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2021 Patriot League men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2020–21
Teams10
SiteCampus sites
TelevisionESPN+, CBSSN
← 2020
2022 →
2020–21 Patriot League men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
North
Colgate 11 1   .917 14 2   .875
Army 7 7   .500 12 10   .545
Boston University 6 10   .375 7 11   .389
Holy Cross 5 11   .313 5 11   .313
Central
Lafayette 9 5   .643 9 6   .600
Bucknell 4 6   .400 5 7   .417
Lehigh 4 10   .286 4 11   .267
South
Navy 12 1   .923 15 3   .833
American 4 5   .444 4 6   .400
Loyola 4 10   .286 6 11   .353
2021 Patriot League tournament winner

The 2021 Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament is the conference postseason tournament for the Patriot League. The tournament will be held March 3, 6, 10, and 14, 2021 at campus sites of the higher seeds. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. [1]

Seeds

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

The two tiebreakers used by the Patriot League are: 1) head-to-head record of teams with identical record and 2) NCAA NET Rankings available on day following the conclusion of Patriot League regular season play.[2]

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker
1 Navy 12–1
2 Colgate 11–1
3 Lafayette 9–5
4 Army 7–7
5 American 4–5
6 Bucknell 4–6
7 Boston University 6–10
8 Holy Cross 5–11
9 Loyola 4–10 Better NET Ranking than Lehigh
10 Lehigh 4–10

Schedule

Game Time Matchup Score Television Attendance
First Round – Wednesday, March 3
1 6:00 pm No. 9 Loyola vs. No. 8 Holy Cross Forfeit[3] ESPN+ N/A
2 7:00 pm No. 10 Lehigh vs. No. 7 Boston University
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 6
1 12:00 pm No. 9 Loyola vs. No. 1 Navy ESPN+
2 2:00 pm No. 6 Bucknell vs. No. 3 Lafayette
3 3:00 pm No. 5 American vs. No. 4 Army
4 7:00 pm No. 7/10 vs. No. 2 Colgate
Semifinals – Wednesday, March 10
5 5:30 pm TBD vs. TBD CBSSN
6 7:30 pm TBD vs. TBD
Championship – Sunday, March 14
7 12:00 pm TBD vs. TBD CBSSN
Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games hosted by higher-seeded team.

Bracket

First Round
Wednesday, March 3, 2021
ESPN+
Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 6, 2021
ESPN+
Semifinals
Thursday, March 10, 2021
CBSSN
Championship
Sunday, March 14, 2021
CBSSN
1 Navy
8 Holy Cross 9 Loyola (MD)
9 Loyola (MD)  
 
4 Army
5 American
 
 
3 Lafayette
7 Boston 6 Bucknell
10 Lehigh  
 
2 Colgate
 


References

  1. ^ "2021 PenFed Credit Union Patriot League Men's Basketball Championship". patriotleague.org. Retrieved 2020-02-23.
  2. ^ https://goarmywestpoint.com/news/2021/2/9/patriot-league-announces-mens-and-womens-basketball-schedule-adjustments.aspx
  3. ^ "Holy Cross Men's Basketball to Miss Patriot League Championship, Concludes Season Due to COVID-19". patriotleague.org. Retrieved 2 March 2021.