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Kevin Doyle is the RTC correspondent for the Patriot League. You can find him on Twitter at @KLDoyle11.

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The Week That Was

Grading the Patriot League: Currently, the Patriot League is the 22nd-rated conference in the country according to KenPom.com, a pretty good mark considering the fact that the average rating of the league since 2003 is 24.67. Maryland-Eastern Shore vs. The PL: Maryland-Eastern Shore has seen only stints of success since the turn of the century (averaging less than eight wins a year) and the 2011-12 campaign hasn’t shown much promise for the Hawks thus far. Sitting at just [...]]]>
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***** – quit your job and divorce your wife if that’s what it takes to watch this game live **** – best watched live, but if you must, tivo and watch it tonight as soon as you get home *** – set your tivo but make sure you watch it later ** – set your tivo but we’ll forgive you if it stays in the queue until 2013 * – don’t waste bandwidth (yours or the tivo’s) of any kind on this game

Brian Otskey is an RTC contributor.

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Kevin Doyle is the RTC correspondent for the Patriot League.

A Look Back

Bucknell’s Winning Streak Snapped—In easily the biggest surprise in the Patriot League over the past two weeks, Bucknell entered Christl Arena and had no answer for Army’s offensive attack. The Black Knights put together their best effort of the season in a 20-point dismantling of first-place Bucknell. Entering the game, the Bison had a nine game winning streak that was the fifth-longest in the nation. Shazier, Johnson, and McCollum in the National Rankings—Speaking of Bucknell, two of their best offensive weapons rank high in statistical rankings. [...]]]>
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Kevin Doyle is the RTC correspondent for the Patriot League.

A Look Back

1,000 Point Club—Jared Mintz becomes the first active Patriot League player to score 1,000 points in Lafayette’s win against Colgate. The senior from Canada has progressed leaps and bounds since his freshman year where he averaged just two points a game. Now, he is one of the league’s best big men. Back-to-Back—The United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) named Vlad Moldoveanu their National Player of the Week for the Week of January 9, and the following week honored Bucknell sophomore Mike Muscala. The USBWA has named [...]]]>
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Kevin Doyle is the RTC correspondent for the Patriot League.

A Look Back

A Surge at the Top—Bucknell and American, with their play towards the end of the non-conference schedule, have set themselves apart from the Patriot League’s other six teams. Each team won all of their games over the past two weeks, and appears to be peaking heading into league play. While the Patriot League failed to knock off that one BCS team that was ripe for the picking, Bucknell defeated a Richmond team that is on par with many BCS-caliber squads. American is the only team [...]]]>
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Kevin Doyle is the RTC correspondent for the Patriot League.

A Look Back

Top 4 vs. Bottom 4: In the Patriot League, it is always hard to gauge how strong a team is relative to the rest of the league after just a few games. Reason being, there is a great disparity in the quality of out of conference opponents for the league’s eight members. With that being said, the top four teams (American, Army, Lehigh, and Bucknell) in the league have combined to go 13-8, while the bottom four (Holy Cross, Colgate, Lafayette, and Navy) have feebly compiled a [...]]]>
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RTC Conference Primers: #28 – Patriot League http://rushthecourt.net/2010/10/07/rtc-conference-primers-28-patriot-league/ http://rushthecourt.net/2010/10/07/rtc-conference-primers-28-patriot-league/#comments Thu, 07 Oct 2010 15:08:27 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=24977

Kevin Doyle is the RTC correspondent for The Patriot League.

Predicted Order of Finish

Bucknell (10-4) Lafayette (9-5) Holy Cross (8-6) American (8-6) Lehigh (8-6) Colgate (5-9) Navy (5-9) Army (3-11)

All-Conference Team (key stats from last season in parentheses)

CJ McCollum (G) – Lehigh (18.8 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 2.3 apg) Jordan Sugars (G) –  Navy (15.9 ppg, 7.9 rpg) Jared Mintz (F) – Lafayette (14.6 ppg, 5.7 rpg) Andrew Keister (F) – Holy Cross (10.4 ppg, 9.4 rpg) Vlad Moldoveanu (C) – American (19.4 ppg, 6.4 rpg, 2.1 apg)

Sixth Man

Devin Brown (G) – Holy Cross (13.2 ppg, 45.4 3pt%)

Impact Newcomer

Troy Brewer (G) – American (transferred from Georgia)

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Michael Hurley is the RTC correspondent for the America East Conference and Patriot League.

2009-10 Patriot League

Lafayette        5-1,  14-7 Lehigh        4-2,  13-8 Army        3-3,  12-8 Navy         3-3,  9-12 Bucknell        3-3,  8-14 American         3-3,  6-15 Colgate      2-4,  6-14 Holy Cross        2-4,  5-16

Hottest Team. Lafayette (3-1) – W 89-78 at Longwood University W 73-66 at Delaware State, W 86-79 vs. NJIT, W 75-69 vs. Yale, W 78-67 vs. American.  This is the second time in the last three years Lafayette has started off 5-1 in league play. This time I don’t think they will lose seven of their next eight.

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Michael Hurley is the RTC correspondent for the Patriot League and America East Conference.

Patriot League Standings (conf/over):

Lafayette                                  2-0,  11-6 Navy                                          2-0,  8-9 Lehigh                                      1-1,  10-7 Army                                        1-1,  11-5 Bucknell                                   1-1,  6-12 Colgate                                      1-1,  5-11 American                                  0-2,  3-14 Holy Cross                               0-2,  3-14

Hottest Team. Lafayette (4-1)

L 82-72 OT at Delaware; W 77-62 vs. Penn; W 91-74 vs. Columbia; W 84-74 vs. Holy Cross; W 95-82 at Colgate

Lafayette has won four straight games and only has one loss since Christmas.

Stud Player. Kyle Roemer– Sr. Colgate; 28.5 PPG in conference play.

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Michael Hurley is the RTC correspondent for the Patriot League and America East Conference.

Current Standings (with overall record):

Army  6-2 Lafayette  5-5 Bucknell  4-6 Navy  4-6 Lehigh  3-5 Holy Cross  2-8 American  1-8 Colgate  0-8

Hottest Team: Army (3-1 on the week)

W 64-48 vs. Yale, W 64-58 vs. Bryant, L 74-67 at Buffalo, W 61-40 at Farleigh Dickinson

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Michael Hurley is the RTC correspondent for the America East Conference and Patriot League.

2009-10 Patriot League (Conference, Overall)

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