The Patriot League (or, "Why I Love March")

Quick note for those of you who don't follow the mid- and low-major conference tournaments.

Patriot League quarterfinals were tonight. Top-seeded American got a three-point play with 18 seconds left to down archrival Holy Cross 62-60.

They'll play fifth-seeded Army, who traveled to Bethelehem, Pa., and defeated fourth-ranked Lehigh 64-61 in overtime.

Colgate, the third seed, relinquished most of a 17-point lead, but hung on to beat No. 6 Lafayette.

And in the game of the night, seventh-seeded Bucknell hit a three-pointer at the horn in triple overtime to down second-seeded Navy in Annapolis.

Four games, four overtime periods, decided by a combined eight points.

Is March great or what?