American college basketball conference championship
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.
^ 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.
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