2024–25 Patriot League men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
American 12 5   .706 18 12   .600
Bucknell 12 5   .706 16 14   .533
Army 10 7   .588 16 13   .552
Colgate 10 7   .588 13 17   .433
Boston University 9 8   .529 15 15   .500
Navy 9 8   .529 12 18   .400
Lafayette 7 10   .412 12 18   .400
Loyola 6 11   .353 11 17   .393
Holy Cross 5 12   .294 13 17   .433
Lehigh 5 12   .294 10 18   .357
2025 Patriot League tournament winner
As of February 26, 2025

The 2025 Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament will be the conference postseason tournament for the Patriot League. The tournament will be held March 4–12, 2025 at campus sites of the higher seeds. The winner will receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.[1]

Seeds

All ten teams in the conference standings will qualify for the tournament. The teams will be seeded by record in conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

The first tiebreaker is the head-to-head records of the tied teams. If teams remain tied, the tied teams' records against the highest seeded Patriot League team not involved in the tie are compared, provided each of the tied teams played that team at least once. If the tied teams have identical winning percentages against the highest seeded team, the process works its way down the standings. If the teams remain tied, the NCAA NET rankings available on day following the conclusion of Patriot League regular-season play are used. In the event tied teams have identical NET rankings, the tied teams' winning percentages against non-Patriot League common opponents are compared. If the tie involves three or more teams, and one or more teams are superior or inferior to the others after any step, but three or more teams remain tied, the multiple-team tiebreaker process continues and does not revert to a new multiple-team tiebreaker. Multiple-team tiebreakers revert to a two-team tiebreaker, when the number of tied teams is reduced to two.[2] In the prior season, multiple-team tiebreakers contunued until they were completely resolved, even if only two teams remained tied.

Once a team is eliminated from a multiple-team tiebreaker, either by demonstrating superiority or inferiority to the remaining tied teams, it is treated as if it had not been involved in the initial tie for the purposes of applying the remaining steps in continuing the tiebreaker procedure, and such team is seeded according to the tiebreaker result. This point was relevant in applying the tiebreaker procedure to break the four-way tie for second place in 2024.

Seeding as of February 26, 2025.

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker Notes
1 American 12–5 2–1 vs. Army and Colgate Clinched home-court advantage through semifinals
2 Bucknell 12–5 2–2 vs. Army and Colgate
3 Army 10–7 2–2 vs. American and Bucknell Clinched first-round bye
4 Colgate 10–7 1–2 vs. Army and Bucknell
5 Navy 9–8 1–1 vs. Lafayette
6 Boston University 9–8 0–1 vs. Lafayette
7 Lafayette 7–10 Clinched no. 7 seed.
8 Loyola 6–11
9 Lehigh 5–12 2–0 vs. Holy Cross
10 Holy Cross 5–12 0–2 vs. Lehigh

