2017 Patriot League Women's Basketball Tournament

2017 Patriot League Women's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2016–17
Teams 10
Site Campus sites
Champions Bucknell
Television PLN, CBSSN
2016–17 Patriot League women's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Bucknell 16 – 2   .889     24 – 5   .828
Navy 14 – 4   .778     21 – 8   .724
Army 12 – 6   .667     21 – 8   .724
American 11 – 7   .611     14 – 15   .483
Boston University 11 – 7   .611     13 – 16   .448
Colgate 7 – 11   .389     10 – 19   .345
Loyola (MD) 6 – 12   .333     10 – 19   .345
Holy Cross 6 – 12   .333     8 – 21   .276
Lehigh 5 – 13   .278     10 – 19   .345
Lafayette 2 – 16   .111     3 – 27   .100
† 2017 Patriot League Tournament winner
As of March 4, 2017; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2017 Patriot League Women's Basketball Tournament was held March 4, 6, 10 and 11 at campus sites of the higher seed, except that both semi-final games will be played at the same site of the highest seed. This means that Bucknell vs. American and Army vs. Navy will both be played in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania at Sojka Pavilion on Friday, March 10, 2017, at 5:00pm and 7:30pm respectively. The winner of the tournament will earn an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament.

Seeds

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

Seed School Conference Overall Tiebreaker
1 Bucknell 16–2 24–5
2 Navy 14–4 21–8
3 Army 12–6 21–8
4 American 11–7 14–15 1–1 vs. BU, 1–1 vs. Buck
5 Boston 11–7 13–16 1–1 vs. Amer, 0–2 vs. Buck
6 Colgate 7–11 10–19
7 Holy Cross 6–12 8–21 1–1 vs. L-MD, 1–1 vs. Buck
8 Loyola (MD) 6–12 10–19 1–1 vs. Holy, 0–2 vs. Buck
9 Lehigh 5–13 10–19
10 Lafayette 2–16 3–27

Schedule

Game Time* Matchup Television Attendance
First round – Saturday, March 4
1 1:00 PM #10 Lafayette at #7 Holy Cross PLN
2 7:00 PM #9 Lehigh at #8 Loyola (MD)
Quarterfinals – Monday, March 6
3 6:00 PM #8 Loyola (MD) at #1 Bucknell PLN
4 7:00 PM #5 Boston at #4 American
5 7:00 PM #6 Colgate at #3 Army
6 7:05 PM #10 Lafayette at #2 Navy
Semifinals – Friday, March 10
7 #4 American at #1 Bucknell PLN
8 #3 Army at #2 Navy
Championship – Saturday, March 11
9 6:00 pm #2 Navy at #1 Bucknell CBSSN
*Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games hosted by higher-seeded team.

Bracket

  First round
March 4
Patriot League Network		 Quarterfinals
March 6
Patriot League Network		 Semifinals
March 10
Patriot League Network		 Championship
March 11
CBS Sports Network
                                     
       
  1 Bucknell 75  
    8 Loyola (MD) 72  
8 Loyola (MD) 78
9 Lehigh 50  
  1 Bucknell 69  
  4 American 57  
       
       
  4 American 57
    5 Boston 51  
     
       
  1 Bucknell 79
  2 Navy 71
       
       
  2 Navy 53
    10 Lafayette 37  
7 Holy Cross 54
10 Lafayette 56  
  2 Navy 54
  3 Army 53  
       
       
  3 Army 83
    6 Colgate 76  
     
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