Well well well. It was quite a week for the Patriot League. And by quite a week, I mean quite a week of futility. Since last week's entry, Patriot League teams have gone 7-18. Woo. This caps off a season where Patriot League teams have gone 24-46 overall. Of the 24 wins, only 3 have come against teams that now have winning records (Army beat Harvard, who is 5-1, and Lehigh and Navy both beat Quinnipiac, who is now 4-3. That's pretty ugly. A lot of the teams that PL wins have come against are miserable too (teams that are 0 or 1 win for the season). Whoever makes it from the PL certainly will not have the backing of coming from a strong league, certainly the PL must be counted among the weakest at this point in the season.
As for how the specific teams did during this past week...
Army
6-2 overall, 2-1 last week
Won: @Fairleigh Dickinson (1-8) 61-40, Bryant (0-8) 64-58
Lost: @Buffalo (3-3) 67-74
Julian Simmons (14.6 ppg) and Cleveland Richard (13.0 ppg) continue to be a dynamic duo for the Black Knights who are playing absolute lockdown defense against their opponents. Army is the only team is the only team in the Patriot League with a record over .500
Lafayette
4-5, 0-3
Lost: @LaSalle (5-2) 79-67, @St. Peter's (3-4) 58-56, @Princeton (3-4) 62-48
Navy
4-5, 2-1
Won: Qunnipiac (4-3) 65-62, Penn (0-5) 73-67
Lost: Neutral court to GWU (6-1) 81-69
For the second straight week Chris Harris is the Patriot League Player of the Week. He leads the PL and is 20th in the nation with 21.4 PPG. Harris gets to the line constantly; he has 60 FTs already this season. Also very dangerous from 3. Harris right now has to be the PL Player of the Year frontrunner
Bucknell
4-6, 0-3
Lost: Cornell (7-2) 104-98 (OT), @Binghamton (3-6) 64-60, @Boston U. (3-6) 63-53
Despite having 5 players in double figures against Cornell, the Bison just couldn't pull it out. Sad bison.
Lehigh
3-5, 0-3
Lost: Stony Brook (6-2) 71-52, @Columbia (3-4) 75-70, @Dayton (5-2) 89-71
Zahir Carrington has had a very disappointing season so far. He is averaging a mere 6 ppg, 4 rpg, 22 mpg, and is only shooting 33% from the field. For someone who was on the pre-season all-PL team, these numbers are average at best.
Holy Cross
2-7, 2-1
Won: Marist (0-6) 68-56, @Brown (4-7) 85-79
Lost: UMass (4-5) 84-63
Colgate
0-8, 0-3
Lost: @Syracuse (8-0) 92-58, Maine (3-4) 76-66, @Rutgers (5-2) 76-67
Kyle Roemer, (17ppg) remains a big scoring threat and a sure all-PL team member...if he can stay healthy. So far in his career, he hasn't been.
Well that's your update there, stay tuned for your Speculation Tuesday entry coming up soon!
Pro deo et patria and GO EAGLES!
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