Scenarios for the final day of the regular season

  • American earns the no. 1 seed with
    • a win or
    • a loss by Bucknell. Otherise, American will be the no. 2 seed.
  • Bucknell earns the no. 1 seed with
    • a win and
    • a loss by American. Otherwise, Bucknell will be the no. 2 seed.
  • Colgate earns the no. 3 seed with
    • either
      • a win
    • or
      • a loss by Army and
      • a win by Navy.
  • Army earns the no. 3 seed with
    • either
      • a win and
      • a loss by Colgate
    • or
      • losses by Colgate, Boston University and Navy.
  • Boston University earns the no. 3 seed with
    • a win and
    • losses by Army, Colgate and Navy.
  • If Colgate fails to earn the no. 3 seed, it earns the no. 4 seed (and home-court advantage for the quarterfinals) with
    • a win by Navy or
    • a loss by Boston University. Otherwise, Colgate will be the no. 5 seed.
  • If Army fails to earn to no. 3 seed, it earns the no. 4 seed (and home-court advantage for the quarterfinals) with
    • a win,
    • losses by Colgate and Navy, or
    • losses by Boston University and Navy.
  • Navy earns the no. 4 seed (and home-court advantage for the quarterfinals) with
    • a win,
    • a loss by Army, and
    • either
      • a win by Colgate,
      • a loss by Boston University, or
      • a loss by Bucknell.
  • If Boston University fails to earn the no. 3 seed, it earns the no. 4 seed (and home-court advantage for the quarterfinals) with a win and
    • either
      • a loss by either Colgate or Army, but not both, and
      • a loss by Navy,
    • or
      • losses by Colgate and Army and
      • a win by Bucknell.
  • If Army fails to earn to no. 4 seed, it earns the no. 5 seed with a loss by either Boston University or Navy. Otherwise, Army will be the no. 6 seed.
  • If Navy fails to earn the no. 4 seed, it earns the no. 5 seed with
    • either
      • a win and
      • either
        • a loss by Boston University
      • or
        • losses by Colgate and Army
      • or
        • a win by American and
        • either
          • a loss by Bucknell
        • or
          • a win by Army and
          • a loss by Colgate
      • or
        • a loss by Bucknell,
        • a win by Army, and
        • a loss by Colgate
    • or
      • a loss by Boston University and
      • either
        • wins by American and Army
      • or
        • losses by Bucknell and Colgate.
  • If Boston University fails to earn the no. 4 seed, it earns the no. 5 seed with
    • either
      • a win and
      • either
        • a loss by Navy
      • or
        • losses by Colgate and Army
      • or
        • a win by Bucknell and
        • either
          • a loss by American
        • or
          • a win by Colgate and
          • a loss by Army
      • or
        • a loss by American,
        • a win by Colgate, and
        • a loss by Army
    • or
      • a loss by Navy and
      • either
        • a win by Bucknell and
        • a loss by American
      • or
        • a win by Colgate and
        • a loss by Army.
  • If Navy and Boston University both win, and American and Bucknell either both win or both lose, and Army and Colgate both win, Navy and Boston University will be the no. 5 and no. 6 seeds, and their seeding will be determined by their NET ranking on March 2, 2025. As of February 28, 2025, Navy's NET ranking is 273, and Boston University's is 290.
  • Loyola earns the no. 8 seed with
    • a win or
    • a loss by Holy Cross.
  • Holy Cross earns the no. 8 seed with
    • a win,
    • a loss by Loyola, and
    • a loss by Lehigh.
  • Lehigh earns to no. 8 seed with
    • a win,
    • a loss by Loyola, and
    • a win by Holy Cross.
  • If Loyola fails to earn the no. 8 seed, it earns the no. 9 seed with
    • a loss by Lehigh or
    • a loss by Holy Cross. Otherwise, Loyola will be the no. 10 seed.
  • If Holy Cross fails to earn the no. 8 seed, it earns the no. 9 seed with
    • a win and
    • either
      • a loss by Loyola
    • or
      • a loss by Lehigh. Otherwise, Holy Cross will be the no. 10 seed.
  • If Lehigh fails to earn the no. 8 seed, it earns the no. 9 seed with
    • a win or
    • a loss by Holy Cross. Otherwise, Lehigh will be the no. 10 seed.

Schedule

Game Time Matchup Score Television Attendance
First round – Tuesday, March 4
1 TBD No. 7 Lafayette vs. No. 10 ESPN+
2 TBD No. 8 vs No. 9
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 6
3 TBD No. 1 vs. Winner Game 2 ESPN+
4 TBD No. 2 vs. Winner Game 1
5 TBD No. 3 vs. No. 6
6 TBD No. 4 vs. No. 5
Semifinals – Sunday, March 9
7 TBD Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 6 CBSSN
8 TBD Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5
Championship – Wednesday, March 12
9 TBD Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8 CBSSN
Game times in EST for the first round and quarterfinals and EDT for the semifinals and championship. Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games hosted by higher-seeded team.

Bracket

First round
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
ESPN+
Quarterfinals
Thursday March 6, 2025
ESPN+
Semifinals
Sunday, March 9, 2025
CBSSN
Championship
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
CBSSN
1  
8    
9    
 
4  
5  
 
 
2  
7 Lafayette  
10    
 
3  
6  


References

  1. ^ "2025 PenFed Credit Union Patriot League Men's Basketball Championship - Patriot League". patriotleague.org. Retrieved December 18, 2024.
  2. ^ "2024–25 Men's Basketball Standings". Patriot League. Retrieved February 26, 2025.
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