Bucknell

[georgethedog]

Bucknell is getting smoked in the Pat League championship game. Will they still get in???????????????

[ER3]

Nope...the Patriot is a one-bid league.
Bucknell would be 22-9 if they lost this one...Their RPI would likely be 90+. They have bad losses to Penn St., Wake Forest, Albany, St. Joe's, and at home against Central Arkansas (RPI 307... )....Their only win of note was at Xavier..

So I would say they have 0 chance of getting an at large bid if they don't win the Patriot League Tourney.

[BTID]

The Bison won't make it as an at-large team, but right now, the PL final is going down to the wire. Holy Cross leads 60-56 with 2:10 to go. FT's are keeping Bucknell in the game (16 of 19). They're shooting about 40% from the floor. The Crusaders are hitting better than 50% of their shots, but they are only 9 of 12 from the foul line. Turnovers too are keeping Bucknell close.

[tornado]

Uh oh, looks like Bucknell is going down...
Holy Cross leads 70-64 with 19 seconds left.

[BTID]

And the Bison go BOOM. Holy Cross wins 74-66 to win the Patriot League championship. Looks like NIT for Bucknell. HC played Duke competitively in Durham in December.