Tag: Patriot

Patriot League Notebook

Patriot League Notebook by Steve Sheridan The 2005-2006 season is well into its second month of play, and I have yet to write one Patriot League notebook so far. Not to diminish the teams of the Patriot League, but part of the reason is due to the simple fact that […]

Patriot Preview

Patriot League 2005-06 Preview by Steve Sheridan This year promises to be another exciting and intense season of Patriot League basketball. Last season, the Bucknell Bison finally got the Patriot League off the snide by winning the league’s first-ever NCAA Tournament game. The expectations continue to increase for individual schools […]

Patriot League Recap

Patriot League 2004-05 Season Recap by Steve Sheridan Another incredible Patriot League season is in the books, and it certainly gave fans all they could possibly hope for. There were surprises (Holy Cross, Colgate), disappointments (Army), and a lot of shuffling in the standings as the league season progressed. But […]

Patriot League Championship Recap

Patriot League Championship Recap by Steve Sheridan No. 2 Bucknell 61, No. 1 Holy Cross 57 This game was supposed to be the coronation of Holy Cross as the Patriot League’s next great hope to finally win an NCAA Tournament game. Instead, the Bucknell Bison – the team picked almost […]

Patriot League Tournament Notes

Bison Finally Win Their First Title by Phil Kasiecki WORCESTER, Mass. – It wasn’t quite how Pat Flannery drew it up, but the end result was what he wanted. His team went on the road and took care of business. “We thought we had a great year, and we were […]

Patriot League Tournament Recaps

Patriot League Quarterfinal and Semifinal Recaps by Steve Sheridan Quarterfinals (at Holy Cross) No. 1 Holy Cross 76, No. 8 Army 42 My Holy Cross correspondent Tom Severo saw his Crusaders run their winning streak to 15 games in front of a home crowd on Friday, but not after a […]

Lehigh’s Joe Knight

Guard Has Himself a Knight by Phil Kasiecki WORCESTER, Mass. – You had to know the chant would come sometime. The Lehigh students who traveled up from Pennsylvania let Colgate know what the Raiders seemingly had already figured out. “You can’t stop him.” The chant was for Joe Knight, Lehigh’s […]

Patriot Notebook

Patriot League Notebook by Steve Sheridan It was an exciting and interesting final weekend for the eight teams of the Patriot League. Very appropriately, the final game of the Patriot League season came down to a buzzer-beating three-pointer by Bucknell’s Chris Niesz – the lone Bison senior on Senior Night […]

Holy Cross Wins

Champions Again by Phil Kasiecki WORCESTER, Mass. – Holy Cross has done it again. Holy Cross wrapped up the Patriot League regular season championship on Wednesday night with a 69-54 win over visiting Bucknell. The win is their 13th straight, with the last team to beat them being, ironically enough, […]

Patriot Notebook

Patriot League Notebook by Steve Sheridan Where has the season gone? Just seven short weeks ago, the Patriot League season was just beginning and every team had their eyes on the Patriot League title. But after Wednesday’s games, there remains only one day of regular season play before the Patriot […]