2016 Patriot League men's basketball tournament

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2016 Patriot League men's basketball tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2015–16
Teams10
SiteCampus sites
Champions Holy Cross (6th title)
Winning coach Bill Carmody (1st title)
MVP Malachi Alexander (Holy Cross)
Attendance14,657
Television PLN, CBSSN
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2015–16 Patriot League men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Bucknell 14–4 .77817–14  .548
Lehigh 13–5 .72217–15  .531
Boston University 11–7 .61119–15  .559
Army 9–9 .50019–14  .576
Navy 9–9 .50019–14  .576
Colgate 9–9 .50013–17  .433
American 9–9 .50012–19  .387
Loyola (MD) 8–10 .4449–21  .300
Holy Cross †5–13 .27815–20  .429
Lafayette 3–15 .1676–24  .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.

Contents

Seeds

Teams were seeded by conference record, with ties broken in the following order:

SeedSchoolConferenceOverallTiebreaker #1Tiebreaker #2
1 Bucknell 14–417–12
2 Lehigh 13–515–14
3 Boston U 11–718–13
4 Army 9–918–122–0 vs. American, 1–1 vs. Navy, 1–1 vs. Colgate
5 Colgate 9–913–161–1 vs. Navy, 1–1 vs. American, 1–1 vs. Army2–0 vs. Bucknell
6 American 9–911–181–1 vs. Colgate, 0–2 vs. Army, 2–0 vs. Navy1–1 vs. Bucknell
7 Navy 9–918–131–1 vs. Army, 1–1 vs. Colgate, 0–2 vs. American
8 Loyola (MD) 8–109–20
9 Holy Cross 5–1310–19
10 Lafayette 3–156–23

Schedule

GameTime*MatchupFinal scoreAttendanceTelevision
First round – Tuesday, March 1
17:30 pm#9 Holy Cross at #8 Loyola (MD)72–67 [1] 408 PLN
27:00 pm#10 Lafayette at #7 Navy70–78 [2] 687
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 3
37:00 pm#9 Holy Cross at #1 Bucknell77–722OT [3] 2,700PLN
47:00 pm#5 Colgate at #4 Army72–79 [4] 482
57:00 pm#6 American at #3 Boston U69–64 [5] 731butv 10, PLN
67:00 pm#7 Navy at #2 Lehigh63–65 [6] 1,730 SE2, PLN
Semifinals – Sunday, March 6
712:00 pm#9 Holy Cross at #4 Army60–38 [7] 1,107 CBSSN
82:00 pm#6 American at #2 Lehigh62–78 [8] 2,225
Championship – Wednesday, March 9
97:30 pm#9 Holy Cross vs. #2 Lehigh59–56 [9] 4,587CBSSN
*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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