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Post by HCFC45 on Dec 30, 2018 22:39:14 GMT -5
Hope everybody had a blessed and holy Christmas celebrating with family and friends! Best wishes for a Happy Healthy and Prosperous New Year in 2019!  ! Thank you and kudos to hc87 for running the football version, though it seems like it was so long ago, well done! Now it’s time for the Basketball version, better known as the Prognosticators and Carnacs of the Hardwood to show their stuff! With the OOC schedule complete, the team records are: 2018
Holy Cross 9 -4 Lehigh 7 - 4 Colgate 8 - 5 American 6 - 5 Boston University 7 - 6 Bucknell 6 - 6 Army 5 - 8 Loyola 4 - 9 Lafayette 3 - 8 Navy 3 - 8 PL OOC record for 2018: 58 - 63And, for comparison: 2017
Navy 9-4 Army 7-4 Bucknell 6-7 Colgate 5-6 Lehigh 5-6 Boston Univ. 4-7 American 3-8 Holy Cross 3-8 Loyola 2-9 Lafayette 2-9 PL OOC record for 2017: 46 - 68
Wednesday, January 2, 2019:Lafayette @ Lehigh 7:00pm Bucknell @ Army 7:00pm Boston University @ American 7:00pm Thursday, January 3, 2019:
Holy Cross @ Loyola 7:00pm Coulgate @ Navy 7:00pm All picks must be in before 7:00pm, Wednesday, 01/02/2019!
Please note that the next round of PL games is Saturday (01/05) and Sunday (01/06).... so I will post them sometime on Thursday (01/03)!
Can KYCrusader 75 and Worcester Gray defend their 1st place finish from 2017??
Let the FUN begin and hopefully bring another PLC to College of the Holy Cross! |
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Post by sader1970 on Dec 30, 2018 23:00:35 GMT -5
Lafayette @ Lehigh (the "best team," right?)
Bucknell @ Army
(the "real best team," right?)
Boston University @ American
(NJJ has me convinced + they are at home)
Holy Cross @ Loyola (the purple are red hot!)
Colgate @ Navy (this is so hard to accept that Colgate, Colgate!, is supposed to be good)
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Post by bigfan on Dec 31, 2018 7:44:50 GMT -5
Lehigh
Bucknell
American
Holy Cross
Colgate
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Post by sader81 on Dec 31, 2018 7:47:54 GMT -5
Lehigh
Bucknell
BU
HC
Colgate
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Post by alum on Dec 31, 2018 8:03:56 GMT -5
Lehigh
Bucknell
American
HC
Colgate
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Post by efg72 on Dec 31, 2018 8:15:53 GMT -5
Lehigh
Bucknell
American
Holy Cross
Colgate
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Post by rgs318 on Dec 31, 2018 10:45:31 GMT -5
Lehigh
Bucknell
American
Holy Cross
Colgate
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Post by hcnation on Dec 31, 2018 12:41:15 GMT -5
Lehigh
Bucknell
American
Holy Cross
Colgate
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Post by classof83 on Dec 31, 2018 13:06:51 GMT -5
Lehigh
Bucknell
American
Holy Cross
Colgate
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Dec 31, 2018 13:09:38 GMT -5
LEHIGH
BUCKNELL
BU
HC
NAVY
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Post by DiMarz on Dec 31, 2018 14:38:19 GMT -5
LEHIGH
BUCKNELL
AMERICAN
HOLY CROSS
COLGATE
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Post by thecrossisback on Dec 31, 2018 19:50:20 GMT -5
Lehigh
Bucknell
Boston U
Holy Cross
Colgate
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Post by lou on Dec 31, 2018 20:24:17 GMT -5
Lafayette
Army
Boston
Holy Cross
Navy
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Post by ndgradbuthcfan on Dec 31, 2018 20:48:14 GMT -5
Lehigh
Bucknell
American
HC
Colgate
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Post by bison137 on Jan 1, 2019 2:49:29 GMT -5
Colgate @ Navy (this is so hard to accept that Colgate, Colgate!, is supposed to be good) If nothing else, you've had a year to get used to that notion. Colgate finished 2nd in the regular season last year and also made the finals of the PL tournament. And they return the majority of their team plus add a very good transfer. |
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Post by sader1970 on Jan 1, 2019 7:28:11 GMT -5
I have a longer view of Colgate than perhaps you have. Holy Cross has been playing Colgate for generations. A year or two or even 5 years is a blink of the eye. My family Crusader roots go back to the 1930s and have with very few exceptions had someone on the hill consistently since then.
