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Post by HCFC45 on Dec 31, 2017 12:34:09 GMT -5
OK, first game is in the books! A game we could have pulled out but lost to a more experienced team! On to Lafayette... Our posters went 62/110 for 56%! Just the beginning with a long road ahead!  ! Wishing all Crossporters, Posters and Families a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year in 2018 and many more W's than L's! !
Rank / Poster / 12/29 / Total
1 bigfan 4/5 4/5 1 nycrusader2010 4/5 4/5 1 Tom 4/5 4/5 1 Jflare 4/5 4/5 1 Crosser 4/5 4/5 1 somedaycamesuddenly 4/5 4/5 7 sader1970 3/5 3/5 7 hcnation 3/5 3/5 7 Sons of Vaval 3/5 3/5 7 hc80 3/5 3/5 7 thecrossisback 3/5 3/5 7 alum 3/5 3/5 7 DiMarz 3/5 3/5 7 hc811215 3/5 3/5 15 Worcester Gray 2/5 2/5 15 A Clock Tower Purple 2/5 2/5 15 rgs318 2/5 2/5 15 KY Crusader 75 2/5 2/5 15 CHC8485 2/5 2/5 15 HCFC45 2/5 2/5 21 efg72 1/5 1/5 21 hc6774 1/5 1/5 Tuesday, January 2, 2018
Holy Cross @ Lafayette 7:00pm Colgate @ American 7:00pm Loyola @ Army 7:00pm Boston Univ @ Bucknell 7:00pm Lehigh @ Navy 7:00pm All picks must be in before 7:00pm, Tuesday, 01/02/2018
Any mistakes, corrections, etc., please PM me.
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Post by sader1970 on Dec 31, 2017 14:36:38 GMT -5
In my traditional role as "first picker," here are my selections:
Holy Cross @ Lafayette
Colgate @ American
Loyola @ Army
Boston Univ @ Bucknell
Lehigh @ Navy
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Post by rgs318 on Dec 31, 2017 18:15:38 GMT -5
Holy Cross
Colgate
Army
Bucknell
Navy
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Post by hcnation on Dec 31, 2017 19:45:00 GMT -5
Holy Cross
Colgate
Army
Bucknell
Navy
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Dec 31, 2017 20:26:12 GMT -5
Holy Cross
Colgate
Army
Bucknell
Navy
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Post by jflare on Jan 1, 2018 9:17:44 GMT -5
Lafayette
Colgate
Army
Bucknell
Navy
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Jan 1, 2018 10:27:46 GMT -5
HOLY CROSS
COLGATE
LOYOLA
BUCKNELL
NAVY
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Post by efg72 on Jan 1, 2018 15:32:40 GMT -5
Holy Cross
Colgate
Army
Bucknell
Navy
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Post by thecrossisback on Jan 1, 2018 15:40:11 GMT -5
Holy Cross- Lets Go!
Colgate
Loyola
Bucknell
Lehigh
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Post by somedaycamesuddenly on Jan 1, 2018 16:54:51 GMT -5
Lafayette
Colgate
Army
Bucknell
Lehigh
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Post by bigfan on Jan 1, 2018 17:03:16 GMT -5
Lafayette
Colgate
Army
Bucknell
Navy
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Post by WorcesterGray on Jan 1, 2018 17:17:03 GMT -5
Lafayette
Colgate
Loyola
Bucknell
Navy
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Post by hc6774 on Jan 1, 2018 17:18:20 GMT -5
Lafayette
Colgate
Army
Bucknell
Navy
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Post by Tom on Jan 1, 2018 20:34:56 GMT -5
HC
Colgate
Army
Bucknell
Navy
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Post by Crosser on Jan 1, 2018 22:41:42 GMT -5
Holy Cross
Colgate
Loyola
Bucknell
Lehigh
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Post by hc811215 on Jan 2, 2018 6:50:52 GMT -5
Holy Cross @ Lafayette 7:00pm
Colgate @ American 7:00pm
Loyola @ Army 7:00pm
Boston Univ @ Bucknell 7:00pm
Lehigh @ Navy 7:00pm
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Post by hc80 on Jan 2, 2018 8:30:24 GMT -5
Holy Cross
Colgate
Loyola
Bucknell
Navy
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Post by CHC8485 on Jan 2, 2018 9:12:51 GMT -5
Holy Cross
Colgate
Army
Bucknell
Lehigh
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Jan 2, 2018 10:24:01 GMT -5
I'm embarrassed by my 2-5 start to the season, but we'll give it another try.
Holy Cross--- This prediction has to be based on HC will be a better team than we have seen to date, either via player improvement or a change in strategy/tactics. Rebounding will be interesting in that HC is #342 in offensive rebounding while Lafayette is #351. This will be a 3 point shooting contest. Laf's one D-1 win came over a weak Q team that relies heavily on threes and went 6-27 on threes that night. Laf's opponents have shot better than .350 on threes in 9 of 12 games. HC, believe it or not, has been a good shooting team this season: #89 in effective FG percentage. Klinewski is tough, but Laf has lost when he's scored 21, 22, & 30 points in a game.
Colgate-- Colgate is an outstanding shooting team (yes, I know there's more to the game than shooting) and AU defends poorly. AU is 3-2 when effective FG defense is under 46%, but composite is 54.6%= #286. Colgate's eff fg pctg is 55.6%, #36 in D-1, and they have never been below 46% in a game this season. So, Colgate shooting leads to its second road win in a row.
Army-- Army plays well at home. Here's another great shooting team, #1 in D-1 in 3 point percentage and has 5 players at .400+. Loyola is 0-7 on the road including 0-3 against #290, #301, #311. Loy has had injury problems all year. Loyola is a horrible shooting team but beat Navy when it went 22-33 on twos and 5-12 on threes. Army is 7-2 when opponents have eff fg octg of .526 or lower. Loyola has had that low a pctg 9 of 12 games and lost all 9.
Bucknell-- Bucknell is 5-0 at home and is strong in all areas of the offense except offensive rebounding. Boston U beat Army with a barrage of threes, going 12-26. Bost U is a very good 3 point shooting team at .378, but Bucknell has gone 3-4 even when opponents have shot .380 and above on threes. Bucknell has balanced scoring on 2's & 3's and gets to the line a lot and shoots well there.
Navy- I'm going to talk shooting again here as there's a correlation as Navy is 9-1 when eff fg octg is better than .500. Lehigh's defense is #285 on that stat at .543 and in 10 of 12 games opponents have done better than.500.
Let's see a strong HC effort in a win, please!!
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Jan 2, 2018 10:26:49 GMT -5
Bucknell
Colgate
Navy
Army
Lafayette
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Post by alum on Jan 2, 2018 10:28:55 GMT -5
Holy Cross
Colgate
Army
Bucknell
Navy
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Post by DiMarz on Jan 2, 2018 18:28:31 GMT -5
Holy Cross
American
Army
Bucknell
Navy
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Post by HCFC45 on Jan 2, 2018 18:54:13 GMT -5
Holy Cross Colgate Army Bucknell Navy GO CRUSADERS GO! |
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Jan 2, 2018 21:24:07 GMT -5
Bucknell loses to the "other" BU at home.
And Crossports went opher on that one.
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Post by sader1970 on Jan 2, 2018 21:30:21 GMT -5
Heck, even SDS of BU thought Bucknell would win! So, the Supermen are susceptible to some kryptonite. Where can we get a supply?  |
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