The 2022-23 Patriot League men's basketball regular season will come to a close Saturday with Navy (18-11, 11-6) playing host to Colgate (22-8, 16-1) in a 4 p.m. game in Alumni Hall that will be aired on the CBS Sports Network.

Five Starting Notes
1 – Navy's senior day ceremony on Saturday will start at 3:30 p.m.  Since rosters became available with the 1949-50 season, the only senior class that is larger than the eight in the Class of 2023 is the Class of 1964 which had nine.
2 – Navy will be either the No. 2 or 3 seed in the Patriot League Tournament.  EITHER a Navy win over Colgate OR a Lehigh loss at Boston U. gives the Mids the No. 2 seed.  A loss by the Mids AND a win by the Mountain Hawks gives the No. 3 seed to Navy.  No matter Navy's seed, the Mids will play host to a quarterfinal round game in the league tournament on March 2.
3 – This will be the seventh year in a row in which both Navy and Colgate are not playing in the first round of the league tournament.  They are the only two teams to not appear in a first round game during this span (2017-23).
4 – This year's Navy team is the third in school history to have both a five-game winning streak and a five-game losing streak in the same season (1987-88, 1993-94).  In each instance, the losing streak was first and the winning streak followed.
5 – Navy's six-straight league road wins is tied for the longest road winning streak within a single Patriot League season by the Mids.  Navy's longest league road winning streak to include multiple seasons is nine, with this year's run of six in a row tied for third.

Game Day Info
•    The game will be televised by the CBS Sports Network.  A video stream of the game will be available to those who have subscribed to the channel their cable television package.
•    The game will be carried on WNAV (AM-1430, FM-99.9, www.wnav.com, Audacy app).
•     Live statistics will be available through NavySports.com.
•    First Command is the game sponsor.

Attending the Game
•     Fans without a Department of Defense ID card must park outside of the USNA and either walk through the gate one visitors center or ride the shuttle bus.  Shuttle bus service begins one hour before tip  It will depart from and return to the blue (west) parking lot at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (550 Taylor Ave., Annapolis, MD, 21401).

Last Game - Navy 70, American 54
•    American used 10 second-chance points and 20 points in the paint to take a 26-16 lead.  Navy tied the game at 26-26 but went into halftime trailing, 28-26.
•    The Eagles opened the scoring in the second half (30-26) before the Mids went on their second 10-0 run of the game to take a 36-30 advantage.
•    Navy soon led, 43-34, and then 50-39 with six minutes remaining.
•    The Mids were 14-16 from the foul line in the last 3:18 of the game to keep the Eagles at bay.
•    Daniel Deaver (15) and Tyler Nelson (11) scored 26 second half points.  American as a team scored 26 second half points.
•    The Mids held a 22-9 edge in points after turnovers, and were 21-26 from the foul line in contrast to the 10-19 effort by the Eagles.

About Colgate
•    Colgate has posted an 22-8 overall record on the season and stands with a 16-1 record in Patriot League play.  The Raiders have clinched the top seed in the Patriot League Tournament.
•    The Raiders enter the day with an overall road record of  10-4 and a mark of 7-1 in league road games.
•    Colgate has won five-straight games.

Navy-Colgate Series
•    Colgate holds a 44-30 advantage in the all-time series with Navy.  The Raiders lead the Mids, 17-16, in games played in Annapolis, which includes an 16-14 edge in games played in Alumni Hall.
•    Colgate leads Navy, 36-25, in Patriot League regular season games played between the teams.  The Raiders hold a 16-14 advantage in league regular season games played in Annapolis, which is part of their 14-13 lead in games played in Alumni Hall.
•    Colgate has won the last eight games in the series, which includes victories in the semifinal round of the 2019 league tournament and the final of the 2022 league tournament.
•    The teams first met during the 1950-51 season when Colgate won a 63-59 decision in a game played in Raleigh, N.C.

Miscellaneous Game Records
•    The Mids have tallied a 232-185 record against teams located in New York State
•    Navy has posted a 9-12 record in games played on Feb. 25.  This includes a 1-4 record in Patriot League regular season games played on the date.

Up Next
•    Navy will play host to a Patriot League Tournament quarterfinal round game on March 2.

2020-21 to 2022-23 Success
•    Navy has posted a 54-25 record since the start of the 2020-21 season.  Included in this run are wins at Georgetown, at Virginia and at home vs. Princeton.
•    Navy has compiled a 35-13 record in Patriot League regular season games going back to the start of the 2020-21 season.
•    The Mids have compiled a 14-4 record in league road games since the start of the 2021-22 season and a 19-4 league road record since the start of the 2020-21 COVID season.  

Service Assignments
•    Seniors at the USNA learned of their service assignments upon graduating from Navy on Nov. 17.
•    Those being commissioned as officers in the Navy will enter the service as Ensigns, while Marine Corps officers will have the rank of 2nd Lieutenants.
•    Seniors at the USNA who received surface warfare officer for their service assignment selected their initial ships on Feb. 2.  Christian Jones selected the USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62), a destroyer based in San Diego, Calif.  Tyler Nelson selected the USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), a landing helicopter dock ship based in Norfolk, Va.

Class of 2023 Service Assignments
Nate Allison –– Marine Corps - ground
Daniel Deaver –– Navy - aviation (pilot)
Patrick Dorsey –– Navy - aviation (flight officer)
P.J. Fenton –– Marine Corps - ground
Christian Jones –– Navy - surface warfare
Tyler Nelson –– Navy - surface warfare
P.J. Roach Jr. –– Navy - cryptology
Sean Yoder –– Navy - aviation (flight officer)