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 […]

Patriot League Offseason News Update by Steve Sheridan American The Eagles were very excited about their incoming first-year class for the 2003-2004 season, which includes co-State Player of the Year in Virginia Linas Lekavicius and 6-foot 10-inch Brayden Billbe. Lekavicius, a native of Silale, Lithuania, averaged over 25 points and […]

Patriot League 2002-03 Season Recap by Phil Kasiecki The Patriot League figured to be one team’s to lose this season, and the end results bore that out. Holy Cross ran through the league almost unscathed, clinching the regular season title with one week to go in the regular season before […]

Patriot Notebook by Harry Adams Crusaders Demonstrate League Dominance Patrick Whearty scored 17 points and grabbed 11 rebounds along with Jave Meade scoring 18 points and dishing out seven assists as Holy Cross defeated Lafayette 73-65 Saturday. The Crusaders (19-4, 9-1 PL) are now two games ahead of Lehigh and […]

Patriot League Notebook by Harry Adams Lehigh drops two straight The great physicist and mathematician Albert Einstein developed many theories with which he based his scientific research. If Einstein were a college basketball reporter he would be discussing his theory that for every action there is an equal and opposite […]

Patriot League Notebook by Harry Adams Mountain Hawks soaring With two victories this past weekend over Lafayette and Army, the Lehigh University Mountain Hawks (13-5, 5-0) find themselves sitting atop the Patriot League in sole possession of first place. In the first nationally televised Direct TV Patriot League “Game of […]

Patriot League Notebook by Phil Kasiecki Holy Cross Looks Unbeatable Holy Cross ran its winning streak to six games this past week with an 86-43 thrashing of Colgate and a 76-70 win at Lafayette. The Crusaders are at or near the top in the Patriot League in many statistical categories, […]

Patriot League Notebook by Matt DaSilva Early in the season, two big Patriot League stories appear to be emerging in Holy Cross and Boakai Lalugba. The Crusaders only game this past week came in the form of 72-56 win over Brown, no magnificent feat by any means. And so, at […]

Patriot League Notebook by Matt DaSilva Holy Cross (3-1) Think the Crusaders are a fluke this season? Tell that to Ryan Sidney and Troy Bell, Boston College’s heralded guard tandem who desperately flailed on consecutive shots in the final 20 seconds of Holy Cross’ 71-70 win over the Eagles on […]

Patriot League Notebook by Matt DaSilva American University A Cinderella 2001-2002 season saw the Eagles take a new conference by storm when they seized the regular season Patriot League title in its inaugural campaign. The unlikely turn of events drew attention across the country. Two games into a fresh 2002-2003 […]