Patriot League men's basketball tournament

Patriot League men's basketball tournament
Number of teams10
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Current stadiumon-campus sites
Current locationon-campus sites
Played1991–present
Last contest2024
Current championColgate University
Most championshipsColgate (7)
TV partner(s)CBS Sports Network
Official websitePatriotLeague.CSTV.com Men's Basketball

The Patriot League men's basketball tournament is held at the conclusion of each regular season. The winner of the tournament is awarded an automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship.

Tournament finals results

Year Champion Score Runner-up MVP Venue
1991 Fordham 84–81OT Holy Cross Damon Lopez, FU Hart Center (Worcester, MA)
1992 Fordham 70–56 Bucknell Fred Herzog, FU Stabler Arena (Bethlehem, PA)
1993 Holy Cross 98–73 Bucknell Rob Feaster, HC Davis Gym (Lewisburg, PA)
1994 Navy 78–76 Colgate TJ Hall, Navy Alumni Hall (Annapolis, MD)
1995 Colgate 68–63 Navy Tucker Neale, CU Cotterell Court (Hamilton, NY)
1996 Colgate 74–65 Holy Cross Adonal Foyle, CU
1997 Navy 76–75 Bucknell Hassan Booker, Navy Alumni Hall (Annapolis, MD)
1998 Navy 93–85 Lafayette Skip Victor, Navy
1999 Lafayette 67–63 Bucknell Brian Ehlers, LC Kirby Sports Center (Easton, PA)
2000 Lafayette 87–61 Navy Stefan Ciosici, LC
2001 Holy Cross 68–64OT Navy Josh Sankes, HC Hart Center (Worcester, MA)
2002 Holy Cross 58–54 American Tim Szatko, HC Bender Arena (Washington, D.C.)
2003 Holy Cross 72–64 American Patrick Whearty, HC Hart Center (Worcester, MA)
2004 Lehigh 59–57 American Austen Rowland, LU Stabler Arena (Bethlehem, PA)
2005 Bucknell 61–57 Holy Cross Charles Lee, BU Hart Center (Worcester, MA)
2006 Bucknell 74–59 Holy Cross Charles Lee, BU Sojka Pavilion (Lewisburg, PA)
2007 Holy Cross 74–66 Bucknell Keith Simmons, HC Hart Center (Worcester, MA)
2008 American 52–46 Colgate Garrison Carr, AU Bender Arena (Washington, D.C.)
2009 American 73–57 Holy Cross Garrison Carr, AU
2010 Lehigh 74–59 Lafayette Zahir Carrington, LU Stabler Arena (Bethlehem, PA)
2011 Bucknell 72–57 Lafayette Mike Muscala, BU Sojka Pavilion (Lewisburg, PA)
2012 Lehigh 82–77 Bucknell CJ McCollum, LU
2013 Bucknell 64–56 Lafayette Mike Muscala, BU
2014 American 55–36 Boston University Darius Gardner, AU Agganis Arena (Boston, MA)
2015 Lafayette 65–63 American Nick Lindner, LC Kirby Sports Center (Easton, PA)
2016 Holy Cross 59–56 Lehigh Malachi Alexander, HC Stabler Arena (Bethlehem, PA)
2017 Bucknell 81–65 Lehigh Zach Thomas, BU Sojka Pavilion (Lewisburg, PA)
2018 Bucknell 83–54 Colgate Stephen Brown, BU
2019 Colgate 94–80 Bucknell Jordan Burns, CU Cotterell Court (Hamilton, NY)
2020 Boston University 64–61 Colgate Max Mahoney, BU
2021 Colgate 85–72 Loyola Maryland Jordan Burns, CU
2022 Colgate 74–58 Navy Jack Ferguson, CU
2023 Colgate 79–61 Lafayette Tucker Richardson, CU
2024 Colgate 74–55 Lehigh Braeden Smith, CU

Sources:[1][2]

Championships by school

Tournament Regular season
Team Championships Years Championships (Solo) Years
Colgate 7 1995, 1996, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 7 (3) 1994^, 1995^, 1996^, 2019^, 2020, 2022, 2023
Bucknell 6 2005, 2006, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2018 13 (9) 1992^, 1993, 1995^, 2006, 2007^, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019^
Holy Cross 6 1993, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2016 5 (3) 1994^, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007^
American 3 2008, 2009, 2014 4 (3) 2002, 2004^, 2008, 2009
Lehigh 3 2004, 2010, 2012 2 (1) 2004^, 2010
Navy 3 1994, 1997, 1998 5* (1) 1994^, 1996^, 1997, 1998^, 2000^
Lafayette 3 1999, 2000, 2015 3 (1) 1998^, 1999, 2000^
Fordham† 2 1991, 1992 3 (1) 1991, 1992^, 1994^
Boston University 1 2020 1 (1) 2014
Army 0 0 (0)
Loyola Maryland 0 0 (0)
Total 34 43 (23)

