2017 Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament

2017 Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2016–17
Teams 10
Site Campus sites
Champions Bucknell (5th title)
Winning coach Nathan Davis (1st title)
MVP Zach Thomas (Bucknell)
Attendance 13,489
Television PLN, CBSSN
2016–17 Patriot League men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Bucknell † 15 – 3   .833     26 – 9   .743
Lehigh 12 – 6   .667     20 – 12   .625
Boston University 12 – 6   .667     18 – 14   .563
Navy 10 – 8   .556     16 – 16   .500
Holy Cross 9 – 9   .500     15 – 17   .469
Loyola (MD) 8 – 10   .444     16 – 17   .485
Colgate 8 – 10   .444     10 – 22   .313
Army 6 – 12   .333     13 – 19   .406
Lafayette 5 – 13   .278     9 – 21   .300
American 5 – 13   .278     8 – 22   .267
† 2017 Patriot League Tournament winner

The 2017 Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason conference tournament for the Patriot League. It was played February 28, March 2, 5, and 8, 2017 with the higher seed in each matchup hosting at their respective campus sites. Bucknell defeated Lehigh, 81–65, in the championship game to win the Tournament. As a result, Bucknell received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Seeds

All 10 Patriot League teams were eligible for the tournament. The top six teams received a first round bye. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker 1 Tiebreaker 2
1 Bucknell 15–3
2 Boston University 12–6 2–0 vs. Lehigh
3 Lehigh 12–6 0–2 vs. Boston U.
4 Navy 10–8
5 Holy Cross 9–9
6 Colgate 8–10 2–0 vs. Loyola (MD)
7 Loyola (MD) 8–10 0–2 vs. Colgate
8 Army 6–12
9 American 5–13 1–1 vs. Lafayette 0–2 vs Top 3 each, 1–1 vs Navy
10 Lafayette 5–13 1–1 vs. American 0–2 vs Top 3 each, 0–2 vs Navy

Schedule

Game Time* Matchup Score Attendance Television
First round – Tuesday, February 28
1 7:00 pm No. 9 American at No. 8 Army 58–74[1] 263 PLN
2 7:30 pm No. 10 Lafayette at No. 7 Loyola (MD) 64–67[2] 472
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 2
3 7:00 pm No. 8 Army at No. 1 Bucknell 62–78[3] 2,151 PLN
4 7:00 pm No. 5 Holy Cross at No. 4 Navy 42–49[4] 988
5 7:00 pm No. 6 Colgate at No. 3 Lehigh 72–77[5] 1,609
6 7:00 pm No. 7 Loyola (MD) at No. 2 Boston University 60–64[6] 510
Semifinals – Sunday, March 5
7 12:00 pm No. 3 Lehigh at No. 2 Boston University 91–882OT[7] 511 CBSSN
8 2:00 pm No. 4 Navy at No. 1 Bucknell 65–70[8] 2,731
Championship – Wednesday, March 8
9 7:30 pm No. 3 Lehigh at No. 1 Bucknell 65–81[9] 4,254 CBSSN
*Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games hosted by higher-seeded team.

Bracket

  First round
February 28
Patriot League Network		 Quarterfinals
March 2
Patriot League Network		 Semifinals
March 5
CBS Sports Network		 Championship
March 8
CBS Sports Network
                                     
       
  1 Bucknell 78  
    8 Army 62  
8 Army 74
9 American 58  
  1 Bucknell 70  
  4 Navy 65  
       
       
  4 Navy 49
    5 Holy Cross 42  
     
       
  1 Bucknell 81
  3 Lehigh 65
       
       
  2 Boston University 64
    7 Loyola (MD) 60  
7 Loyola (MD) 67
10 Lafayette 64  
  2 Boston University 88
  3 Lehigh 91**  
       
       
  3 Lehigh 77
    6 Colgate 72  
     

* indicates overtime period.

References

  1. ↑ "Fox's 23 leads Army past American in Patriot opener, 74-58". ESPN. Associated Press. February 28, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Loyola comes back to beat Lafayette, 67-64 in Patriot opener". ESPN. Associated Press. February 28, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Top seed Bucknell eliminates Army". ESPN. Associated Press. March 2, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Navy tops Holy Cross, 49-42 in Patriot League quarterfinal". ESPN. Associated Press. March 2, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Lehigh beats Colgate 77-72 in Patriot League quarterfinal". ESPN. Associated Press. March 2, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Boston U beats Loyola (Md) 64-64 in Patriot quarterfinal". ESPN. Associated Press. March 3, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Kempton's 31 lifts Lehigh past Boston U in 2 OT, 91-88". ESPN. Associated Press. March 5, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Bucknell holds off Navy, advance to Patriot tourney final". ESPN. Associated Press. March 5, 2017.
  9. ↑ "Bucknell tops Lehigh to win Patriot League and punch NCAA tourney ticket". ESPN. Associated Press. March 8, 2017.
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