2020-21 PATRIOT LEAGUE MEN’S BASKETBALL CONTACT: RYAN SAKAMOTO - ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR COMMUNICATIONS TM PHONE: (610) 289-1963 - E-MAIL: [email protected] Release 3.5.21 www.patriotleague.org witter.com/PatriotLeague acebook.com/patriotleague TM MEN’S BASKETBALL STANDINGS (as of 3.5.21) DIVISION Patriot League Overall NORTH W-L PCT. W-L PCT. W-L PCT. H A N STREAK Colgate 11-1 .917 11-1 .17 11-1 .917 5-1 6-0 0-0 W10 ARmy West Point 6-6 .500 7-7 .500 11-8 .579 4-4 5-3 2-1 W1 Holy Cross 4-8 .333 5-11 .313 5-11 .313 1-8 4-3 0-0 W2 BOSTON University 3-9 .250 6-10 .375 7-10 .412 2-6 5-4 0-0 W1 CENTRAL W-L PCT. W-L PCT. W-L PCT. H A N STREAK Lafayette 5-1 .883 9-5 .643 9-5 .643 6-2 3-3 0-0 W2 Bucknell 4-2 .667 4-6 .400 4-6 .400 2-3 2-3 0-0 L2 Upcoming Schedule (all times EST) LehiGH 1-7 .125 4-10 .286 4-11 .267 1-5 3-6 0-0 L3 Saturday, March 6 - Quarterfinals No. 9 Loyola at No. 1 Navy (ESPN+) ......... Noon SOUTH W-L PCT. W-L PCT. W-L PCT. H A N STREAK No. 7 Boston U. at No. 2 Colgate (ESPN+) ..1p .m. No. 6 Bucknell at No. 3 Lafayette (ESPN+) .2 p.m. Navy 7-0 1.000 12-1 .923 15-2 .882 8-1 6-1 1-0 W5 No. 5 American at No. 4 Army (ESPN+)......3 p.m. American 2-5 .285 4-5 .444 4-5 .444 2-2 2-3 0-0 W2 Loyola Maryland 1-5 .167 4-10 .286 4-10 .286 3-4 1-6 0-0 l2 Wednesday, March 10 - Semifinals Winner 9/8/1 vs. Winner 5/4 (CBSSN) .......TBA Winner 10/7/2 vs. Winner 6/3 (CBSSN) .....TBA Patriot League Men’s Basketball Twitter Notebook - @Patriot_GameDay - #PatriotMBB •The 2021 @PenFed #PatriotMBB Championship continues on Saturday, March 6, with 4 quarterfinal-round games on ESPN+ Sunday, March 14 - Championship Game •2021 @PenFed #PatriotMBB Championship Update: No. 7 @TerrierMBB defeated No. 10 @LehighMBB in the 1st Rd; @ LoyolaMBB advanced due to @HCrossMBB ending its season due to a positive COVID-19 test. Recent Results •#PatriotMBB 2021 Major Awards: POY - @ColgateMBB Jordan Burns; DPOY @ArmyWP_MBB Josh Caldwell; ROY @AU_MBas- Wednesday, March 3 - First Round ketball Johnny O’Neil; COY - @NavyAthletics Ed DeChellis No. 7 Boston U. 69, No. 10 Lehigh 58 •#PatriotMBB 2021 First Team All-League: @LoyolaMBB Santi Aldama, @ColgateMBB Jordan Burns, @NavyAthletics Cam Davis, @LafayetteMBB Justin Jaworski, @AU_MBasketball Jamir Harris Sunday, Feb. 28 •.@LafayetteMBB’s Justin Jaworski was named #PatriotMBB Scholar-Athlete of the Year for the second-straight season At Army 57, Boston U. 55 •.@NavyAthletics John Carter Jr. and @LafayetteMBB Kyle Jenkinswere named the #PatriotMBB @GEICO Player and Rookie At Navy 66, Loyola 58 of the Week, respectively At American 81, Bucknell 68 •So. F Santi Aldama tied @ColgateMBB legend Adonal Foyle’s record for most rebounds in a #PatriotMBB game with 22. Lafayette 71, at Lehigh 70 •.@ColgateMBB’s Burns became the 24th player in League history to reach 1,600 career point and is 15 assists shy of becoming the 2nd #PatriotMBB player to reach 1,600 points and 500 assists, joining @AU_MBasketball’s Sa’eed Nelson. Saturday, Feb. 27 Navy 73, at Loyola 67 American 78, at Bucknell 71 Boston U. 75, at Army 63 Patriot League Notebook At Lafayette 75, Lehigh 69 HOW TO WATCH PATRIOT LEAGUE MEN’S BASKETBALL QUARTERFINALS THIS WEEKEND The 2021 PenFed Credit Union Patriot League Men’s Basketball Championship continues on Saturday, March 6 with four quarter- final-round games on ESPN+. No. 9 Loyola Maryland travels to No. 1 Navy for a noon meeting. No. 2 Colgate hosts the defending League champion No. 7 Boston University, in a rematch of the 2020 men’s basketball championship game, at 1 p.m. No. 3 Lafayette welcomes No. 6 Bucknell at 2 p.m. and No. 4 Army West Point plays host to No. 5 American at 3 p.m. Spectators will not be permitted at any of the host sites through the entirety of the 2021 PenFed Credit Union Patriot League Men’s Basketball Championship. BURNS, DECHELLIS, CALDWELL AND O’NEIL COLLECT PATRIOT LEAGUE MEN’S BASKETBALL MAJOR AWARDS Colgate senior guard Jordan Burns collected 2020-21 Patriot League Men’s Basketball Player of the Year presented by Pen- Fed Credit Union when postseason major awards and All-League honors were announced by the League office. Burns led the Raiders to an 11-1 record, a North Division title and the No. 2 seed in the League Championship. Navy Head Coach Ed DeChellis guided the Mids to the South Division title and their first No. 1 seed in the Patriot League Championship since the 1996-97 season to earn Patriot