Colgate's Burns selected as 2020-21 Patriot League Preseason Player of the Year

After earning an All-Patriot League Team First Team selection for his play last season, Raiders senior Jordan Burns has been selected as the top player in the conference entering the 2020-21 season.

Days away from the beginning of the colgate men's basketball season and as the raiders get set to open up against army on saturday - one of their players is heading in with a major honor.

Senior guard jordan burns was named as the patriot league preseason player of the year - as voted by coaches and sports information directors from around the conference.

After flirting with the idea of entering the n-b-a draft - burns decided to return for a fourth season with colgate.

Last season - burns was the only non- senior selected to the all-patriot league first team - finishing among the league leaders in scoring with just under 16 points per game - as well as - in assists and steals.

He's the patriot league's active scoring leading with 13-hundred 98 career points through three seasons thus far and was the 2019 patriot league tournament m-v-p after guiding the raiders to the conference title scoring a record 35 points in the championship.

In addition - colgate has been projected to finish second in the league behind reigning champs boston university in the preseason poll.

The raiders tip-off against army on saturday at three.

While the basketball team has a few more days to wait - the colgate