Every Division I tournament. Every team. College Crosse has it all on lockdown. Please send cookies and naptime. Today we're slashing to bits the Patriot League Tournament.

America's team vs. the school anyone who didn't like Duke rooted for in the NCAA Basketball Tournament. If this was a popularity contest, this would be a sure fire winner. Here's a look inside Lehigh and Army for their Patriot League Semifinal matchup.

Every Division I tournament. Every team. College Crosse has it all on lockdown. Please send cookies and naptime. Today we're slashing to bits the Patriot League Tournament.

Host-school Colgate takes on Bucknell in one of the Patriot League semifinals. Both kinda have their place in rap music. I mean John Cena goes "I brush yo' mouth like Colgate" and whoever the heck rapper went all "Nuck if you Buck." Yeah, better off going through the numbers for this matchup.

Every Division I tournament. Every team. College Crosse has it all on lockdown. Please send cookies and naptime. Today we're slashing to bits the Patriot League Tournament.

The fun little part where we go through each team is here. Colgate, Lehigh, Army, and Bucknell are all vying for an invitation to the NCAA Lacrosse party and this weekend they'll lay it all on the field in Hamilton, New York (which I hear is... decent this time of year for weather). Without further ado, here's a look at the combatants. Click on them to make them larger.

#1 Seed Colgate Raiders (or Red Raiders, depending on who you ask)

#2 Seed Lehigh Mountain Hawks

The Knights and Bison come after the jump

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Every Division I tournament. Every team. College Crosse has it all on lockdown. Please send cookies and naptime. Today we're slashing to bits the Patriot League Tournament.

Before diving into college lacrosse's new favorite non-ACC/Big East/Ivy conference, let's first put on some tunes to help enhance the viewing experience. Considering the Patriot League has really established itself as the most fun conference to follow this year (sorry, THUNDERDOME!), let's go with The Heavy's "How You Like Me Now":

(I realize this is my second song coming from a baseball video game soundtrack. Yeah, sorry lax brahs.)

Anyway, here's the first infographic for the Patriot League Tournament, which looks at this year's tournament and the past champions of the conference. Remember, now that the ACC RPI-Booster^TM is over and done with, these bad boys are the real deal now, with NCAA bids up for grabs. And with most of the conference on the bubble, this is going to be a real fun one to watch. Hope you've got CBS Sports Network to catch all the fun, boys and girls!

(Click to see this in full screen)

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Every Division I tournament. Every team. College Crosse has it all on lockdown. Please send cookies and naptime. Today we're slashing to bits the Patriot League Tournament.

Raise your hand if you thought in January that this site would be publishing a 900-word profile about Lehigh in the Patriot League Tournament.

Everyone with their hands raised are liars.

Anyway, here's the heat on Lehigh.

Lehigh Mountain Hawks: Two-Seed

For a more complete, mind-bending picture, here's a .pdf of the complete report.

Three pieces of incredibly important information from my brain to your eyes via your Internet computing machine:

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Every Division I tournament. Every team. College Crosse has it all on lockdown. Please send cookies and naptime. Today we're slashing to bits the Patriot League Tournament.

Teams that hover around .500 do stuff that kind of makes your mind explode. One minute, you think that they're in the apex of the corner, ready to punch the accelerator and go; the next minute, they're drifting away and you wonder if they're going to end up in the sand trap. The fact that Army head coach Joe Alberici has been able to control his team's momentum throughout the race this season is a testament to how good he is, but it also signals that he has his hands full on a game-in and game-out basis. Army has the potential to take the Patriot League championship but it also has the potential to make you wonder if they're in this thing just to tease you for dollar bills.

Anyway, here's the heat on Army.

Army Black Knights: Three-Seed

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Here's the truth: Colgate's strength of schedule isn't all that hot. (The Raiders' strength of schedule, based on opponent efficiency margin, is only ranked 36th in the country. That's not particularly exciting.)

Here's something that is often truth: Good teams are good teams are good teams. It doesn't necessarily matter who a good team plays because good teams are still good teams. A tough strength of schedule tends to provide solid tests for good teams and gives them good experience, but it doesn't necessarily make a good team better or a bad team good. Strength of schedule helps knuckleheads like me assert that a good team is a good team -- "Well, they only have two losses and look who they've played!" -- but it doesn't necessarily determine whether a good team is a good team. Good teams generally win, and while that isn't the bottom line, it's pretty close to it.

And I think that Colgate is a pretty good team despite the Raiders' schedule. Good times.

Anyway, here's the heat on Colgate.

Colgate Raiders: One-Seed

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Every Division I tournament. Every team. College Crosse has it all on lockdown. Please send cookies and naptime. Today we're slashing to bits the Patriot League Tournament.

Want to know why Bucknell head coach Frank Fedorjaka buys blood pressure medication on wholesale and in bulk: The Bison started the year on a three-game losing streak by a total of four goals; the team then immediately ripped off an eight-game winning streak and started to look like the class of the Patriot League; and then Bucknell stumbled home, losing three of its last four including a two-overtime setback against Army at home.

So, yeah. It's been a buzz saw kind of ride this year for the Bison.

Anyway, here's the heat on Bucknell.

Bucknell Bison: Four-Seed

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