Patriot League Notebook by Steve Sheridan Seeing that this is the Patriot League, I would first like to congratulate the New England Patriots on their second Super Bowl victory in three years Sunday night over the Carolina Panthers. And even though no member of the Patriots (or Panthers, for that […]

Patriot League Notebook by Steve Sheridan This past weekend was a very entertaining weekend of basketball in the Patriot League, with a large share of very good basketball games. Conversely, there were also a few games that were decided before the first 20 minutes had concluded. But most importantly, the […]

Patriot League Notebook by Steve Sheridan Let the Patriot Games Begin The first weekend of Patriot League action ended with the standings pretty much the same as they were during the majority of the non-league slate. Lafayette and Lehigh continued to keep hold of the first and second place slots, […]

Patriot League Notebook by Steve Sheridan Gearing Up For League Action The holiday season has come to a close and now the eight teams of the Patriot League are beginning to gear up for league action, which begins this coming Saturday. At this time, it looks as if some teams […]

Patriot League Notebook by Steve Sheridan Once Again, It’s Lafayette It was a good week for the top team in the Patriot League, as Lafayette went undefeated on the week. Lafayette finished the week with its winning streak and its first place standing intact, while Lehigh had a five-game winning […]

Patriot League Notebook by Steve Sheridan Bucknell and Navy Decide To Start Winning Games It took playing against a Division III opponent, but the Navy Midshipmen finally got into the win column on Saturday night against Gettysburg, eking out a 61-60 victory in front of a surely exuberant home crowd. […]

Patriot League Notebook by Steve Sheridan Divine Patience Needed At The Cross If you look at the standings for Patriot League teams so far this season, you certainly would not expect Holy Cross to be under .500. The Crusaders are currently 2-3 on the season, having dropped their last three […]

Patriot League Notebook by Steve Sheridan If you were to pick two Patriot League teams that would begin the season with a victory, the Holy Cross Crusaders would certainly have been one of them. But after that, only one other Patriot League team started off the season on the right […]

Patriot League Preview by Steve Sheridan At the beginning of last season, it looked like Holy Cross would take the League title, and sure enough they did. It seemed predestined (by a higher being hanging out in Worcester, perhaps), that the Crusaders would waltz into the NCAA Tournament. Coming into […]