The grizzled CTC fans know that the Patriot League tournament is like a three-course meal, as opposed to the all-you-can-eat buffets of most of the conference tournaments that often give you 8 games in 36 hours and things like that.\u00a0 The 4-part appetizer round is tonight.\u00a0 We will get a semifinal double-header on Saturday as the entree, followed by the championship dessert a week from today.\u00a0 The week-long tournament is always a nice break from the intensity of some of these big ones.<\/p>\n
Championship Picks<\/em> Biggest Upsets Previous CTC Champs<\/em> #1 Bucknell vs. #8 Navy<\/em> #2 Lehigh vs. #7 Colgate<\/em> #3 American vs. #6 Army<\/em> #4 Holy Cross vs. #5 Lafayette<\/em> The grizzled CTC fans know that the Patriot League tournament is like a three-course meal, as opposed to the all-you-can-eat buffets of most of the conference tournaments that often give you 8 games in 36 hours and things like that.\u00a0 … Continue reading
\n7 for #1 Bucknell (Doogan, Gersh, Lil Lohse, Primm, Rikey, RDoc, RSmith)
\n10 for #2 Lehigh
\n1 for #3 American (Scoot)<\/p>\n
\n<\/em>QF – #8 Navy (Waters)
\nSF – #4 Holy Cross (Alexi, Bry, Dave, Gross, J, Lynch, Teddy, Waters)<\/p>\n
\n2011 – Gross*
\n2010 – Teddy
\n2009 – Alexi
\n2008 – Doogan<\/p>\n
\nThe Bison win another PL title, but it wasn’t easy, as they struggled down the stretch a little bit.\u00a0 But, a title is a title and they have to be considered the favorites coming into the tournament, which is why it is a bit surprising that only 7 of the 18 people picked the Bison to take the title (only 9 even have them reaching the finals).\u00a0 Waters even went for the huge upset pick by taking winless Navy to win this game tonight.<\/p>\n
\nIf you’ve never heard of C.J. McCollum, well, find a way to see him play.\u00a0 He has has already become the all-time leading scorer in Lehigh history and he’s only a junior.\u00a0 He has major-conference talent and a low-minor personality of hustle and humility.\u00a0 The guy is worth finding a Lehigh game on your 900 cable channels and watching.\u00a0 Anyway, the Mountain Hawks take on a bad Colgate team that only won two PL games all year – both against Navy.\u00a0 No one took the bait on Colgate tonight, as everyone has Lehigh.\u00a0 In fact, 10 of the 18 people have the Mountain Hawks (the #2-seed) winning this tournament.<\/p>\n
\nAmerican has contended all year, but their youth has really held them back in some big spots.\u00a0 They take on a feisty Army team that beat Holy Cross and took Lehigh to overtime this year.\u00a0 Surprisingly, only one person (Waters – the true “Patriot,” with his picks of Army and Navy) went with Army in what could be a tempting upset pick.\u00a0 This game is biggest for Scoot, who has American winning this tournament.<\/p>\n
\nHoly Cross, the hottest team in the PL entering the tournament, did itself no favors with a very slow start to conference play and couldn’t finish higher than 4th place.\u00a0 They take on an up-and-down Lafayette team in the quarters tonight, with a likely shot at #1 Bucknell awaiting the winner in the semis.\u00a0 16 people like the 4-seed over the 5-seed in this one, as only Mac and Primm took a shot at a mild upset.\u00a0 Neither of them have Lafayette beating Bucknell in the semis.\u00a0 However, Holy Cross would be a huge loss for the EIGHT people (Alexi, Bry, Dave, Gross, J, Lynch, Teddy, Waters) who have them reaching the finals.\u00a0 Though, interestingly, all eight have them losing to Lehigh when they get there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"