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Patriot League Tournament Preview & Season Wrap-Up

KDoyle — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:11:22 +0000

Kevin Doyle is the RTC correspondent for the Patriot League. The PL is among the first of this season’s conference tournaments to tip, with action set to start tonight. You can find him on Twitter @KLDoyle11.

Tournament Preview

The Favorite: Despite losing back-to-back games against Lehigh and Holy Cross down the stretch, and a less than stellar performance against bottom-dweller Navy, Bucknell remains the favorite to win the Patriot League. The Patriot League Tournament—like many of the smaller conference tournaments around the country—has its championship game located at the highest remaining seed. Playing in the friendly confines of Sojka Pavilion has treated the Bison [...]

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 [...]

Checking in on… the Patriot League

Brian Goodman — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 20:16:32 +0000

Kevin Doyle is the RTC correspondent for the Patriot League.

A Look Back

Big ups to PL hoopsters—“The Last Amateurs” as John Feinstein would call them, led all NCAA Division-I conferences with four men’s basketball student-athletes on the Capital One Academic All-District Teams. Holy Cross senior Andrew Keister and Army senior Nathan Hedgecock were each selected in District 1, while Bucknell sophomore Mike Muscala and Lafayette junior Ryan Willen selected in District 2. The Patriot League may not always win on the hardwood, but their performance in the classroom is on par with anyone. Dave Paulsen Gets #300—Not only was Bucknell’s 66-60 victory [...]

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, 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 — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 01:50:07 +0000

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.

Roemer is averaging 19 [...]

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 [...]