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Post by HCFC45 on Feb 9, 2019 11:41:50 GMT -5
This was a really tough loss given that we had fought back from 17 point deficit to go ahead but could not close Lafayette out! There were some really bad calls and non calls by the stripes late in the game! ! Except for Lehigh beating Navy by 26, the other games could have gone either way: American beat Army by 3, Bucknell beat Boston University by 6, Colgate beat Loyola by 3 after trailing by 16! Kudos to SOV for going 5 for 5, while 18 other posters went 4 for 5! Had HC won we would have had 18 out of 25 posters go 5 for 5, a Crossports records for sure! ! Rank / Poster / 10-Feb / Total
1 hc6774 4/5 41/60 2 Worcester Gray 4/5 40/60 2 Sons of Vaval 5/5 40/60 4 hcnation 4/5 39/60 5 bigfan 4/5 38/60 6 Ky Crusader 75 4/5 37/60 7 efg72 3/5 36/60 7 HC16 4/5 36/60 7 CHC8485 4/5 36/60 10 classof83 4/5 35/60 10 sader1970 4/5 35/60 10 rgs318 4/5 35/60 10 Tom 4/5 35/60 14 alum 4/5 34/60 14 ACTP 4/5 34/60 16 HCFC45 4/5 33/60 16 hc80 4/5 33/60 18 sader81 2/5 28/60 18 Crosser 3/5 28/60 20 thecrossisback 2/5 26/60 21 Dimarz 4/5 32/55 22 ndgradbuthcfan 4/5 29/55 23 lou 2/5 18/55 24 jflare 4/5 22/39 25 hc811215 DNP 17/30 Monday, February 11, 2019Lehigh @ Bucknell 7:00pm CBS Sports TV Wednesday, February 13, 2019Boston University @ Army 11:00am Loyola @ American 7:00pm Lafayette @ Navy 7:00pm Colgate @ Holy Cross 7:30pm NESN TV All picks must be in by 7:00pm, Monday, February 11, 2019
Please note that you can "edit" (make changes) to your Wednesday picks right up to 11:00am on Wednesday! !
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Post by rgs318 on Feb 9, 2019 11:57:06 GMT -5
Bucknell Army American Navy Holy Cross (going with home court)
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Post by sader1970 on Feb 9, 2019 12:26:29 GMT -5
Lehigh @ Bucknell Boston University @ Army
Loyola @ American Lafayette @ Navy
Colgate @ Holy Cross (pains me to make this selection)
These match-ups, every single one of them, could go either way. Will be shocked if anyone goes 5 for 5.
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Post by hcnation on Feb 9, 2019 14:14:33 GMT -5
Bucknell Army American Navy Holy Cross
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Post by hc6774 on Feb 10, 2019 9:23:56 GMT -5
Bucknell Army American Navy Colgate
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Feb 10, 2019 9:28:24 GMT -5
Bucknell Army American Navy Colgate
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Post by bigfan on Feb 10, 2019 10:50:56 GMT -5
Bucknell Boston Univ American Navy Colgate
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Feb 10, 2019 11:41:47 GMT -5
BUCKNELL
ARMY
LOYOLA
NAVY
HOLY CROSS
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Post by efg72 on Feb 10, 2019 11:54:35 GMT -5
Lehigh Army Loyola Navy Holy Cross
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Post by sader81 on Feb 10, 2019 16:00:32 GMT -5
Lehigh Army American Lafayette HC
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Post by thecrossisback on Feb 10, 2019 16:09:41 GMT -5
Lehigh Boston University Loyola Lafayette Holy Cross
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Post by WorcesterGray on Feb 10, 2019 17:02:08 GMT -5
Bucknell Army American Lafayette Colgate
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Post by Crosser on Feb 10, 2019 23:23:18 GMT -5
Luis’s picks:
Bucknell Army American Navy Colgate
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Post by alum on Feb 11, 2019 8:59:50 GMT -5
All of the home teams
Bucknell Army American Navy HC
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Post by ndgradbuthcfan on Feb 11, 2019 9:27:43 GMT -5
Bucknell Army American Navy HC
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Post by DiMarz on Feb 11, 2019 12:34:03 GMT -5
Lehigh Boston University Loyola Lafayette Holy Cross
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Post by hc80 on Feb 11, 2019 14:21:43 GMT -5
Bucknell Boston University American Navy Colgate
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Feb 11, 2019 15:33:24 GMT -5
Bucknell-- Bison won first game, in PA, by controlling the boards and getting 7 extra FGA, prevailing despite Lehigh having a great shooting day. Bison are 6-0 at home in Conference play. Note that Lehigh also lost both games to Colgate, so is it that Lehigh can whip the weaker PL teams but struggles versus the stalwarts? Sample size and randomness probably should be considered but I'll cite that stat anyways in picking Bucknell.