So, yeah, I still struggle with the idea that Colgate might be anything but mediocre in basketball. No, don't play the Foyle card on me either. Another blink.
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Post by hchoops on Jan 1, 2019 9:18:18 GMT -5
All time series, starting in 1947 (That Championship Season)
HC-60
Colgate-25
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Post by rgs318 on Jan 1, 2019 11:05:52 GMT -5
So Colgte played a role in prepping HC for their national title...thank you to the (then) Red Raiders!
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Jan 1, 2019 13:42:01 GMT -5
If you like KenPom's rankings you see that the PL opens with the top 5 teams playing the bottom 5.
Lehigh-- Lehigh has won the last 6 in the series and is #1 3 point shooting team in D-1. 4 players are hitting at .391 or higher in threes. Laf may have rebounding advantage but the "effective FG percentage" differential is stark: Lehigh is 54.6 on offense and 45.5 on defense= +9.1 while Laf is 49.3 vs 53.2= (3.9). We'll look at that for all five games.
Bucknell- Bison have won the last 8 in the series. Eff Fg Off vs Def shows Bucknell +4.6 versus Army (7.9). Bucknell is loaded with talented players.
American U-- Eff Fg: BU +2.5 versus American +8.6. AU is #15 defense on opponent fg pctg. AU's Sam Iorio is making his case to be PL POY. In latest outing, BU managed to lose to a weak Bethune-Cookman team despite getting 20 offensive rebounds as BU kept sending B-C to the line. BU is 4-0 when it sinks 37.5% of its three point attempts but AU has held opponents to 28.6% (#26 in D-1) on threes this year. I see American's defense bringing the Eagles the win.
Holy Cross- HC has won the last 3 in the series. HC's 4 losses this year came against #4, #66, #102, #104 and team is 9-0 versus all other opponents, all of whom are ranked higher than Loyola. Loyola has the #333 defense--look for HC to capitalize on that. Eff Fg Pcg Off-Def: HC +3.5 versus Loyola (2.7)
Colgate-- Eff Fg Pctg; Colgate +4.3 versus Navy (9.9). Navy is a very poor shooting team, #298 on 3 point percentage and #345 on twos. Colgate is 7-0 against teams ranked #224 to #288...Navy is ranked #316.
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Post by Tom on Jan 1, 2019 14:02:03 GMT -5
Lehigh
Bucknell
American
HC
Colgate
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Post by sader1970 on Jan 1, 2019 14:09:48 GMT -5
There's going to be a lot of people in first place or last place. Seems to be the only variation is the American/BU (as in "Boston") game.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Jan 1, 2019 14:27:43 GMT -5
There's going to be a lot of people in first place or last place. Seems to be the only variation is the American/BU (as in "Boston") game. Here's where we are now Laf 1 vs 14 Lehigh (1 poster has picked Lafayette while 14 pick Lehigh)
Bucknell 14 vs 1 Army
Boston U 4 vs 11 American U
Holy Cross 15 vs 0 Loyola
Colgate 13 vs 2 Navy |
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Post by hc80 on Jan 1, 2019 19:13:34 GMT -5
Lehigh
Bucknell
American
Holy Cross
Colgate
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Post by WorcesterGray on Jan 2, 2019 7:27:06 GMT -5
Lehigh
Bucknell
American
Holy Cross
Colgate
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Jan 2, 2019 12:42:03 GMT -5
Lehigh
Bucknell
American
HC
Colgate
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