^ Regular season co-champion
*In 2021, Navy finished 12–1, the best regular season winning percentage and received the #1 seed in the league tournament. However, the Patriot League did not award Navy a regular season title due to the unbalanced schedule. Navy played only 5 of the other 9 teams in the league and played more than half of their league games against just two teams.
† Fordham departed the Patriot League in all sports (except football) in 1995.

Postseason results

NCAA tournament results
Year W/L Seed PL Team Score Seed Opponent Score
1991 L 16 Fordham 64 16 St. Francis 70
1992 L 14 Fordham 58 3 Massachusetts 85
1993 L 13 Holy Cross 64 4 Arkansas 94
1994 L 16 Navy 53 1 Missouri 76
1995 L 16 Colgate 68 1 Kansas 72
1996 L 16 Colgate 59 1 Connecticut 68
1997 L 15 Navy 61 2 Utah 75
1998 L 16 Navy 52 1 North Carolina 88
1999 L 15 Lafayette 54 2 Miami (FL) 75
2000 L 15 Lafayette 42 2 Temple 73
2001 L 15 Holy Cross 68 2 Kentucky 72
2002 L 16 Holy Cross 59 1 Kansas 70
2003 L 14 Holy Cross 68 3 Marquette 72
2004 L 16 Lehigh 57 16 Florida A&M 72
2005 W 14 Bucknell 64 3 Kansas 63
2005 L 14 Bucknell 62 6 Wisconsin 71
2006 W 9 Bucknell 59 8 Arkansas 55
2006 L 9 Bucknell 56 1 Memphis 72
2007 L 13 Holy Cross 51 4 Southern Illinois 61
2008 L 15 American 57 2 Tennessee 72
2009 L 14 American 67 3 Villanova 80
2010 L 16 Lehigh 74 1 Kansas 90
2011 L 14 Bucknell 52 3 Connecticut 81
2012 W 15 Lehigh 75 2 Duke 70
2012 L 15 Lehigh 58 10 Xavier 70
2013 L 11 Bucknell 56 6 Butler 68
2014 L 15 American 35 2 Wisconsin 75
2015 L 16 Lafayette 52 1 Villanova 93
2016 W 16 Holy Cross 59 16 Southern 55
2016 L 16 Holy Cross 52 1 Oregon 91
2017 L 13 Bucknell 80 4 West Virginia 86
2018 L 14 Bucknell 78 3 Michigan St 82
2019 L 15 Colgate 70 2 Tennessee 77
2020 NCAA Tournament was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
2021 L 14 Colgate 68 3 Arkansas 85
2022 L 14 Colgate 60 3 Wisconsin 67
2023 L 15 Colgate 61 2 Texas 81
NIT results
Year W/L Seed PL Team Score Seed Opponent Score
2005 W Holy Cross 78 Notre Dame 73
2005 L Holy Cross 60 St. Josephs 68
2012 W 8 Bucknell 65 1 Arizona 54
2012 L 8 Bucknell 67 5 Nevada 75
2014 L 7 Boston 62 2 Illinois 66
2015 L 8 Bucknell 67 1 Temple 73
2016 L 8 Bucknell 80 1 Monmouth 90

All-time Patriot League Tournament records

Records as of March 8, 2023

Team Seasons Games Wins Losses Win % Finals app. Semis app.
Bucknell 33 72 45 27 .625 13 24
American 22 46 28 18 .609 7 15
Colgate 33 61 34 27 .557 10 18
Holy Cross 33 62 34 28 .548 11 16
Boston University 10 19 10 9 .526 2 5
Lafayette 33 55 25 30 .455 8 14
Lehigh 33 55 25 30 .455 5 16
Navy 32 48 19 29 .396 7 9
Loyola University Maryland 10 16 6 10 .375 1 1
Army 33 44 11 33 .250 0 10

*Fordham left the Patriot League in men's basketball after the 1994–95 season, with a cumulative tournament record of 7–3 in its 5 seasons with the league. In total Fordham made 2 finals appearances and 4 semi-finals appearances.

