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January 5, 2011 at 10:56 pm #3085
Team Rankings – Now and Then
Now: Pomeroy / Sagarin / RPI / Then: PL Preseason Coaches-AID Poll
BU 120 / 83 / 89 / 2nd
AU 163 / 117 / 102 / 1st
LU 206 / 153 / 168 / 5th
HC 253 / 292 / 320 / 4th
Army 254 / 210 / 254 / 8th
LC 263 / 243 / 245 / 3rd
Navy 294 / 307 / 330 / 6th
CU 337 / 336 / 328 / 7thStrength of Schedule
Pomeroy / Sagarin
BU 189 / 75
HC 231 / 143
LC 242 / 87
CU 265 / 180
AU 284 / 218
LU 329 / 274*
Navy 335 / 312
Army 341 / 293* For those worried about our poor SOS, don’t be. It’s not about who you have played but what you learned from the experience and take into PL play. Think instead of what we were able to accomplish last year after similar ratings going into regular season play.
They say that familiarity breeds contempt. The idiom has been described by some to mean, "the more you know something or someone, the more you start to find faults and dislike things about it or them." No truer words may have ever been spoken, when it comes to the game of basketball played within the Patriot League. For I am convinced that eight coaching staffs have or will soon find faults with seven upcoming opponents and aggression, passion in your face defense will reign supreme beginning with play this weekend. You can toss out LU’s early season loss to Monmouth and disappointing performance on the west coast against USC. The same goes for BU’s showing against St. Francis (PA) and American’s defeat at the hands of Columbia – both home losses. It matters not. What matters now is finishing first in league play and assuring oneself of play come the middle of March.
68 hours to 2pm, Saturday tip-off at Bender Arena
LU at AUOther contests include:
Army @ CU – 2pm
LC @ HC – 3:30pm
BU @ Navy – 8pm…..CBS College Sports NetworkJanuary 6, 2011 at 3:49 pm #3088Final PL OOC Standings
AU 10-5
LU 9-6
BU 9-7
Army 8-7
LC 5-10
Navy 5-11
CU 1-12
HC 1-13Overall 48-71 (.403)
RPI Ranking: 28th of 32 conferences. Ahead of only SWAC, Ohio Valley, Mid-Eastern, and Independents.
While we have every chance to finish PL play at or near the top of the league, don’t be too quick to discount the competition and award us an 8 and 0 start looking at the bottom four in OOC play.
HOLY CROSS (1-13)
HC loss their last 3 by a combined 4 points and the LU comparables speak volumes…………
HC loss to Yale by 1 whereas LU beat Yale by 5
HC loss to Stony Brook by 1 whereas LU beat SB by 3 in OT
HC beat Marist by 18 whereas LU beat Marist by 13
HC is 4th in Scoring D @ 69.8, 3rd in Rebounding O @ 34.8, and 3rd in Rebounding D @ 33.1COLGATE (1-12)
Murderous schedule which included Duke, Syracuse, and Maryland
CU loss by 9 to Stony Brook whereas LU won by 3 in OT
CU is 4th in Rebounding O @ 34.4NAVY (4-11)
Navy has 2 road wins
Navy can score……..89 vs. Towson, 81 vs. Maryland Eastern Shores, 86 v s. LIU, and 87 vs. Longwood
Navy is 1st in Steals @ 9.4, 1st in TO Margin @ +4.3, 3rd in 3FG% D @ .342, and 4th in Scoring O @ 68.9LAFAYETTE (5-10)
LC beat NJIT by 16 whereas LU won by 9
LC beat SF(PA) by 4 whereas LU won b y 18
LC – LU rivalry…enough said
LC is 1 in Assists @ 15.9, 3rd in FG% @ .354, 3rd in Scoring O @ 70.1, and 4th in FG% @ .435January 6, 2011 at 6:28 pm #3089Base on OOS schedule the RPI computer predicts:
Bucknell 12-2
Lehigh 11-3
American 11-3
Army 9-5
Lafayette 7-7
Navy 2-12
Holy Cross 2-12
Colgate 2-12January 6, 2011 at 9:48 pm #3090I’m inclined to think AU, LU, and BU will battle it out for the top spot and be tightly bunched in the end – each with 10 or 11 wins. I would expect each to prevail on its home court going 7-0 or 6-1 while winning 3 to 4 times on the road. I’d kick up the Navy and Holy Cross win totals by 3 or 4 each and lower Army’s by 2 to 3. LC and Colgate appear well placed.
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