2008 Patriot League men's basketball tournament

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2008 Patriot League men's basketball tournament
Classification Division I
Season 200708
Teams8
Sitecampus sites
Champions American (1st title)
Winning coach Jeff Jones (1st title)
MVP Garrison Carr [1] (American)
  2007
2009  
2007–08 Patriot League men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
American104 .7142112  .636
Navy 95 .6431614  .533
Colgate 77 .5001814  .563
Lehigh 77 .5001415  .483
Army 68 .4291416  .467
Lafayette 68 .4291515  .500
Bucknell 68 .4291219  .387
Holy Cross 59 .3571514  .517
2008 Patriot League tournament winner

The 2008 Patriot League men's basketball tournament, a part of the 2007-08 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place March 5, 2008, as a single-elimination tournament, with games being played at the higher seeds' home courts. The American University Eagles won the league's regular season, and received the number one seed in the tournament. They kept their home advantage throughout the tournament and defeated Colgate, 52–46, on March 14, 2008, to win the conference tournament and received the Patriot League's automatic bid for the 2008 NCAA tournament. [2]

Contents

Before the tournament

Prior to the season defending champion Holy Cross, [3] was predicted to finish first in the league once again, while Bucknell, a team who had won a game in both the 2005 and 2006 NCAA Tournaments, [4] was predicted to finish second. [5] However the league was unpredictable, [6] as both teams ended their conference regular seasons with a losing record. [7] Lafayette started off strong in league play, but quickly fell by the wayside. American and Navy, teams predicted to finish fifth and seventh respectively, [5] ended their seasons in first and second in the league, with American gaining home court advantage throughout the tournament. [8]

Bracket

The Patriot League announced the bracket and seed on March 3, 2008. [9]

Quarterfinals
March 5
Semifinals
March 9
Championship
March 14
         
1 American 62
8 Holy Cross 60
1 American 72
5 Army 60
4 Lehigh 61
5 Army 64*
1 American 52
3 Colgate 46
3 Colgate 76
6 Lafayette 74
3 Colgate 54
7 Bucknell 40
7 Bucknell 87***
2 Navy 86

* represents an overtime period

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