2010 Patriot League Men's Basketball Championship page

THIS WEEK
Wed., March 3 - at Lafayette 7 p.m. EST (Patriot League All-Access)

The No. 6 Colgate University men's basketball team (10-18, 6-8) will begin Patriot League Tournament play at No. 3 Lafayette (17-12, 8-6) on Wednesday. Colgate won the most recent Tournament match-up against Lafayette at home, 76-74, when the seeds were reversed in 2008. It is the fifth time they have faced off in the quarterfinal round in the past nine years.

THE SERIES WITH LAFAYETTE
This will be the 86th meeting between Colgate and Lafayette with the Raiders leading the all-time series 46-39. The two teams split the regular season series with Colgate winning at Lafayette, 74-73, on Feb. 10.

SCOUTING COLGATE (10-18, 6-8)
Colgate comes into the Patriot League Tournament with momentum, posting its biggest League win of the season with an 85-73 triumph over Navy on Saturday. The Raiders dominated the first half to take a 50-24 lead at the break, and led by at least eight points the rest of the way. Colgate improves to 10-18 for the season and 6-8 in League action after winning its second game in a row.
Senior guard Kyle Roemer (Martinez, Calif.) is Colgate's leading scorer and second in the Patriot League with 18.9 ppg, while sophomore Yaw Gyawu (Lilburn, Ga.) is averaging 14.3 ppg. Roemer is averaging 5.7 rpg, while classmate Ben Jonson (Dallas, Texas) is averaging 5.2 rpg. Freshman point guard Mitch Rolls (Coffeyville, Kan.), leads the team in assists with 99 and is fifth in the Patriot League with 3.5 apg.

SCOUTING LAFAYETTE (17-12, 8-6)
The Leopards slipped to third place in the Patriot League with a 78-60 loss at American on Saturday, but still come in at 17-12 overall and finish 8-6 in League play. Those are the best marks since Lafayette won 18 games and went 9-5 in League action in 2004. Lafayette is hosting a Patriot League Tournament game for the first time since 2000, when the Leopards beat Navy for the League title.
All-Patriot League First-Team selection Jared Mintz leads Lafayette in scoring with 14.6 ppg. Mintz also leads the team on the boards with 5.6 rpg.

SCORING DUOS
Colgate continues to get solid production from its prolific scoring duo. The Raiders boast two of the top six scorers in the Patriot League, with Kyle Roemer (18.9 ppg) second, and Yaw Gyawu (14.3) sixth.

ROEMER, ROLLS NAMED TO ALL-PATRIOT LEAGUE TEAMS
Senior Kyle Roemer and freshman Mitch Rolls were both named to all-Patriot League teams on Monday, March 1.
Roemer was named to the all-Patriot League first-team, while Rolls was named to the all-Rookie team. Roemer is the first Raider on the first team since Pat Campolieta in 2002, while Rolls is the third-straight Raider to join the all-Rookie team.

ROEMER GOES OVER 1,600
Kyle Roemer became just the 12th player in Patriot League history to go over 1,600 career points. Roemer passed the mark during a 23-point effort against Holy Cross on Wednesday, and now occupies 11th place in League annals with 1,625 points. He became just the fifth player in Colgate history with 1,600 points, and first since Adonal Foyle with 1,600 points and 400 rebounds. Roemer is also climbing the Patriot?League record book for three-pointers made with 264, for eighth.

ROLLING TO THE FINISH
Point guard Mitch Rolls is heating-up during the second half of the Patriot League season. Over the last five games Rolls has averaged 12.6 points and 5.4 assists per game. Rolls is also one assist shy of 100 this season, he would be the first Raider to accomplish that feat since Dave Hardy dished out 120 during the 2002-03 campaign.

THE DAVIS FILE
Head coach Emmett Davis (St. Lawrence, 1984) is in his 12th year in charge at Colgate, owning the most wins in school history with 158.
During coach Davis' decade long tenure, the Colgate program has been a model of consistency.  In nine of his 11 seasons, Davis has led the Raiders to either the upper division of the Patriot League standings or advanced the team to the semifinals or finals of the conference tournament.  From 2001-2004 the Raiders finished with three consecutive regular season winning records (2001-02…17-10, 2002-03…14-13, and 2003-04…14-13) and in 2007-08 the Raiders tied the school record for wins in a season with 18. 
Davis reached another career milestone in November 2005, as Colgate defeated Matt Doherty's Florida Atlantic team 78-74 earning coach Davis his 100th career victory making him just the fifth coach in school history to win 100 games.