Some basketball tidbids:
Until yesterday - there is no record of Army EVER playing a triple over time game. EVER !
Army was one of the founding schools in the Patriot. Since its founding in 1990-91 Army has NEVER had a .500 record in the league. Best season - 2 times - matched last year: 6-8.
IMO 6-8 is where we will be again. Stand at 4-6 at press time. Last 3 games could have easily been 3 wins or 3 losses - 1-2 is how it has fallen out. Looking at a 4-5-6 seed. A 4 seed would be for first time Army has earned a first round home game since the league moved it's playoffs to that schedule in order to raise attendence for the league. In the one season Army had the tourney at home, The Black Knights seeded #7 pulled off a big upset over #2 Lehigh ( can't recall the exact season but was mid-90's).
Army ha never played for the conference championship that includes an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournement. Should lightening stike - expect Army to be forced to play in the "play-in" game for seeds 64-65.....
Wednesday's home game against American is a challenge - As the season has progressed, they have clearly played like the class of the league. The quiet gym with less than 500 fans on hand can actually halp Army as teams sometime start slow in that type of environment. The Eagles dominant victory in Washington was truly just that - Dominant with a capital "D" ( Get it....Capital -DC ) - it's the only game in the last 7 that Army was not in it until the final minute of play (4-3 record in that sequence).
Until yesterday - there is no record of Army EVER playing a triple over time game. EVER !
Army was one of the founding schools in the Patriot. Since its founding in 1990-91 Army has NEVER had a .500 record in the league. Best season - 2 times - matched last year: 6-8.
IMO 6-8 is where we will be again. Stand at 4-6 at press time. Last 3 games could have easily been 3 wins or 3 losses - 1-2 is how it has fallen out. Looking at a 4-5-6 seed. A 4 seed would be for first time Army has earned a first round home game since the league moved it's playoffs to that schedule in order to raise attendence for the league. In the one season Army had the tourney at home, The Black Knights seeded #7 pulled off a big upset over #2 Lehigh ( can't recall the exact season but was mid-90's).
Army ha never played for the conference championship that includes an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournement. Should lightening stike - expect Army to be forced to play in the "play-in" game for seeds 64-65.....
Wednesday's home game against American is a challenge - As the season has progressed, they have clearly played like the class of the league. The quiet gym with less than 500 fans on hand can actually halp Army as teams sometime start slow in that type of environment. The Eagles dominant victory in Washington was truly just that - Dominant with a capital "D" ( Get it....Capital -DC ) - it's the only game in the last 7 that Army was not in it until the final minute of play (4-3 record in that sequence).
