2017 Patriot League men's basketball tournament explained

Year:2017
Conference:Patriot League
Division:I
Gender:Men's
Teams:10
Arena:Campus sites
Champions:Bucknell
Titlecount:5th
Coach:Nathan Davis
Coachcount:1st
Mvp:Zach Thomas
Mvpteam:Bucknell
Attendance:13,489
Television:PLN, CBSSN

The 2017 Patriot League men's basketball tournament was the postseason conference tournament for the Patriot League. It was played February 28, March 2, 5, and 8, 2017 with the higher seed in each matchup hosting at their respective campus sites. Bucknell defeated Lehigh, 81–65, in the championship game to win the Tournament. As a result, Bucknell received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Seeds

All 10 Patriot League teams were eligible for the tournament. The top six teams received a first round bye. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker 1Tiebreaker 2
1Bucknell15–3
2Boston University12–62–0 vs. Lehigh
3Lehigh12–60–2 vs. Boston U.
4Navy10–8
5Holy Cross9–9
6Colgate8–102–0 vs. Loyola (MD)
7Loyola (MD)8–100–2 vs. Colgate
8Army6–12
9American5–131–1 vs. Lafayette0–2 vs Top 3 each, 1–1 vs Navy
10Lafayette5–131–1 vs. American0–2 vs Top 3 each, 0–2 vs Navy

Schedule

GameTime*MatchupScoreAttendanceTelevision
First round – Tuesday, February 28
17:00 pmNo. 9 American at No. 8 Army58–74[1] 263PLN
27:30 pmNo. 10 Lafayette at No. 7 Loyola (MD)64–67[2] 472
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 2
37:00 pmNo. 8 Army at No. 1 Bucknell62–78[3] 2,151PLN
47:00 pmNo. 5 Holy Cross at No. 4 Navy42–49[4] 988
57:00 pmNo. 6 Colgate at No. 3 Lehigh72–77[5] 1,609
67:00 pmNo. 7 Loyola (MD) at No. 2 Boston University60–64[6] 510
Semifinals – Sunday, March 5
712:00 pmNo. 3 Lehigh at No. 2 Boston University91–882OT[7] 511CBSSN
82:00 pmNo. 4 Navy at No. 1 Bucknell65–70[8] 2,731
Championship – Wednesday, March 8
97:30 pmNo. 3 Lehigh at No. 1 Bucknell65–81[9] 4,254CBSSN
  • Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games hosted by higher-seeded team.

Bracket

* indicates overtime period.

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Fox's 23 leads Army past American in Patriot opener, 74-58 . ESPN . Associated Press . February 28, 2017.
  2. News: Loyola comes back to beat Lafayette, 67-64 in Patriot opener . ESPN . Associated Press . February 28, 2017.
  3. News: Top seed Bucknell eliminates Army . ESPN . Associated Press . March 2, 2017.
  4. News: Navy tops Holy Cross, 49-42 in Patriot League quarterfinal . ESPN . Associated Press . March 2, 2017.
  5. News: Lehigh beats Colgate 77-72 in Patriot League quarterfinal . ESPN . Associated Press . March 2, 2017.
  6. News: Boston U beats Loyola (Md) 64-64 in Patriot quarterfinal . ESPN . Associated Press . March 3, 2017.
  7. News: Kempton's 31 lifts Lehigh past Boston U in 2 OT, 91-88 . ESPN . Associated Press . March 5, 2017.
  8. News: Bucknell holds off Navy, advance to Patriot tourney final . ESPN . Associated Press . March 5, 2017.
  9. News: Bucknell tops Lehigh to win Patriot League and punch NCAA tourney ticket . ESPN . Associated Press . March 8, 2017.