First, a look back at the 2012-13 Season……….
Team / Record* / RPI / SOS
Bucknell / 27-5 / 51 / 192
Loyola (MD) / 21-11 / 98 / 160
Lehigh / 20-9 / 107 / 229
Boston U. / 17-12 / 148 / 216
Lafayette / 18-15 / 153 / 169
Army / 15-15 / 205 / 277
Holy Cross / 12-18 / 251 / 261
Colgate / 11-21 / 256 / 226
American / 10-20 / 277 / 232
Navy / 7-23 / 308 / 228
* D-I games only. Post-season games not included.
And now a look ahead to the 2013-14 Season……………
When it comes to scoring and rebounding the basketball, some teams return nearly all their weapons while others – including Lehigh – do not. Reed and Co. will have their work cut out for them this year!
School / Scoring / Rebounding
Navy / 100.0% / 100.0%
Boston U. / 99.8% / 99.9%
Army / 71.1% / 79.3%
Lafayette / 70.8% / 73.5%
Colgate / 70.0% / 73.6%
Holy Cross / 68.0% / 66.9%
Lehigh / 45.3% / 43.7%
Loyola (MD) / 44.7& / 44.7%
American / 42.8% / 47.4%
Bucknell / 36.4% / 41.0%
With the inclusion of Loyola (MD) out of the MAAC and Boston University out of the AE, it’ll be harder than ever to capture the league title in the new 10-team PL. It’ll be fun to see what the League officials do re: scheduling (longer road trips into neighborhoods to play nearby teams ?), tournament seeding (two byes?) and site selection (campuses or central location?).