2016 Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2016 Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament was played March 1, 3, 6 and 9 with the higher seed in each matchup hosting at their respective campus sites. The tournament champion, Holy Cross, received the League's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

2016 Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201516
Teams10
SiteCampus sites
ChampionsHoly Cross (6th title)
Winning coachBill Carmody (1st title)
MVPMalachi Alexander (Holy Cross)
Attendance14,657
TelevisionPLN, CBSSN
2015–16 Patriot League men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Bucknell144 .778  1714  .548
Lehigh135 .722  1715  .531
Boston University117 .611  1915  .559
Army99 .500  1914  .576
Navy99 .500  1914  .576
Colgate99 .500  1317  .433
American99 .500  1219  .387
Loyola (MD)810 .444  921  .300
Holy Cross513 .278  1520  .429
Lafayette315 .167  624  .200
2016 Patriot League Tournament winner

Seeds

Teams were seeded by conference record, with ties broken in the following order:

  • Record between the tied teams.
  • Record against the highest-seeded team not involved in the tie, going down through the seedings as necessary.
  • Higher RPI entering the conference tournament.
Seed School Conference Overall Tiebreaker #1 Tiebreaker #2
1 Bucknell 14–4 17–12
2 Lehigh 13–5 15–14
3 Boston U 11–7 18–13
4 Army 9–9 18–12 2–0 vs. American, 1–1 vs. Navy, 1–1 vs. Colgate
5 Colgate 9–9 13–16 1–1 vs. Navy, 1–1 vs. American, 1–1 vs. Army 2–0 vs. Bucknell
6 American 9–9 11–18 1–1 vs. Colgate, 0–2 vs. Army, 2–0 vs. Navy 1–1 vs. Bucknell
7 Navy 9–9 18–13 1–1 vs. Army, 1–1 vs. Colgate, 0–2 vs. American
8 Loyola (MD) 8–10 9–20
9 Holy Cross 5–13 10–19
10 Lafayette 3–15 6–23

Schedule

Game Time* Matchup Final score Attendance Television
First round – Tuesday, March 1
1 7:30 pm #9 Holy Cross at #8 Loyola (MD) 72–67[1] 408 PLN
2 7:00 pm #10 Lafayette at #7 Navy 70–78[2] 687
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 3
3 7:00 pm #9 Holy Cross at #1 Bucknell 77–722OT[3] 2,700 PLN
4 7:00 pm #5 Colgate at #4 Army 72–79[4] 482
5 7:00 pm #6 American at #3 Boston U 69–64[5] 731 butv 10, PLN
6 7:00 pm #7 Navy at #2 Lehigh 63–65[6] 1,730 SE2, PLN
Semifinals – Sunday, March 6
7 12:00 pm #9 Holy Cross at #4 Army 60–38[7] 1,107 CBSSN
8 2:00 pm #6 American at #2 Lehigh 62–78[8] 2,225
Championship – Wednesday, March 9
9 7:30 pm #9 Holy Cross vs. #2 Lehigh 59–56[9] 4,587 CBSSN
*Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games hosted by higher-seeded team.

Bracket

  First round
March 1
Patriot League Network
Quarterfinals
March 3
Patriot League Network
Semifinals
March 6
CBS Sports Network
Championship
March 9
CBS Sports Network
                                     
       
  1 Bucknell 72  
    9 Holy Cross 77**  
8 Loyola (MD) 67
9 Holy Cross 72  
  9 Holy Cross 60  
  4 Army 38  
       
       
  4 Army 79
    5 Colgate 72  
     
       
  9 Holy Cross 59
  2 Lehigh 56
       
       
  2 Lehigh 65
    7 Navy 63  
7 Navy 78
10 Lafayette 70  
  2 Lehigh 78
  6 American 62  
       
       
  3 Boston U 64
    6 American 69  
     

* indicates overtime period.

References

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