All-time regular season standings

Records as of February 25, 2023

Team Games Wins Losses Win % Titles (solo) Last Winning seasons
Bucknell 480 315 165 .656 13 (9) 2019 24 (of 33)
Boston University 178 101 77 .567 1 (1) 2014 6 (of 10)
Colgate 482 263 219 .546 7 (3) 2023 15 (of 33)
American 339 182 157 .537 4 (3) 2009 10 (of 22)
Holy Cross 486 256 230 .527 5 (3) 2007 15 (of 33)
Navy 471 231 240 .490 5 (1) 2000** 15 (of 32)
Lehigh* 484 232 252 .479 2 (1) 2010 15 (of 33)
Lafayette 484 206 278 .426 3 (1) 2000 9 (of 33)
Loyola University Maryland 176 68 108 .386 0 (0) n/a 0 (of 10)
Army 484 160 324 .331 0 (0) n/a 4 (of 33)

*Adjusted for vacated wins of 2004–05 season. Lehigh finished with a league record of 7–7, but later vacated 6 wins for an adjusted record of 1–13 (per Forfeits and Vacated Games)

**In 2021, Navy finished 12–1, the best regular season winning percentage and received the #1 seed in the league tournament. However, the Patriot League did not award Navy a regular season title due to the unbalanced schedule. Navy played only 5 of the other 9 teams in the league and played more than half of their league games against just two teams.

***Fordham left the Patriot League in men's basketball after the 1994–95 season, with an cumulative record of 46–22 (0.676), 3 regular season titles (1 solo) and winning seasons in 4 of 5 played.

Regular season honors

Year MVP Team CoY Team RoY Team DPoY Team
1991 Damon Lopez Fordham Nick Macarchuk Fordham Jim Nairus Holy Cross Not awarded Not awarded
1992 Patrick King Bucknell Jack Bruen Colgate Rob Feaster Holy Cross Not awarded Not awarded
1993 Mike Bright Bucknell Charlie Woollum Bucknell Alex Morris Army Not awarded Not awarded
1994 Tucker Neale Colgate Don DeVoe Navy Gordon Mboya Bucknell Not awarded Not awarded
1995 Rob Feaster Holy Cross Pat Flannery Bucknell Adonal Foyle Colgate Not awarded Not awarded
1996 Adonal Foyle Colgate Jack Bruen Colgate Stefan Ciosici Lafayette Not awarded Not awarded
1997 Adonal Foyle Colgate Pat Flannery & Don DeVoe Bucknell & Navy Dan Bowen Bucknell Not awarded Not awarded
1998 Stefan Ciosici Lafayette Fran O'Hanlon Lafayette Tyson Whitfield Lafayette Not awarded Not awarded
1999 Brian Ehlers Lafayette Fran O'Hanlon Lafayette Pat Campolieta Colgate Not awarded Not awarded
2000 Brian Ehlers Lafayette Don DeVoe Navy Tim Szatko Holy Cross Not awarded Not awarded
2001 Tim Szatko Holy Cross Ralph Willard Holy Cross Mark Linebaugh Colgate Not awarded Not awarded
2002 Patrick Doctor American Pat Harris Army Nate Lufkin Holy Cross Not awarded Not awarded
2003 Patrick Whearty Holy Cross Billy Taylor Lehigh Kevin Bettencourt Bucknell Not awarded Not awarded
2004 Austen Rowland Lehigh Billy Taylor Lehigh Andre Ingram American Not awarded Not awarded
2005 Kevin Hamilton Holy Cross Ralph Willard Holy Cross Pat Doherty Holy Cross Abe Badmus Bucknell
2006 Charles Lee Bucknell Pat Flannery Bucknell Derrick Mercer American Kevin Hamilton Holy Cross
2007 Keith Simmons Holy Cross Ralph Willard Holy Cross Marquis Hall Lehigh Torey Thomas Holy Cross
2008 Greg Sprink Navy Billy Lange Navy Rob Keefer Lehigh Stephen Tyree Bucknell
2009 Derrick Mercer American Jeff Jones American RJ Evans Holy Cross Marcus Nelson Army
2010 CJ McCollum Lehigh Fran O'Hanlon Lafayette CJ McCollum Lehigh Bryan Cohen Bucknell
2011 Mike Muscala Bucknell Dave Paulsen Bucknell JJ Avila Navy Bryan Cohen Bucknell
2012 CJ McCollum Lehigh Dave Paulsen Bucknell Justin Burrell Holy Cross Bryan Cohen Bucknell
2013 Mike Muscala Bucknell Zach Spiker Army Kyle Wilson Army Mike Muscala Bucknell
2014 Cameron Ayers Bucknell Mike Brennan American Tim Kempton Jr. Lehigh Tony Wroblicky American
2015 Tim Kempton Jr. Lehigh Dave Paulsen Bucknell Kahron Ross Lehigh Luke Roh Colgate
2016 Tim Kempton Jr. Lehigh Nathan Davis Bucknell Delante Jones American Will Kelly Army
2017 Nana Foulland Bucknell Nathan Davis Bucknell Will Rayman Colgate Nana Foulland Bucknell
2018 Zach Thomas Bucknell Matt Langel Colgate Alex Petrie Lafayette Jehyve Floyd Holy Cross
2019 Rapolas Ivanauskas Colgate Matt Langel Colgate Tucker Richardson Colgate Jehyve Floyd Holy Cross
2020 Sa'eed Nelson American Matt Langel Colgate Joe Pridgen Holy Cross Will Rayman Colgate
2021 Jordan Burns Colgate Ed DeChellis Navy Johnny O'Neil American Josh Caldwell Army
2022 Sukhmail Mathon Boston University Ed DeChellis Navy Kyrell Luc Holy Cross Josh Caldwell Army
2023 Tucker Richardson Colgate Matt Langel Colgate Ethan Roberts Army Tucker Richardson Colgate
2024 Braeden Smith Colgate Matt Langel Colgate Josh Scovens Army Caleb Kenney Holy Cross

