2016 Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament

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2016 Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2015–16
Teams 10
Site Campus sites
Champions Holy Cross (6th title)
Winning coach Bill Carmody (1st title)
MVP Malachi Alexander (Holy Cross)
Attendance 14,657
Television CBS Sports Network
Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournaments
«2015  2017»
2015–16 Patriot League men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Bucknell 14 4   .778     17 14   .548
Lehigh 13 5   .722     17 15   .531
Boston University 11 7   .611     19 15   .559
Army 9 9   .500     19 14   .576
Navy 9 9   .500     19 14   .576
Colgate 9 9   .500     13 17   .433
American 9 9   .500     12 19   .387
Loyola (MD) 8 10   .444     9 21   .300
Holy Cross 5 13   .278     15 20   .429
Lafayette 3 15   .167     6 24   .200
2016 Patriot League Tournament winner

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 Patriot League
Network
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 Patriot League
Network
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
6 7:00 pm #7 Navy at #2 Lehigh 63–65[6] 1,730
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.

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