| Year: | 2021 |
| Conference: | Patriot League |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 10 |
| Arena: | Campus sites |
| Champions: | Colgate |
| Titlecount: | 4th |
| Coach: | Matt Langel |
| Coachcount: | 2nd |
| Mvp: | Jordan Burns |
| Mvpteam: | Colgate |
| Television: | ESPN+, CBSSN |
The 2021 Patriot League men's basketball tournament was the conference postseason tournament for the Patriot League. The tournament was held March 3, 6, 10, and 14, 2021 at campus sites of the higher seeds. The winner received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. [1]
All ten teams in the conference standings qualified for the tournament. The teams were seeded by record in conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
The two tiebreakers used by the Patriot League are: 1) head-to-head record of teams with identical record and 2) NCAA NET Rankings available on day following the conclusion of Patriot League regular season play.[2]
| Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Navy | 12–1 | ||
| 2 | Colgate | 11–1 | ||
| 3 | Lafayette | 9–5 | ||
| 4 | Army | 7–7 | ||
| 5 | American | 4–5 | ||
| 6 | Bucknell | 4–6 | ||
| 7 | Boston University | 6–10 | ||
| 8 | Holy Cross | 5–11 | ||
| 9 | Loyola | 4–10 | Better NET Ranking than Lehigh | |
| 10 | Lehigh | 4–10 |
| Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television | Attendance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round – Wednesday, March 3 | ||||||
| 1 | 6:00 pm | No. 9 Loyola vs. No. 8 Holy Cross | Forfeit[3] | ESPN+ | N/A | |
| 2 | 7:00 pm | No. 10 Lehigh vs. No. 7 Boston University | 58–69 | |||
| Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 6 | ||||||
| 1 | 12:00 pm | No. 9 Loyola vs. No. 1 Navy | 76–68 | ESPN+ | ||
| 2 | 2:00 pm | No. 7 Boston University vs. No. 2 Colgate | 69–77 | |||
| 3 | 3:00 pm | No. 6 Bucknell vs. No. 3 Lafayette | 92–84 | |||
| 4 | 7:00 pm | No. 5 American vs. No. 4 Army | 66–89 | |||
| Semifinals – Wednesday, March 10 | ||||||
| 5 | 4:30 pm | No. 9 Loyola vs. No. 4 Army | 67–63 | CBSSN | ||
| 6 | 7:45 pm | No. 6 Bucknell vs. No. 2 Colgate | 75–105 | |||
| Championship – Sunday, March 14 | ||||||
| 7 | 12:00 pm | No. 9 Loyola vs. No. 2 Colgate | 72–85 | CBSSN | ||
| Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games hosted by higher-seeded team. | ||||||