Patriot League Preview: C.J. McCollum Lehigh's expectations of the lifts

Our Conference Preview series continues with the Patriot League Conference, which reproduces the complete obscurity March, when all of its auto-switch selects its opponent to take a look at the Upset. So be sure to review, as well as before the planned investments, then our three players to watch the game in search of the Conference, three, and three seasons, with due regard to the title in an exciting storylines.

Young talent.

Among the groups of two, if not all, of the League for the last period of six to 10 players are allowed to Improve this not retirees. League season, becoming quite the competitiveness of the darn back: Lehigh sophomore guard C.J. McCollum; Lafayette senior forward Jared Mintz; American senior forward; Vlad Moldoveanu;Bucknell sophomore Center Mike Muscala; Holy Cross senior forward Andrew Keister; and Lafayette junior forward Ryan Willen.

In addition, it is Bryan Cohen, junior, who was on the Bucknell defensive player of the year, and is one of those operators on the market with classical statistics-non-tell-it-all type. Bison may be due to the toughest group in Cohen, one of the most rigorous-ball defenders, in the country.

C.J. McCollum that League face.

Whether or not a Patriot League future NBA Prospect, it is perfectly possible in the hands of the?. Lehigh sophomore guard (pictured above with head coach Brett Reed last year during the tournament) became the first Team honors to earn I as the second player in the history of the Patriot League.The first?Adonal Foyle Colgate, in the mid-' 90s.And I did not win his Foyle in the period in which the McCollum had last year, player of the year.

He won the Rookie of the year award, and nine times the preparoitujen 631 points besting 509 Foyle's period of the first character. can go to, but you get the picture; the son took home loads of this Conference and the national awards and recognition. Lehigh is now something special.McCollum went to dance on the back of the Group last year in the first round, lose Kansas.

Love this Caliber League each bit: "Mountain Hawks language elements one of the most dominant champion Patriot League Tournament history, becoming the first runs to win all of its games 15 points or more."

McCollum Manager (let us pause to give thanks to the incredible nickname) of the Mountain Hawks is an opportunity in the next three years-the possibility to win the League except continue to rely on the Patriot League March reputation than bracket spoiler alive.

Speaking of the brackets ...

Hate to look for an indefinite period of time at the end of the road, but what is about Northeast colleges OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES and Caliber leagues that you get all atwitter about Picking upsets as starting down?

Can be Lehigh this year Cornell? if the team will get a strong start, you can expect some national love. it may take another (Cornell really received a lot of hype, after it made two straight NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION tournaments) throughout the year, but maybe not, if better, that get McCollum is likely to affect of which he is looking to be. [4] [5] better than anyone else in the Cornell set on the floor, and at this level, which is a bit scary.

So it is possible to Patriot League winner is trendy pick? Hard, that is to say, now, but always seems to be soft for whom is this site by the League. [1] [2] Still can be a group that, in the form of little league moves to the trendy reps legitimate threat to pick Sweet-16-such as Cornell was in 2010 we are ways out of the year. [1] [2], but America, Lehigh and Bucknell all seem to have players who you can handle the load and responsibility.

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