes. Linthicum also has a shot to play 20 mpg. Even Evans, who played very few minutes this year, could be next year's Justin Castleberry. Who knows. About the only thing I'm sure about is that Griffin has the mentality to want to take the last shot. The problem is that his size and abilities only allow him to take what is there.
As for Lafayette, I think they too will be like the Bison in that it will be a team effort, for better or worse, with no one guy who a team has to stop. Clearly they won't be at the same level, however.
American's "gamebreaker" is likely to be Derrick Mercer, whose quickness allows him to penetrate and make something happen at a crucial moment, even though his size and mediocre long-range shooting limits him.
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Re: '07-'08 Patriot League Gamebreakers
04-27-07 12:30 PM - Post#34943
In response to Bison137
Bucknell was the hardest one for me to try and pick because I don't see a specific "go to" guy on the team. But, I was trying to at least name someone who I thought had the best possibility of emerging as that person.
Either way, it should be an interesting season next year.
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