College basketball tournament
The 2015 Patriot League men's basketball tournament was a tournament played March 3, 5, 8 and 11 at campus sites of the higher seed. The winner of the tournament received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament .
Seeds
Teams were seeded by conference record, with a ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion, if necessary. If teams remain tied following these tiebreakers, RPI breaks the tie.
Seed
School
Conference
Overall
Tiebreaker #1
Tiebreaker #2
1
Bucknell
13–5
18–13
2
Colgate
12–6
15–16
3
Lehigh
10–8
16–13
4
Lafayette
9–9
17–12
1–1 vs. Boston U
1–1 vs. Bucknell
5
Boston U
9–9
13–16
1–1 vs. Lafayette
0–2 vs. Bucknell
6
American
8–10
15–15
3–1 vs. Holy Cross, Navy
7
Navy
8–10
12–18
2–2 vs. American, Holy Cross
8
Holy Cross
8–10
13–15
1–3 vs. American, Navy
9
Loyola (MD)
7–11
11–18
10
Army
6–12
15–14
Schedule
Game
Time*
Matchup
Television
Attendance
First round – Tuesday, March 3
1
7:00 pm
#8 Holy Cross 62, #9 Loyola (MD) 45
Patriot League
526
2
7:00 pm
#7 Navy 56, #10 Army 52
1,271
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 5
3
7:00 pm
#1 Bucknell 90, #8 Holy Cross 83 (OT)
Patriot League
2,133
4
7:00 pm
#4 Lafayette 89, #5 Boston University 64
1,648
5
7:00 pm
#6 American 68, #3 Lehigh 62
1,009
6
7:00 pm
#2 Colgate 72, #7 Navy 62
1,297
Semifinals – Sunday, March 8
7
2:00 pm
#4 Lafayette 80, #1 Bucknell 74
CBSSN
2,388
8
4:00 pm
#6 American 73, #2 Colgate 62
CBSSN
1,441
Championship – Wednesday, March 11
9
7:30 pm
#6 American 63 at #4 Lafayette 65
CBSSN
2,644
*Game times in ET . #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games hosted by higher-seeded team.
Bracket
First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship 1
Bucknell
90*
8
Holy Cross
83
8
Holy Cross
62
9
Loyola (MD)
45
1
Bucknell
74
4
Lafayette
80
4
Lafayette
89
5
Boston U
64
4
Lafayette
65
6
American
63
2
Colgate
72
7
Navy
62
7
Navy
56
10
Army
52
2
Colgate
62
6
American
73
3
Lehigh
62
6
American
68
* Indicates overtime game.
Source:[ 1]
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