2016 Patriot League men's basketball tournament explained

Year:	2016
Conference:	Patriot League
Division:	I
Gender:	Men's
Teams:	10
Arena:	Campus sites
Champions:	Holy Cross
Titlecount:	6th
Coach:	Bill Carmody
Coachcount:	1st
Mvp:	Malachi Alexander
Mvpteam:	Holy Cross
Attendance:	14,657
Television:	PLN, CBSSN

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.

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	77–72^2OT^[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

* indicates overtime period.

External links

• 2016 Patriot League Men's Basketball Championship

Notes and References

1. News: Holy Cross wins tournament opener, beats Loyola (Md.) 72-67 . ESPN . March 1, 2016.
2. News: Dunbar leads Navy past Lafayette in Patriot League tourney . ESPN . March 1, 2016.
3. News: Holy Cross upsets Bucknell 77-72 in double overtime . ESPN . March 3, 2016.
4. News: Army beats Colgate 79-72 in Patriot quarters . ESPN . March 3, 2016.
5. News: American snaps 4-game skid against BU, wins 69-64 in Patriot . ESPN . March 3, 2016.
6. News: Kempton, Lehigh beat Navy; advance to Patriot League semis . ESPN . March 3, 2016.
7. News: Holy Cross beats cold-shooting Army 60-38 in Patriot semi . ESPN . March 6, 2016.
8. News: Lehigh beats American 78-62, advances to Patriot title game . ESPN . March 6, 2016.
9. News: 19-loss Holy Cross captures Patriot League title, NCAA tourney berth . ESPN . March 9, 2016.