Award winners by school

† Denotes school is no longer a member of the Patriot League
School Player of the Year wins Years
Bucknell 8 1992, 1993, 2006, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018
Colgate 7 1994, 1996, 1997, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024
Holy Cross 5 1995, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007
Lehigh 5 2004, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016
American 3 2002, 2009, 2020
Lafayette 3 1998, 1999, 2000
Boston University 1 2022
Fordham† 1 1991
Navy 1 2008
School Coach of the Year wins Years
Bucknell 9 1993, 1995, 1997*, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017
Colgate 7 1992, 1996, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023, 2024
Navy 6 1994, 1997*, 2000, 2008, 2021, 2022
Holy Cross 3 2001, 2005, 2007
Lafayette 3 1998, 1999, 2010
American 2 2009, 2014
Army 2 2002, 2013
Lehigh 2 2003, 2004
Fordham† 1 1991

*The 1997 Patriot League Coach of the Year award was shared between Pat Flannery of Bucknell and Don DeVoe of Navy.

School Rookie of the Year wins Years
Holy Cross 9 1991, 1992, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2009, 2012, 2020, 2022
Colgate 5 1995, 1999, 2001, 2017, 2019
Lehigh 5 2007, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2015
American 4 2004, 2006, 2016, 2021
Army 4 1993, 2013, 2023, 2024
Bucknell 3 1994, 1997, 2003
Lafayette 3 1996, 1998, 2018
Navy 1 2011
School Defensive Player of the Year wins Years
Bucknell 7 2005, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017
Holy Cross 5 2006, 2007, 2018, 2019, 2024
Army 4 2009, 2016, 2021, 2022
Colgate 3 2015, 2020, 2023
American 1 2014

Broadcasters

Television

Year Network Play-by-play Analyst Sideline
2024 CBSSN Jason Knapp Mo Cassara Keiana Martin
2023 Jamie Erdahl
2022 Jenny Dell
2021
2020 Sherree Burruss
2019 Jenny Dell
2018 Pete Gillen Cassie McKinney
2017 Mo Cassara
2016
2015 Chris Spatola
2014
2013[3] Bob Socci
2012[4] Vince Curran
2011[5] ESPN2 Jon Sciambi LaPhonso Ellis
2010[6] ESPN
2009[7] Dave Barnett Tim Welsh
2008[8] Dave O'Brien Bob Valvano
2007[9] ESPN2 Bob Wischusen Tim McCormick
2006[10] Donny Marshall
2005[11] Dave Revsine Jay Williams
2004[12] Doug Gottlieb
2003[13] ESPN Doris Burke
2001[14] Dewayne Staats Bob Wenzel

Radio

Year Network Play-by-play Analyst
2024 Westwood One Pat McCarthy Kyle Macy
2023 John Sadak Jon Crispin
2022 Tom McCarthy Tim Welsh
2021 Brandon Gaudin Kyle Macy
2020 John Sadak Steve Lappas
2019 Debbie Antonelli
2018 Jon Crispin
2017 Ted Emrich Jim Jackson
2016 Scott Graham Kevin Grevey
2015
2014 Kyle Macy
2013 Dial Global Sports John Tautges Kevin Grevey

See also

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