2016 Patriot League women's basketball tournament

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2016 Patriot League women's basketball tournament
Classification Division I
Season 201516
Teams10
SiteCampus sites
ChampionsArmy (3rd title)
Winning coachDave Magarity (3rd title)
MVP Kelsey Minato (Army)
Television PLN, CBSSN
  2015
2017  
2015–16 Patriot League women's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Army171 .944293  .906
Bucknell 171 .944258  .758
Loyola (MD) 117 .6111616  .500
Lehigh 108 .5561813  .581
Holy Cross 108 .5561317  .433
Navy 99 .5001515  .500
American 513 .278823  .258
Colgate 414 .222723  .233
Lafayette 414 .222623  .207
Boston University 315 .167327  .100
2016 Patriot League tournament winner
As of March 19, 2016
Rankings from AP poll

The 2016 Patriot League women's basketball tournament was held March 5, 7, 11 and 12 at campus sites of the higher seed. Army defeated Loyola (MD) to win their 3rd Patriot League title and earn an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament.

Contents

Seeds

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

SeedSchoolConferenceOverallTiebreaker
1Army17–126–2Higher RPI as of March 3
2Bucknell17–123–6
3Loyola (MD)11–714–15
4Lehigh10–817–121–1 vs. Holy Cross, 2–0 vs. Loyola
5Holy Cross10–814–151–1 vs. Lehigh, 0–2 vs. Loyola
6Navy9–915–14
7American5–137–22
8Colgate4–146–222–0 vs. Lafayette
9Lafayette4–146–220–2 vs. Colgate
10Boston University3–153–26

Schedule

GameTime*MatchupTelevisionAttendance
First round – Saturday, March 5
12:00 PM#10 Boston University at #7 American PLN 177
24:00 PM#9 Lafayette at #8 Colgate717
Quarterfinals – Monday, March 7
37:30 PM#8 Colgate at #1 ArmyPLN641
47:00 PM#5 Holy Cross at #4 Lehigh470
57:00 PM#6 Navy at #3 Loyola (MD)532
67:00 PM#7 American at #2 Bucknell661
Semifinals – Friday, March 11
75:00 PM#4 Lehigh at #1 ArmyPLN
87:30 PM#3 Loyola (MD) at #2 Bucknell768
Championship – Saturday, March 12
96:00 pm#3 Loyola (MD) at #1 ArmyCBSSN1,121
*Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games hosted by higher-seeded team.

Bracket

First round
March 5
Patriot League Network
Quarterfinals
March 7
Patriot League Network
Semifinals
March 11
Patriot League Network
Championship
March 12
CBS Sports Network
            
1 Army89
8 Colgate 62
8 Colgate80
9 Lafayette 68
1 Army76
4 Lehigh 46
4 Lehigh64
5 Holy Cross 48
1 Army69
3 Loyola (MD) 51
2 Bucknell73
7 American 65
7 American61
10 Boston University 53
2 Bucknell 53
3 Loyola (MD)65
3 Loyola (MD)44
6 Navy 42

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