Navy's vet HC Ed DeChellis is the only Patriot mentor to have won the NIT (which he did several years ago with Penn State), and finally has this Annapolis battleship turned around in the Severn River with three straight wins, fueled by explosive G Austin Benigni (17.5 ppg) as well as the rarer service academy big, 6-10 Aidan Kehoe, who isn't quite the second coming of David Robinson but has indeed scored double digits the past two games. This is also a revenge spot for the Mids after Bucknell rallied from a nine-point halftime deficit to steal a 73-69 win at Lewisburg two weeks ago (January 18). The Bison have lost two of three since. Play Navy

The Midshipmen continue their strong form, going for a fourth straight win. Bucknell won the first meeting by 4, but got to the line 28(!) times and 18 in the second half alone (Navy took 16 FT in the game). Bucknell also scored 15 points off turnovers then and Navy is protecting the ball better now. Navy has covered 5 of 6 and are +6 in conference; Bucknell is +0.8. Navy top defense and rebounding team in conference. Bucknell is 2-5 ATS in their last seven. Going safer with Navy here again and not laying the points, though I may be overthinking it. Bison shouldn't sweep them.