Bucknell and Holy Cross are both ranked in College Hoops Net's top 144, a summer preview project the site is posting over the course of 144 days.

The site posted Bucknell at No. 88 Monday. Holy Cross was previously posted at No. 115.

While it is arguable that a No. 88 ranking does not show Bucknell the kind of respect it might deserve given that everybody is back from a team that made the second round of the dance last season, it is still nice to see two teams from the league included in this kind of a piece.

It was not long ago that you would likely have found no Patriot Teams anywhere on the list.