G: Matt Logie
SR, Lehigh
G: Mark Linebaugh
JR Colgate
F: Tim Szatko
SR Holy Cross
F: Boakai Lalugba
SR, Bucknell
C: Nate Lufkin
SO, Holy Cross
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Tim Szatko
SR, Holy Cross
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Neil Fingleton
SO, Holy Cross
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1. American
2. Holy Cross
3. Colgate
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1. Holy Cross
2. Bucknell
3. Bucknell
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March 8-9, The Show Place Arena, Upper Marlboro, MD
March 15, Championship game at home court of highest-seeded team
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American (Regular season)
Holy Cross (Conference tournament)
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Postseason Record
0-1 (.000)
NCAA
Holy Cross
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- Navy coach Don DeVoe is one win shy of 500 for his career. He has a record of 499-346 in 29 seasons, including 10 with the Midshipmen (171-118). Navy opens the season with three straight home games.
- Holy Cross has been to the NCAA Tournament 10 times and has a 7-10 record. The Crusaders have made two straight trips to the tournament, but have lost both times in the first round.
- Lafayette has finished above .500 four times in the last five years. The program's only losing season was a 12-16 campaign in 2000-01.
- Lehigh is ranked first nationally in NCAA graduation rates at 96 percent. The Mountain Hawks have ranked in the top 15 nationally in graduation rates for 15 straight years.
- Bucknell's Pat Flannery is second to Navy's DeVoe in career victories (171) among Patriot League coaches. The Bison are the only team to reach double-digits in victories in each of the Patriot League's 12 seasons.
- Holy Cross will make its first Preseason NIT appearance when it plays Kansas on Nov. 19 in a game that will be televised on ESPN.
- Two programs have new head coaches this season. Army hired longtime Evansville coach Jim Crews to succeed Pat Harris, while first-time head coach Billy Taylor succeeds Sal Mentesana at Lehigh.
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