College Basketball: Patriot League

There are two games on the college basketball schedule on Sunday that feature Patriot League teams, and we have best bets recomendations. That includes the Lehigh Mountain Hawks versus the Boston University Terriers. The model have Boston University as 1.2-point favorites in this one despite the opposite prediction from DraftKings. However, the…

Bronx, N.Y. - The Fordham Football Rams are well represented on the 2023 All-Patriot League football teams that were announced today- A total of 12 Rams were named to the All-League team, including seven on the First Team. Named to the First Team are junior linebacker, junior defensive lineman, junior running back, senior defensive back, senior…

Lafayette football coach John Troxell said his program and his school have a lot in common with this week's opponent - Duke. "When you look at Duke and you look at Lafayette, both offer the chance to be at an institution where you can have the best of both worlds," he said. "You can be a great player and a great student. It's the kind of school we…

Tickets are now on sale to watch the four-time defending Patriot League champion Holy Cross football team during the upcoming 2023 season. Full season ticket packages for Holy Cross' five home games, including the Crusaders' four games at Fitton Field and one contest at Polar Park, begin at just $80 and provide fans access to a number of exclusive…

Welcome to Holy Cross vs. The Field, better known as the 2023 Patriot League football season. Holy Cross enters its sixth season under head coach Bob Chesney as the overwhelming favorite to take a record fifth straight PL crown. The Crusaders' aspirations are that much greater after advancing to the FCS quarterfinals in 2022. The Patriot League,…

We're counting down the days until Syracuse Orange football returns. If you've been following our Get to Know Your Orange Man series, you should have a good idea of what SU's team looks like this year. But what about the opposition? Well, I'm happy to say that I'll be previewing all 12 of Syracuse's regular season games again this year! Kicking…

No team has faced more adversity this season than Texas. Starting the season 7-1 with wins against Gonzaga and Creighton, all was going well for the Longhorns. But after Chris Beard was fired, Texas had to move forward without their head coach. In came associate head coach Rodney Terry, who has done a fantastic job in the interim role. They won…

Among the NCAA Division I basketball teams in Massachusetts, Holy Cross is in a class by itself. It is the only program, men's or women's, to earn a March Madness berth this year. The Crusaders knocked off Boston University 66-61 in the Patriot League tournament just hours before the Selection Show on Sunday that revealed the 68-team women's…

An NCAA Tournament bid is on the line tonight when the Lafayette Leopards take on the Colgate Raiders in the Patriot League Tournament championship. Colgate dominated the Patriot League all season, cruising to a 17-1 conference record with its only loss coming in a one point decision on the road against American. The Raiders also had an impressive…

The top-seeded Colgate Raiders will be looking to punch their ticket to the NCAA Tournament for the third consecutive season when they take on the sixth-seeded Lafayette Leopards on Wednesday in the Patriot League Tournament title game. The Raiders (25-8, 17-1 Patriot), who are looking to make their sixth NCAA Tournament appearance and fourth in…

The Colgate Raiders won the 2022 Patriot League tournament and represented the conference in March Madness a season ago. This year, they're 17-1 in conference play, the No. 1 seed in the tournament and big favorites to go back to the big dance with a tournament championship. Tucker Richardson is back to lead this team after his all-tournament team…

Army (11-8, 5-1 Patriot) is a 5.5-point home favorite over Bucknell in a Patriot League game at 6 pm ET Tuesday on ESPN+ at Christl Arena. The Black Knights have won and covered six of their last seven games. Bucknell (7-12, 0-6 Patriot) has lost eight games in a row and is on pace for its fourth straight losing season. The Bison are 1-8 on the…

Rutgers (12-5, 4-2 Big Ten) is a 4.5-point home favorite over Ohio State in a Big Ten game at 2:15 ET Sunday on the Big Ten Network at Jersey Mike's Arena. The Scarlet Knights have won and covered seven of their last eight games. Ohio State (10-6, 2-3 Big Ten) has lost three in a row, the latest a 70-67 home loss to Minnesota on Thursday. The…

Our best bets and prediction previews continue with a Patriot League showdown between the Colgate Raiders (9-7, 3-0 Patriot) and Army Black Knights (9-7, 3-0 Patriot) on Monday night. Tip-off from Christl Arena in West Point is scheduled for 7:00 pm EST. This is the first of two regular-season meetings between the two schools with Army set to repay…