Army-- Army won the first game at BU and, as noted many times, wins when it has an advantage in free throws. Army defense is by far the best to date in PL in keeping opponents off the line and BU does commit fouls. We'll take Army at home.
American U-- AU beat Loyola at MD in first game and has won 5 of last 6 games. Loyola's defense has not been able to stop opponents from connecting with its eff fg pctg defense #329 in D-1 and #9 in PL games at 56%. AU is 11-2 when it shoots 52% or better. Loyola is 3-14 when it turns the ball over 17.6% of the time or more often and in PL games AU is turning opponents over 18.2% of possessions. Kostecka has scored 103 points in the last 4 games and Loyola has lost all four.
Navy-- Navy won the first game, at Laf, on the foul line. This game features the best PL O-board team, Navy, versus the conference's worst, Laf. Navy has a very poor shooting team , #337 in D-1 and #10 in PL Play so the Midshipmen need those boards to get the extra shots they need to connect. Navy has a good defense against the three, holding opponents to 1/3 or worse on three point attempts in 14 of 23 games. That will help as Lafayette bombs away all night
Holy Cross-- Okay, we'll give the Crusaders the benefit of the doubt one more time. Can HC play as it did versus Army, not as it did in the horrible loss to Lafayette. Colgate is 11-0 when its defensive efficiency is at 100 or lower and 4-10 otherwise. HC's offensive efficiency is at 101 in PL games and has exceeded 100 in 4 of 5 home games. HC needs 3 of its 4 top offensive threats (JF, JG, AB, CG) to have decent/good nights (100+ O-rating). Let's see if CG can give us 10+ points as we know about the correlations between his scoring and HC winning. Let's protect the ball: HC is 9-2 when turnover % is below 16%. Then there are offensive rebounds: HC is 1-7 when we don't grab more than 1 of 6 of our misses. Colgate is the overwhelming favorite but we'll take The Cross in this game.
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Post by CHC8485 on Feb 11, 2019 15:37:54 GMT -5
Bucknell Army American Navy Holy Cross
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Feb 11, 2019 15:44:54 GMT -5
Colgate is the overwhelming favorite but we'll take The Cross in this game. Pomeroy has it 67-66 in favor of Colgate. We are going to lose this game because Colgate rebounds the basketball and we do not.
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Post by classof83 on Feb 11, 2019 15:59:14 GMT -5
Lehigh Boston University American Navy Holy Cross
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Post by Tom on Feb 11, 2019 16:00:31 GMT -5
Bucknell Army American Navy HC
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Post by HCFC45 on Feb 11, 2019 18:51:39 GMT -5
Bucknell (need them to run the table and then lose in the PLT)! ! Army American Navy Holy Cross (not ready to jump ship on our team, they need all the support they can get and we will be there Wednesday night! ! After reviewing the replay of the last 5 minutes or so of the Lafayette game several times, we clearly got skewered by the Stripes! ! Just before the game ended when CG missed the last shot, JF got slammed by a Lafayette player! If they had reviewed, it could possibly have been a flagrant! !
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Post by HC16 on Feb 11, 2019 19:09:40 GMT -5
Bucknell Army American Navy Holy Cross
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Feb 11, 2019 21:44:56 GMT -5
Here's where we stand
Lehigh 6 vs 16 Bucknell [6 posters chose Lehigh while 16 picked Bucknell]
Boston U 6 vs 16 Army
Loyola 4 vs 18 American U
Lafayette 4 vs 18 Navy
Colgate 7 vs 15 Holy Cross
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