2015 Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament

2015 Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2014–15
Teams 10
Site Campus sites
Champions Lafayette (3rd title)
Winning coach Fran O'Hanlon (3rd title)
MVP Nick Lindner (Lafayette)
Attendance 14,357
Television CBS Sports Network
Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournaments
«2014  2016»
2014–15 Patriot League men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Bucknell 13 – 5   .722     19 – 15   .559
Colgate 12 – 6   .667     16 – 17   .485
Lehigh 10 – 8   .556     16 – 14   .533
Lafayette † 9 – 9   .500     20 – 13   .606
Boston University 9 – 9   .500     13 – 17   .433
American 8 – 10   .444     17 – 16   .515
Holy Cross 8 – 10   .444     14 – 16   .467
Navy 8 – 10   .444     13 – 19   .406
Loyola (MD) 7 – 11   .389     11 – 19   .367
Army 6 – 12   .333     15 – 15   .500
† 2015 Patriot League Tournament winner

The 2015 Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament was a tournament played March 3, 5, 8 and 11 at campus sites of the higher seed. The winner of the tournament received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Seeds

Teams were seeded by conference record, with a ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion, if necessary. If teams remain tied following these tiebreakers, RPI breaks the tie.

Seed School Conference Overall Tiebreaker #1 Tiebreaker #2
1 Bucknell 13–5 18–13
2 Colgate 12–6 15–16
3 Lehigh 10–8 16–13
4 Lafayette 9–9 17–12 1–1 vs. Boston U 1–1 vs. Bucknell
5 Boston U 9–9 13–16 1–1 vs. Lafayette 0–2 vs. Bucknell
6 American 8–10 15–15 3–1 vs. Holy Cross, Navy
7 Navy 8–10 12–18 2–2 vs. American, Holy Cross
8 Holy Cross 8–10 13–15 1–3 vs. American, Navy
9 Loyola (MD) 7–11 11–18
10 Army 6–12 15–14

Schedule

Game Time* Matchup Television Attendance
First round – Tuesday, March 3
1 7:00 pm #8 Holy Cross 62, #9 Loyola (MD) 45 Patriot League
Network		 526
2 7:00 pm #7 Navy 56, #10 Army 52 1,271
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 5
3 7:00 pm #1 Bucknell 90, #8 Holy Cross 83 (OT) Patriot League
Network		 2,133
4 7:00 pm #4 Lafayette 89, #5 Boston University 64 1,648
5 7:00 pm #6 American 68, #3 Lehigh 62 1,009
6 7:00 pm #2 Colgate 72, #7 Navy 62 1,297
Semifinals – Sunday, March 8
7 2:00 pm #4 Lafayette 80, #1 Bucknell 74 CBSSN 2,388
8 4:00 pm #6 American 73, #2 Colgate 62 CBSSN 1,441
Championship – Wednesday, March 11
9 7:30 pm #6 American 63 at #4 Lafayette 65 CBSSN 2,644
*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
CBS Sports Network		 Championship
March 11
CBS Sports Network
                                     
        
  1  Bucknell 90*  
    8  Holy Cross 83  
8  Holy Cross 62
9  Loyola (MD) 45  
  1  Bucknell 74  
  4  Lafayette 80  
        
        
  4  Lafayette 89
    5  Boston U 64  
      
        
  4  Lafayette 65
  6  American 63
        
        
  2  Colgate 72
    7  Navy 62  
7  Navy 56
10  Army 52  
  2  Colgate 62
  6  American 73  
        
        
  3  Lehigh 62
    6  American 68  
      

* Indicates overtime game.

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