Colgate (9-7, 3-0 Patriot) is a 6.5-point road favorite over Army in a Patriot League game at 7:00 pm ET, Monday, on the CBS Sports Network. The Raiders have won three games in a row and four of their last six. Army (9-7, 3-0 Patriot) has won four games in a row seven of its last nine behind guard Jalen Rucker, the league's leading returning…

Holy Cross posted its single-season record with a 12th win last week, and South Dakota State is eager to do the same thing this week. The top-seeded Jackrabbits can only do so by going through the unbeaten No. 8 seed in an FCS playoff quarterfinal on Saturday. It's a matchup of conference champions that have similar styles: physical, run-oriented…

BETHLEHEM, Pa. - No. 8 Holy Cross (12-0, 6-0 PL) travels to No. 1 South Dakota State (11-1, 8-0 MVFC), the Missouri Valley Football Conference Champion in the NCAA DI FCS Championship Quarterfinal Round on Saturday at Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium, in Brookings, S.D. Live coverage on ESPN begins at noon ET with Clay Matvick, Rocky Boiman and Taylor…

Holy Cross was knocked out of last year's FCS playoffs in the second round by Villanova, a team that would, in turn, get knocked out of the tournament the next, at home, by South Dakota State. That was Holy Cross's only loss in its last 20 games. The Crusaders have become the dominant program in the Patriot League under coach Bob Chesney, who has…

I am willing to bet the Mountain West will conveniently lose the phone number of a few of these FCS programs after going 1-2 against Division I's lower level last weekend. Weber State and Incarnate Word looked more like FBS teams in wins over Utah State and Nevada, respectively. Overall, the FCS won four games in Week 2 against FBS foes. Holy Cross…

The Navy Midshipmen are off to a brilliant 5-1 start to the 2022-23 NCAA basketball season and will take on the Lipscomb Bisons, who are on a decent 4-2 start to the season. They are part of the ASUN Conference, first in the table, and will host this game at the Allen Arena on Wednesday (November 30). The Midshipmen are part of the Patriot League…

Charlie Berman is the assistant sports editor of The Lafayette, Lafayette College's student newspaper. The Lafayette Leopards (3-7 overall, 2-3 Patriot League) will look to avenge last year's loss against the Lehigh Mountain Hawks (2-8 overall, 2-3 Patriot League) tomorrow as the teams meet for the 158th time in their storied rivalry. Both teams…

Notre Dame's 95th meeting with Navy may not be filled with as much on-field intrigue as last week's upset of Clemson was, but the Midshipmen present such a unique foe, there is always a new wrinkle to consider in that program. These days, that wrinkle is how Navy (3-6) will respond to yet another disappointing season, looking like it will be the…

Notre Dame's 95th meeting with Navy may not be filled with as much on-field intrigue as last week's upset of Clemson was, but the Midshipmen present such a unique foe, there is always a new wrinkle to consider in that program. These days, that wrinkle is how Navy (3-6) will respond to yet another disappointing season, looking like it will be the…

BETHLEHEM, PA - When Lehigh (1-8, 1-3 Patriot League) faces off against Colgate (3-6, 2-2 Patriot League) this weekend at Murray Goodman Stadium, there will be stakes. The Mountain Hawks will try to get a Senior Day win for a senior class that has only enjoyed four wins at home during their time in South Bethlehem, while Colgate will be looking to…

The Lafayette men's soccer team (9-6-4 overall, 3-2-4 Patriot League) had its season come to a heartbreaking end on Saturday night as it fell 0-1 to Navy in the Patriot League Tournament quarterfinals. The odds were not in favor of Lafayette going into this first round of playoffs. After the team's draw with Army last Wednesday, the Leopards had to…

BETHLEHEM, Pa. -- The Navy men's basketball team has been predicted to place fourth in the Patriot League this season in voting conducted by the league's head coaches and sports information contacts that was released on Wednesday. The Mids amassed 121 points in the balloting to earn their fourth-place showing. Navy placed second in the league last…

BETHLEHEM, PA - College football is a lot like a burlesque show. As the show rolls forward, more and more gets revealed about what your college football team is. As Lehigh (1-4, 1-0) and Fordham (4-1, 1-0) play this weekend at noon at Murray Goodman stadium, a lot will be revealed about the home team Mountain Hawks and the away team Rams. When the…

It's the toughest schedule from top-to-bottom Monmouth's ever been faced, and it got off to a rocky start with a mistake-filled loss at New Hampshire in the Hawks' first-ever Colonial Athletic Association game last Thursday. What Monmouth must do this season is take care of business at the Jersey Shore. And that begins with Saturday's home opener…