2016 Patriot League men's basketball tournament

2016 Patriot League men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2015–16
Teams10
SiteCampus sites
ChampionsHoly Cross (6th title)
Winning coachBill Carmody (1st title)
MVPMalachi Alexander (Holy Cross)
Attendance14,657
TelevisionPLN, CBSSN
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2015–16 Patriot League men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Bucknell 14 – 4   .778 17 – 14   .548
Lehigh 13 – 5   .722 17 – 15   .531
Boston University 11 – 7   .611 19 – 15   .559
Army 9 – 9   .500 19 – 14   .576
Navy 9 – 9   .500 19 – 14   .576
Colgate 9 – 9   .500 13 – 17   .433
American 9 – 9   .500 12 – 19   .387
Loyola (MD) 8 – 10   .444 9 – 21   .300
Holy Cross † 5 – 13   .278 15 – 20   .429
Lafayette 3 – 15   .167 6 – 24   .200
† 2016 Patriot League tournament winner

The 2016 Patriot League men's basketball tournament was played March 1, 3, 6 and 9 with the higher seed in each matchup hosting at their respective campus sites. The tournament champion, Holy Cross, received the League's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Seeds

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

  • Record between the tied teams.
  • Record against the highest-seeded team not involved in the tie, going down through the seedings as necessary.
  • Higher RPI entering the conference tournament.
Seed School Conference Overall Tiebreaker #1 Tiebreaker #2
1 Bucknell 14–4 17–12
2 Lehigh 13–5 15–14
3 Boston U 11–7 18–13
4 Army 9–9 18–12 2–0 vs. American, 1–1 vs. Navy, 1–1 vs. Colgate
5 Colgate 9–9 13–16 1–1 vs. Navy, 1–1 vs. American, 1–1 vs. Army 2–0 vs. Bucknell
6 American 9–9 11–18 1–1 vs. Colgate, 0–2 vs. Army, 2–0 vs. Navy 1–1 vs. Bucknell
7 Navy 9–9 18–13 1–1 vs. Army, 1–1 vs. Colgate, 0–2 vs. American
8 Loyola (MD) 8–10 9–20
9 Holy Cross 5–13 10–19
10 Lafayette 3–15 6–23

Schedule

Game Time* Matchup Final score Attendance Television
First round – Tuesday, March 1
1 7:30 pm #9 Holy Cross at #8 Loyola (MD) 72–67[1] 408 PLN
2 7:00 pm #10 Lafayette at #7 Navy 70–78[2] 687
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 3
3 7:00 pm #9 Holy Cross at #1 Bucknell 77–722OT[3] 2,700 PLN
4 7:00 pm #5 Colgate at #4 Army 72–79[4] 482
5 7:00 pm #6 American at #3 Boston U 69–64[5] 731 butv 10, PLN
6 7:00 pm #7 Navy at #2 Lehigh 63–65[6] 1,730 SE2, PLN
Semifinals – Sunday, March 6
7 12:00 pm #9 Holy Cross at #4 Army 60–38[7] 1,107 CBSSN
8 2:00 pm #6 American at #2 Lehigh 62–78[8] 2,225
Championship – Wednesday, March 9
9 7:30 pm #9 Holy Cross vs. #2 Lehigh 59–56[9] 4,587 CBSSN
*Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games hosted by higher-seeded team.

Bracket

First round
March 1
Patriot League Network 		Quarterfinals
March 3
Patriot League Network 		Semifinals
March 6
CBS Sports Network 		Championship
March 9
CBS Sports Network
            
1 Bucknell 72
9 Holy Cross 77**
8 Loyola (MD) 67
9 Holy Cross 72
9 Holy Cross 60
4 Army 38
4 Army 79
5 Colgate 72
9 Holy Cross 59
2 Lehigh 56
2 Lehigh 65
7 Navy 63
7 Navy 78
10 Lafayette 70
2 Lehigh 78
6 American 62
3 Boston U 64
6 American 69

* indicates overtime period.

References

  1. ^ "Holy Cross wins tournament opener, beats Loyola (Md.) 72-67". ESPN. March 1, 2016.
  2. ^ "Dunbar leads Navy past Lafayette in Patriot League tourney". ESPN. March 1, 2016.
  3. ^ "Holy Cross upsets Bucknell 77-72 in double overtime". ESPN. March 3, 2016.
  4. ^ "Army beats Colgate 79-72 in Patriot quarters". ESPN. March 3, 2016.
  5. ^ "American snaps 4-game skid against BU, wins 69-64 in Patriot". ESPN. March 3, 2016.
  6. ^ "Kempton, Lehigh beat Navy; advance to Patriot League semis". ESPN. March 3, 2016.
  7. ^ "Holy Cross beats cold-shooting Army 60-38 in Patriot semi". ESPN. March 6, 2016.
  8. ^ "Lehigh beats American 78-62, advances to Patriot title game". ESPN. March 6, 2016.
  9. ^ "19-loss Holy Cross captures Patriot League title, NCAA tourney berth". ESPN. March 9, 2016.