Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Patriot League Tourney Preview



FIRST ROUND
Wednesday, March 4
At higher seeds
Game 1: No. 8 Lafayette at No. 1 American (7:30 p.m.)
Game 2: No. 7 Bucknell at No. 2 Holy Cross (7 p.m.)
Game 3: No. 6 Colgate at No. 3 Navy (7 p.m.)
Game 4: No.5 Lehigh at No. 4 Army (7 p.m.)

SEMIFINALS
Sunday, March 8
At higher seeds
Game 5: Game 1 winner vs. Game 4 winner
Game 6: Game 2 winner vs. Game 3 winner

CHAMPIONSHIP
At higher seed
Friday, March 13
Game 7: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner (ESPN2)


Team to watch: American. With a 13-1 conference record, the Eagles have control of this tournament and should receive the automatic bid into the NCAA tourney.

Player to watch: Garrison Carr. Carr might be the one of the smallest (5'11) guys in the conference, but he can also score. He averages over 17 points per game and can shoot the rock.

Upset watch: Holy Cross. The only team to beat the Eagles this year. If there is going to be an upset, the Crusaders are going to be the team to do it.

Tourney watch: With homecourt advantage througout the tournament, it will be hard for anyone to come in and beat the Eagles. That is why American will lock up the qualifying bid and move on to another game!

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