2018 Patriot League women's basketball tournament

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2018 Patriot League women's basketball tournament
Classification Division I
Season 201718
Teams10
SiteCampus sites
Champions American (2nd title)
Winning coach Megan Gebbia (2nd title)
MVP Cecily Carl (American)
Television PLN, CBSSN
  2017
2019  
2017–18 Patriot League women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
American162 .889267  .788
Bucknell 153 .8332210  .688
Navy 135 .722258  .758
Army 99 .5001714  .548
Lehigh 99 .5001515  .500
Holy Cross 711 .3891218  .400
Loyola (MD) 711 .389921  .300
Lafayette 612 .3331119  .367
Boston University 513 .2781019  .345
Colgate 315 .167723  .233
2018 Patriot League tournament winner
As of 16 March 2018
Rankings from AP poll

The 2018 Patriot League women's basketball tournament was from held March 3, 5, 8 and 10 at campus sites of the higher seed, except that both semi-final games will be played at the same site of the highest seed. American won the Patriot League Tournament will 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
1American16–223–6
2Bucknell15–321–8
3Navy13–523–6
4Lehigh9–915–141–1 vs. Army
5Army9–916–131–1 vs. Lehigh
6Loyola (MD)7–119–202–0 vs. Holy Cross
7Holy Cross7–1112–170–2 vs. Loyola (MD)
8Lafayette6–1210–18
9Boston University5–1310–18
10Colgate3–157–22

Schedule

GameTime*MatchupTelevisionAttendance
First round – Saturday, March 3
11:00 PM#10 Colgate at #7 Holy Cross PLN 537
22:00 PM#9 Boston University at #8 Lafayette435
Quarterfinals – Monday, March 5
37:00 PM#8 Lafayette at #1 AmericanPLN501
46:00 PM#7 Holy Cross at #2 Bucknell594
57:00 PM#6 Loyola (MD) at #3 Navy487
66:00 PM#5 Army at #4 Lehigh483
Semifinals – Thursday, March 8
77:00 PM#5 Army at #1 AmericanPLN585
86:00 PM#3 Navy at #2 Bucknell619
Championship – Sunday, March 11
911:00 am#3 Navy at #1 AmericanCBSSN1,001
*Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games hosted by higher-seeded team.

Bracket

First round
March 3
Patriot League Network
Quarterfinals
March 5
Patriot League Network
Semifinals
March 8
Patriot League Network
Championship
March 11
CBS Sports Network
            
1American55
8 Lafayette 35
8Lafayette66
9 Boston University 61
1American60
5 Army 49
4 Lehigh 60
5Army62
1 American58
3 Navy 49
2Bucknell67
7 Holy Cross 53
10 Colgate 47
7Holy Cross66
2 Bucknell 62
3Navy68
3Navy63
6 Loyola (MD) 55

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