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10-14-2006, 02:27 AM
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Patriot League Basketball - 2006/07 Season
With Midnight Madness upon us, it's time to start thinking about college hoops.
As far as the Patriot League goes, it should be a significantly tighter race this year (although I guess it kind of has to be after Bucknell ran the conference table last season.) Bucknell loses two of their best players, so any of Holy Cross, American, Colgate, or Lehigh could get the PL's NCAA bid. Team Notes in predicted order of finish (with the understanding that I know nothing about the incoming freshmen): 1. Bucknell Until they're beaten, there's no reason to bump them. They still have center Chris McNaughton and starters (PG) Abe Badmus and (PF) Darren Mastropaolo. Last year's sixth-man Donald Brown will attempt to fill 2005/06 PL POY Charles Lee's shoes at the three, while the SG starting spot is up for grabs between John Griffin and sniper Jason Vegotsky. The Bison certainly won't cruise through the conference like last year, and they most likely won't sniff the Top 25 where they finished last season. But they're still my pick to win the PL. 2. Holy Cross The Crusaders lose Mr. Everything, Kevin Hamilton, but retain their other four starters from a solid team. Holy Cross will likely feature the best backcourt in the conference with Torey Thomas and Keith Simmons. Tim Clifford, the Big Purple Dog, will hold down the center spot again. This is the team in the conference that scares me. 3. Lehigh There's no more JUCO Joe for the Mountain Hawks this season. However, the senior backcourt of Jose Olivero and Kyle Neptune should keep Lehigh right in the thick of things in the PL race. However, their lack of frontcourt production will keep them from being in the same class as Bucknell and Holy Cross. 4. American Andre Ingram could contend for PL POY this season...if he adds some consistency to his performances. When he's on, he could very well be the best player in the league. Unfortunately for the Eagles, that's only about half the games he plays in. 5. Colgate Colgate had what could only be considered as a disasterous season last year. Predicted by many to challenge Bucknell, they finished the PL season with a 4-10 conference record. I don't understand this team one bit. (G/F) Kyle Roemer is a very solid player, and the Chones brothers, Kyle and Kendall, should be more productive than they are. I'm not entirely sure where the problem lies with this team, but if they figure things out, they could make some noise. I just need to see some evidence that it could happen first. 6. Navy Navy went 3-11 in-conference last season, and could improve on that by a game or two this season. Junior guard Greg Sprink scored 15 ppg last season, high by Patriot League standards. Overall, not much to get excited about here... but taking the optimistic view, at least they'll beat Army. 7. Lafayette They finally got scholarships! Fran O'Hanlon is a very good coach, and the school's decision to allow athletic scholarships will certainly help him put together a team to contend for conference titles... in 2009. For now, it's going to be another long season in Easton. 8. Army The Black Knights may have peaked last season... when they went 1-13 in PL play. They do have a little backcourt talent coming back this season (seems to be a recurring theme in this conference), but they have no inside game to speak of. For the sake of competitiveness, I hope they do get a win or two in-conference. 
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10-27-2006, 10:35 AM
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Bumping this thread because all of the other so-called power conferences are starting theirs up.
 I agree with your predictions, I think. Bucknell might lose one to Holy Cross, but those two teams should each go no worse than 11-1 against the other 6 teams. I didn't know Lafayette is allowing athletic scholarships now ... maybe they can move up from completely dreadful to just plain suck.
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10-27-2006, 11:19 AM
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Thought I should check in...HC Alum! After exam (thankfully next week!) I need to do some reading on the Patriot league...see who HC is this year! I'm hoping to take my kids up to a couple of games this winter!
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10-27-2006, 11:22 AM
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However, it would take me forever to just get out of Salem due to all the tourists, so I'll have to live with the Lehigh webcast on yahoo.
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10-27-2006, 01:43 PM
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11-14-2006, 09:34 PM
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As for the game itself, Bucknell had a 15 point lead and just let it evaporate. One problem Bucknell needs to figure out is where the points are going to come from. We lost Charles Lee and Kevin Bettencourt, our two biggest scorers, to graduation. So when teams double McNaughton in the paint, we need to have scoring options outside of bombing threes (which we actually do somewhat well.) I wasn't at the game, nor did I get to see it, but from what I've read on the BU message boards, we seemed to have a lot good looks rim out. And those nights happen. All in all, I expected a loss in this game, given that there was a LOT of dependency on Charles and Kevin last year.
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