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Sunday, January 21, 2007
Army-Navy takes on added importance this season
In recent seasons, games between Army and Navy have rarely had anything other than bragging rights at stake. Occasionally these games have determined which team finishes out of last place, but rarely has anyone given any thought to the postseason seeding consequences of a game between the academies.
That changes here. For the first time since the 1996-97 season, the two academies both go into today's game (Noon, ESPNU - Sirius 107) with winning records. While neither is likely to ultimately challenge for the conference title, both are very much in the hunt for a top four seeding and first round game at home in the league tournament.
If early season form holds, there is at least one spot in the upper division of the league standings up for grabs. There could be more. Lehigh is currently tied for third with Bucknell, but the Mountain Hawks have struggled on the road and are at Bucknell and at Holy Cross next week. Bucknell plays five of its last seven in the league on the road.
Army, which beat Lehigh in West Point already, currently has a slight leg up on the rest of the league for the fourth spot. A win here gives the Black Knights a 3-2 league record and two games up on the four one-win teams at the bottom of the league.
Navy is one of those one-win teams. The Midshipmen have scuffled since starting the season 9-3, and sorely need a win to, pardon the pun, right their ship. Despite their slow conference start, a win at Army would put the Mids in a tie for that fourth home-game spot, with a significant edge in the head-to-head tiebreaker since the Black Knights must visit Annapolis in the second half of the conference season.
The two teams are fairly evenly matched. Each boasts a pair of high scoring wingers -- Navy's Greg Sprink and Kaleo Kina, Army's Jarrell Brown and Matt Bell. Each has a first-year guy in the post -- Army's Chris Walker, Navy's Trey Stanton. Both have veteran point guards -- Navy junior Corey Johnson, Army senior Marcus Nelson.
The game is at West Point, in what should be decent sized crowd (for a change) in Christl Arena. Not that it necessarily will make a difference. Last season the two split, each winning on the other's floor.
Matchup | Times Herald-Record | The Examiner
In recent seasons, games between Army and Navy have rarely had anything other than bragging rights at stake. Occasionally these games have determined which team finishes out of last place, but rarely has anyone given any thought to the postseason seeding consequences of a game between the academies.
That changes here. For the first time since the 1996-97 season, the two academies both go into today's game (Noon, ESPNU - Sirius 107) with winning records. While neither is likely to ultimately challenge for the conference title, both are very much in the hunt for a top four seeding and first round game at home in the league tournament.
If early season form holds, there is at least one spot in the upper division of the league standings up for grabs. There could be more. Lehigh is currently tied for third with Bucknell, but the Mountain Hawks have struggled on the road and are at Bucknell and at Holy Cross next week. Bucknell plays five of its last seven in the league on the road.
Army, which beat Lehigh in West Point already, currently has a slight leg up on the rest of the league for the fourth spot. A win here gives the Black Knights a 3-2 league record and two games up on the four one-win teams at the bottom of the league.
Navy is one of those one-win teams. The Midshipmen have scuffled since starting the season 9-3, and sorely need a win to, pardon the pun, right their ship. Despite their slow conference start, a win at Army would put the Mids in a tie for that fourth home-game spot, with a significant edge in the head-to-head tiebreaker since the Black Knights must visit Annapolis in the second half of the conference season.
The two teams are fairly evenly matched. Each boasts a pair of high scoring wingers -- Navy's Greg Sprink and Kaleo Kina, Army's Jarrell Brown and Matt Bell. Each has a first-year guy in the post -- Army's Chris Walker, Navy's Trey Stanton. Both have veteran point guards -- Navy junior Corey Johnson, Army senior Marcus Nelson.
The game is at West Point, in what should be decent sized crowd (for a change) in Christl Arena. Not that it necessarily will make a difference. Last season the two split, each winning on the other's floor.
Matchup | Times Herald-Record | The Examiner
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