League Men’s Basketball Coach of the Year honors for the first time. Army West Point junior Nearly every Patriot League men’s and guard Josh Caldwell was voted the Patriot League Men’s Basketball Defensive Player of the Year after leading the League women’s basketball game is available on with 38 steals. American freshman forward Johnny O’Neil was named the Patriot League Rookie of the Year after leading all ESPN+ - www.patriotleague.tv. Internation- League freshmen in scoring (10.6 ppg) and rebounding (6.3 rpg). al viewers can visit www.patriotleague.org/ watch for League coverage. In addition, se- LAFAYETTE’S JAWORSKI EARNS MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR lect Patriot League basketball games will be Lafayette senior guard Justin Jaworski was named the 2020-21 Patriot League Men’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year in addition televised nationally on CBS Sports Network. to earning a spot on the six-member Academic All-Patriot League squad when the League office announced honors. Ja- worski became the fourth Patriot League men’s basketball student-athlete to repeat as scholar-athlete of the year and the eighth to make the Academic All-Patriot League team for the third time. Navy senior guard Cam Davis and Bucknell junior Today’s Scholar-Athletes, Tomorrow’s Leaders guard Andrew Funk both made the academic team for the second time. American junior forward Connor Nelson, Colgate The Patriot League continually demon- junior guard Tucker Richardson and Loyola Maryland sophomore forward Santi Aldama all earned a spot on the academic strates that student-athletes can excel team for the first time. at both academics and athletics without sacrificing its high standards. The Patriot 2020-21 PATRIOT LEAGUE INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM SINGLE-GAME HIGHS League’s athletic success is achieved while its member institutions remain commit- INDIVIDUAL TEAM ted to its founding principle of admitting POINTS: Justin Jaworski (LAF), 37 (at Lehigh, 1.2.21) POINTS: Colgate, 101 (vs. Army, 1.2.21) and graduating student-athletes that are REBOUNDS: Santi Aldama (LOY), 22 (at Lafayette, 2.13.21) MARGIN: Army, 61 (vs. USMMA, 11.25.20) academically representative of their class. ASSISTS: Jalin Sinclair (LEH), 9 (at Holy Cross, 1.24.21) FG PCT: Colgate .651 (vs. Army, 1.2.21) Participation in athletics at Patriot League STEALS: Connor Nelson (AU), Austin Butler (HC), 6 REBOUNDS: Loyola, 57 (vs. Lafayette, 2.13.21) institutions is viewed as an important com- BLOCKS: Matt Faw (HC), 8 (vs. Colgate, 1.31.21) STEALS: Lafayette, 17 (vs. Buck, 1.9.21); HC, 17 (vs. Army, 2.21.21) ponent of a well rounded education. 3-PT FG MADE: Jamir Harris (AU), 9 (at Loyola, 1.24.21) 3-POINT FG MADE: Army, 15 (vs. CCSU, 11.27.20); BU, 15 (vs. Army, 2.27.21) Today’s Scholar-Athletes, Tomorrow’s Leaders 1 Today’s Scholar-Athletes, Tomorrow’s Leaders 1 TM Release 3.5.21 www.patriotleague.org witter.com/PatriotLeague acebook.com/patriotleague 2020-21 Men’s Basketball Postseason Honors Player of the Year 2020-21 PATRIOT LEAGUE MEN’S BASKETBALL HONORS Jordan Burns, Colgate, Sr., G Defensive Player of the Year 2020-21 Patriot League Men’s Basketball Player of the Year Josh Caldwell, Army West Point, Jr., G Jordan Burns, Colgate, Sr., G, Rookie of the Year San Antonio, Texas/John Marshall (The Kent School) Johnny O’Neil, American, Fr., F *Burns led the Patriot League in assists (5.6 apg) and finished fifth in Coach of the Year scoring (17-1) to help Colgate win its last 10 games on the way to a Ed DeChellis, Navy North Division title and the No. 2 seed in the League championship. Scholar-Athlete of the Year He also shot 40 percent (20-for-50) from 3-point range. Justin Jaworski, Lafayette, Sr., G *The senior point guard steered a Raiders’ offense that ranked sec- ond in NCAA DI in scoring offense (85.7) and assist-to-turnover ratio First-Team All-Patriot League (1.68), fourth in scoring margin (17.9) and 12th in field goal percent- Jamir Harris, American, Sr., G age (49.7). Jordan Burns, Colgate, Sr., G *Burns became the 24th Patriot League men’s basketball stu- Justin Jaworski, Lafayette, Sr., G dent-athlete to eclipse 1,600 points and 25th to pass 400 assists. He Santi Aldama, Loyola Maryland, So., F is one of two players in League history to accomplish both. Cam Davis, Navy, Sr., G Colgate Head Coach Matt Langel on Burns: “Jordan is extremely deserving of this award.