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Doctor Named to Patriot League All-Preseason Team
American
Picked to Finish Sixth in First Season as League Member
September 19, 2001
 Patrick Doctor was named to the Patriot League's All-Preseason Team. The senior is a two-time all-league selection in his career. |
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- American University’s Patrick Doctor (Gwynn Park, Md./Gwynn Park) was named to the Patriot League’s preseason All-League Team, as announced by the league office this morning. Voting was conducted by the league’s coaches and sports information directors.
American is entering its inaugural season of membership in the Patriot League, which includes Army, Bucknell, Colgate, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Lehigh, and Navy.
A 6-9 junior forward, Doctor returns as the Eagles’ leading scorer and rebounder from a year ago, averaging 16.1 points and 7.3 rebounds per game. He was an All-Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) selection in American’s final season as a member of the CAA.
Doctor is joined on the Preseason All-Patriot League Team by Bryan Bailey (Bucknell), Tim Campolieta (Colgate), Chris Spatola (Army) and Tim Szatko (Holy Cross), who was also chosen as the league’s preseason player of the year.
American was selected
sixth in the preseason team poll. Holy Cross, the defending champion,
earned 10 first-place votes to garner the top slot. Navy and Colgate followed
in second . Lehigh was chosen fourth and Bucknell fifth. Lafayette and
Army rounded out the voting of the eight-team league.
The Eagles, under the leadership of second-year Head Coach Jeff Jones,
will open the 2001-02 campaign on Saturday, November 17, when it travels
to the University of Maryland for a 1:00 p.m. tipoff. American will play
its inaugural Patriot League contest at Colgate University in Hamilton,
N.Y., on Wednesday, January 9, at 7:45 p.m.
American University became a full member of the Patriot League on July 1, after competing in the CAA since the 1985-86 academic year.
American University, founded in 1893, fields a 19-sport Division I athletics program, featuring 10 women’s sports and nine for men.
2001-02 Patriot
League Preseason Men's Basketball Poll
| Rank | Team | Points | 2000-01 Record | 2000-01 League Record |
| 1 | Holy Cross | 94 (10) | 22-8 (.733) | 10-2 (.833) |
| 2 | Navy | 76 (3) | 19-12 (.613) | 9-3 (.750) |
| 3 | Colgate | 69 (1) | 13-15 (.464) | 6-6 (.500) |
| 4 | Lehigh | 60 (2) | 13-16 (.448) | 6-6 (.500) |
| 5 | Bucknell | 51 | 14-15 (.483) | 4-8 (.333) |
| 6 | American | 49 | 7-20 (.259) | 3-13 (.188) CAA |
| 7 | Lafayette | 30 | 12-16 (.429) | 4-8 (.333) |
| 8 | Army | 19 | 9-19 (.321) | 3-9 (.250) |
(#) indicates number
of first-place votes
2001-02 Preseason
All-Patriot League Team
Bryan Bailey, Bucknell
Pat Campolieta, Colgate
Patrick Doctor,
American
Chris Spatola, Army
Tim Szatko*, Holy Cross
* indicates Preseason Player of the Year
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