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Checking in On… the Patriot League

KDoyle — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 06:25:58 +0000

Kevin Doyle is the RTC correspondent for the Patriot League and author of the weekly column “The Other 26”. You can find him on Twitter at @KLDoyle11.

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The Week That Was:

Grading Langel and DeChellis—It is very early in their time at their new schools, but both Matt Langel and Ed DeChellis have both gotten off to solid starts. At Colgate last season, Emmett Davis did not achieve his second win of the season until January 17, Langel already has two. Meanwhile at Navy, DeChellis has the Middies sitting at 2-3, with competitive losses to Siena and Tulane. To [...]

RTC Summer Updates: Patriot League

Brian Goodman — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 17:00:16 +0000

With the completion of the NBA Draft and the annual coaching and transfer carousels nearing their ends, RTC is rolling out a new series, RTC Summer Updates, to give you a crash course on each Division I conference during the summer months. Our latest update comes courtesy of our Patriot League correspondent, Kevin Doyle.

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Colgate Cleans House —After posting just three winning seasons in his 12 seasons as the head man for the Raiders, Emmett Davis and his staff were released of their duties following the 2010-11 [...]

Set Your Tivo: 03.11.11

Brian Otskey — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 16:00:18 +0000

***** – 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.

One auto bid and a host of major conference [...]

Checking in on… the Patriot League

Brian Goodman — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 21:22:38 +0000

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. [...]

Checking in on… the Patriot League

Brian Goodman — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 01:03:12 +0000

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 [...]

Checking in on… the Patriot League

Brian Goodman — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 16:00:15 +0000

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 [...]

Checking in on… the Patriot League

Brian Goodman — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 12:04:18 +0000

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 [...]

Checking in on… the Patriot League

rtmsf — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:54:21 +0000

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.

Stud Player. Vlad Moldoveanu – American (23.8 ppg /7 rpg) – In the last four [...]

Checking in on… the Patriot League

jstevrtc — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:05:40 +0000

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

Current Standings (overall record):

Army 9-2 Lafayette 7-5 Lehigh 5-6 Bucknell 4-8 Navy 4-8 Holy Cross 2-9 American 2-10 Colgate 1-9

Hottest Team:

Army (3-0) — W 59-46 at Dartmouth, W 62-56 vs. Mount St. Vincent, W 54-46 vs. New Hampshire

The Black Knights continued their hot streak and are in the midst of their second four-game winning streak of the season. They finished the road trip with a record of 2-1 winning the final game at Dartmouth before handling Mount Saint Vincent and New Hampshire [...]

Checking in on… the Patriot League

jstevrtc — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:22:08 +0000

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

Coach Zach Spiker has these Black Knights playing better than expected. No one can say they have had a tough schedule so far, but you play the games in front of you and Army is the only Patriot League team [...]