MrPhillie
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12-02-20 12:59 AM - Post#317513
In response to Bison137
This isn’t Patrick Ewing’s Georgetown Hoyas...wait, actually it is...but still, a surprising win for Navy. And yes, no doubt their OOC play is an unfair advantage going into the conference season. If they do not get off to the best start of all PL teams this year, not sure when they will.
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KenZ
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12-09-20 11:06 AM - Post#317788
In response to MrPhillie
Navy has suspended team activities for 10 days due to covid. knocks out their last two ooc games, unless rescheduled.
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Bison137
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Around the Patriot League 2020-21 12-09-20 02:23 PM - Post#317804
In response to KenZ
Navy has suspended team activities for 10 days due to covid. knocks out their last two ooc games, unless rescheduled.
Apparently it's not a major outbreak across the Academy campus as their women's team continues to practice and play games. As is the case with the men, the Bison women open up with two games vs Navy.
Students are still on campus at Navy, with a one-month leave beginning after Saturday's Army-Navy game. In January, students are scheduled to report back in a staggered fashion over a couple of weeks. Classes resume January 19th.
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Bison137
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12-31-20 03:07 PM - Post#318366
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Loyola's first four games - two vs American and two vs Navy - have been postponed due to covid. Fortunately the schools are so close that makeup games will be easy to arrange. However things could get really messy with more positive tests since the PL staff has demonstrated that they are borderline incompetent when it comes to scheduling issues and general planning.
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jkrun80
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12-31-20 05:29 PM - Post#318373
In response to Bison137
Loyola's first four games - two vs American and two vs Navy - have been postponed due to covid. Fortunately the schools are so close that makeup games will be easy to arrange. However things could get really messy with more positive tests since the PL staff has demonstrated that they are borderline incompetent when it comes to scheduling issues and general planning.
Borderline incompetent? You're being generous.
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Bison137
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12-31-20 05:59 PM - Post#318374
In response to jkrun80
True. I meant to say totally incompetent but I thought I'd be generous with a new year about to start.
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Bison137
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Around the Patriot League 2020-21 01-03-21 05:59 PM - Post#318491
In response to Bison137
After being run off the court yesterday by Colgate, Army went into Cotterell today and came away with a two-point win. Army missed four FT's in the final 11 seconds but Colgate couldn't do anything with it. The Cotterell fan turnout looked exactly normal.
On the women's side, Colgate led 28-14 after one quarter, following up on a big win from yesterday. After that, they were outscored 58-25!
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MrPhillie
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01-03-21 07:01 PM - Post#318493
In response to Bison137
Anybody ever started a PL season better than Justin Jaworski?
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bison63
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01-03-21 07:31 PM - Post#318494
In response to MrPhillie
Picking up right where we left off!
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Bucknellbisonfan21
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01-04-21 11:45 AM - Post#318528
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Holy Cross and Boston will be playing with masks on today as will all of Boston’s opponents moving forward.
https://twitter.com/goodmanhoops/status/1 346092878...
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Bison137
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01-04-21 01:08 PM - Post#318542
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Goodman corrected himself on this. Boston U will wear masks today, but HC will not since the game is at HC and it is only a Boston U rule. But tomorrow, when the game is at Boston, both will be donning masks.
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jkrun80
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01-05-21 07:31 PM - Post#318640
In response to Bison137
Holy Cross gave Boston a tough game yesterday, then beat them by 2 today. Having watch a little of yesterday's game and the highlights from today, HC is better than everyone expected and BU is probably not as good as expected.
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Bison137
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01-05-21 10:32 PM - Post#318643
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It’s hard to ju$ge Boston U, however, since they haven’t had All-PL forward Walter Whyte. Kind of like the Bison not having John Meeks - except that Boston U has more depth.
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bison63
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Around the Patriot League 2020-21 01-17-21 04:34 PM - Post#319415
In response to Bison137
Boston drops 2 to Army at home this weekend and at least for the moment moves us out of last place, pending the outcome of our game. Clearly this is not the team they were thought to be. Gate took 2 from HC, although today’s the ‘safest gave them a run for their money before losing by 9.
Edited by bison63 on 01-17-21 04:50 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
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bison63
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01-17-21 04:37 PM - Post#319417
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Earlier, Navy stayed on top of the league at 6-0 after completing a eeekend sweep of AU.
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Bison137
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01-17-21 08:21 PM - Post#319430
In response to bison63
Earlier, Navy stayed on top of the league at 6-0 after completing a eeekend sweep of AU.
More importantly for Navy is that they are now 2-0 in their division. Record in division games will determine who gets the top six seeds.
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Bison137
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01-17-21 08:22 PM - Post#319431
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Lafayette and Loyola are currently playing a close game on CBS SN. Unfortunately the announcing is just as incompetent as ever. Mo Cassara does not preparation and knows nothing about the PL.
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bison63
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01-18-21 12:50 AM - Post#319445
In response to Bison137
If we could somehow conspire to figure a way to win one of the two Colgate games, with 2 more Lehigh games coming up the next week , it would make a huge difference. If we win a game vs ‘gate we would be 3-5 with the possibility of two more wins vs LU to make us 5-5. Otho, lose 2 to Gate and even if we win 2 vs LU, we are still only 4-6. (Although the 4 wins vs LU would I guess clinch us a tournament birth.). Not unlike last year, we can look like two different teams, the one that can’t shoot, and the one that can’t miss. Need to see more of the latter.
One last thought, why the hell is Ellis still starting, or for that matter why is he even playing ? How far does the fact that he led the league in 3 PT % last year carry him when he is not hitting squat this year. Lattimer is much better.
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Bison137
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01-18-21 01:35 AM - Post#319447
In response to bison63
1. Yes, Latimer has definitely played better. I think ND figured that out today, at least a little bit. Latimer played 26 minutes today vs Ellis' 16 minutes. Ellis' biggest claim to fame, of course, is having led the PL last year in 3-point pct. But one thing many might be surprised about is that he is 95th in the nation this year in steal pct. He had pretty good steal pct last year as well. And he has a much better rebounding pct than Latimer. Those two stats partly, but not fully, make up for his weaker offensive numbers.
I would sign on right now for a split at Colgate. Fans need to remember, however, that if the Bison can amass a better division record than Lehigh in the 8 games with LC and LU, then overall record only counts towards where the team is seeded. If they finish behind LC but ahead of LU in the 8 division games, then their overall seed would be either 4, 5, or 6 - even if they have the 8th or 9th best record.
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01-18-21 07:16 PM - Post#319493
In response to Bison137
Reinforcing 137's steals stat, in yesterday's postgame interview, Coach Brown said Ellis is considered the team's best defender and that he's routinely assigned to guard the opposing team's best player.
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