With each team having just two games left in the regular season, most have begun focusing on seeding and league tournament positioning. To that end, this is a breakdown of potential scenarios this week and what they will mean for the tournament.

The league is largely stratified at this point, with not too much room for movement in the standings this week. Holy Cross and Bucknell are doing battle for the top seed and home-court advantage throughout the tournament; Lehigh has already clinched no better nor worse than third place; American, Colgate and Navy are fighting for the fourth seed and one guaranteed home game; and Lafayette and Army are looking to avoid last place. Here’s a breakdown of what each possible scenario means.

Holy Cross wins first place if…
– The Crusaders win both remaining games against Colgate and Lehigh.
– Holy Cross and Bucknell both lose to Lehigh and win their other game.
– Holy Cross and Bucknell both lose both games this week,
– Holy Cross goes 1-1 this week and Bucknell goes 0-2.

Bucknell wins first place if…
– Holy Cross loses a game this week and Bucknell beats Lehigh and Army.
– Bucknell goes 1-1 this week and Holy Cross goes 0-2.
– Holy Cross loses to Lehigh and Bucknell beats Lehigh but loses to Army.

American wins fourth place if…
– American defeats Navy Tuesday.
– American loses to Navy and defeats Lafayette, and Navy loses to Colgate.
– American loses to Navy and Lafayette, Holy Cross defeats Colgate, and Colgate defeats Army.

Navy wins fourth place if…
– Navy defeats American and Colgate.

Colgate wins fourth place if…
– Colgate defeats Holy Cross and Navy, and Navy defeats American, and Lafayette defeats American.

Army is stuck with last place if…
– Lafayette defeats Army.
– Army defeats Lafayette, and Lafayette defeats American, and Bucknell defeats Army, and Colgate finishes ahead of Navy in the final standings.

Lafayette is stuck with last place if…
– Army defeats Lafayette, and Army defeats Bucknell.
– Army defeats Lafayette, and American defeats Lafayette.
– Army defeats Lafayette, and Lafayette defeats American, and Bucknell defeats Army, and Navy finishes ahead of Colgate in the final standings.

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