# 2016 Patriot League men's basketball tournament

The 2016 Patriot League men's basketball tournament was played March 1, 3, 6 and 9 with the higher seed in each matchup hosting at their respective campus sites. The tournament champion, Holy Cross, received the League's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

## Seeds

Teams were seeded by conference record, with ties broken in the following order:
* Record between the tied teams.
* Record against the highest-seeded team not involved in the tie, going down through the seedings as necessary.
* Higher RPI entering the conference tournament.
| Seed | School | Conference | Overall | Tiebreaker #1 | Tiebreaker #2 |
| 1 | Bucknell | 14–4 | 17–12 | | |
| 2 | Lehigh | 13–5 | 15–14 | | |
| 3 | Boston U | 11–7 | 18–13 | | |
| 4 | Army | 9–9 | 18–12 | 2–0 vs. American, 1–1 vs. Navy, 1–1 vs. Colgate | |
| 5 | Colgate | 9–9 | 13–16 | 1–1 vs. Navy, 1–1 vs. American, 1–1 vs. Army | 2–0 vs. Bucknell |
| 6 | American | 9–9 | 11–18 | 1–1 vs. Colgate, 0–2 vs. Army, 2–0 vs. Navy | 1–1 vs. Bucknell |
| 7 | Navy | 9–9 | 18–13 | 1–1 vs. Army, 1–1 vs. Colgate, 0–2 vs. American | |
| 8 | Loyola (MD) | 8–10 | 9–20 | | |
| 9 | Holy Cross | 5–13 | 10–19 | | |
| 10 | Lafayette | 3–15 | 6–23 | | |

## Schedule

| Game | Time* | Matchup | Final score | Attendance | Television |
| First round – Tuesday, March 1 ||||||
| 1 | 7:30 pm | #9 Holy Cross at #8 Loyola (MD) | 72–67 | 408 | PLN |
| 2 | 7:00 pm | #10 Lafayette at #7 Navy | 70–78 | 687 | PLN |
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 3 ||||||
| 3 | 7:00 pm | #9 Holy Cross at #1 Bucknell | 77–72$^{2OT}$ | 2,700 | PLN |
| 4 | 7:00 pm | #5 Colgate at #4 Army | 72–79 | 482 | PLN |
| 5 | 7:00 pm | #6 American at #3 Boston U | 69–64 | 731 | butv 10, PLN |
| 6 | 7:00 pm | #7 Navy at #2 Lehigh | 63–65 | 1,730 | SE2, PLN |
| Semifinals – Sunday, March 6 ||||||
| 7 | 12:00 pm | #9 Holy Cross at #4 Army | 60–38 | 1,107 | CBSSN |
| 8 | 2:00 pm | #6 American at #2 Lehigh | 62–78 | 2,225 | CBSSN |
| Championship – Wednesday, March 9 ||||||
| 9 | 7:30 pm | #9 Holy Cross vs. #2 Lehigh | 59–56 | 4,587 | CBSSN |
| *Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games hosted by higher-seeded team. ||||||

## Bracket

| First round March 1 Patriot League Network | First round March 1 Patriot League Network | First round March 1 Patriot League Network | Quarterfinals March 3 Patriot League Network | Quarterfinals March 3 Patriot League Network | Quarterfinals March 3 Patriot League Network | Semifinals March 6 CBS Sports Network | Semifinals March 6 CBS Sports Network | Semifinals March 6 CBS Sports Network | Championship March 9 CBS Sports Network | Championship March 9 CBS Sports Network | Championship March 9 CBS Sports Network |
| | | | 1 | Bucknell | 72 | | | | | | |
| | | | 9 | Holy Cross | 77** | | | | | | |
| 8 | Loyola (MD) | 67 | 9 | Holy Cross | 77** | | | | | | |
| 9 | Holy Cross | 72 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Holy Cross | 72 | | | | 9 | Holy Cross | 60 | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Army | 38 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Army | 79 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Colgate | 72 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 9 | Holy Cross | 59 |
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | Lehigh | 56 |
| | | | 2 | Lehigh | 65 | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Navy | 63 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Navy | 78 | 7 | Navy | 63 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Lafayette | 70 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Lafayette | 70 | | | | 2 | Lehigh | 78 | | | |
| | | | | | | 6 | American | 62 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Boston U | 64 | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | American | 69 | | | | | | |
* indicates overtime period.