# 2024–25 Patriot League men's basketball season

The 2024–25 Patriot League men's basketball season began with practices in September 2024 and will end with the 2025 Patriot League men's basketball tournament in March 2025.

## Head coaches
### Coaching changes

* On March 30, 2024, Loyola named Josh Loeffler as their new head coach.

### Coaches

| Team | Head coach | Previous job | Season | Overall record | Patriot record | NCAA Tournaments |
| American | Duane Simpkins | George Mason (asst.) | 2nd | 35–28 (.556) | 23–13 (.639) | 1 |
| Army | Kevin Kuwik | Butler (asst.) | 2nd | 26–36 (.419) | 16–20 (.444) | 0 |
| Boston University | Joe Jones | Boston College (asst.) | 14th | 234–206 (.532) | 144–102 (.585) | 0 |
| Bucknell | John Griffin III | St. Joseph's (asst.) | 2nd | 31–33 (.484) | 23–13 (.639) | 0 |
| Colgate | Matt Langel | Temple (asst.) | 14th | 240–202 (.543) | 151–87 (.634) | 5 |
| Holy Cross | Dave Paulson | Fordham (asst.) | 2nd | 23–41 (.359) | 11–25 (.306) | 0 |
| Lafayette | Mike McGarvey | Lafayette (asst.) | 3rd | 25–43 (.368) | 17–19 (.472) | 0 |
| Lehigh | Brett Reed | Lehigh (asst.) | 18th | 287–258 (.527) | 160–134 (.544) | 2 |
| Loyola | Josh Loeffler | Cincinnati (asst.) | 1st | 11–18 (.379) | 6–12 (.333) | 0 |
| Navy | Ed DeChellis | Penn State | 14th | 194–229 (.459) | 113–126 (.473) | 0 |
Notes:
* Season number includes 2024–25 season.
* Records are inclusive through the 2024–25 season.
* NCAA Tournament appearances are through the 2024-25 season.

## Preseason
### Preseason coaches poll

2024–25 Patriot League Preseason Coaches Poll :
| Rank | Team (First place votes) | Points |
| 1 | Colgate (14) | 156 |
| 2 | American (4) | 144 |
| 3 | Boston University (2) | 120 |
| 4 | Bucknell | 115 |
| 5 | Lehigh | 103 |
| 6 | Lafayette | 77 |
| 7 | Army | 64 |
| 8 | Navy | 61 |
| 9 | Holy Cross | 40 |
| 10 | Loyola | 20 |

### Preseason All-Patriot League

* First team
* Matt Rogers, American
* Miles Brewster, Boston University
* Noah Williamson, Bucknell
* Taylor Whitney-Sidney, Lehigh
* Austin Benigni, Navy
* Preseason Player of the Year: Matt Rogers, American

## Regular season
### Player of the Week awards

| Week | Player of the Week | Rookie of the Week |
| 1 | Austin Benigni, Navy | Braeden Speed, Loyola |
| 2 | Max Green, Holy Cross | Max Green, Holy Cross |
| 3 | Elijah Stephens, American | Azmar Abdullah, Boston University |
| 4 | Milos Ilic, Loyola | Alex Chaikin, Lafayette |
| 5 | Jalen Rucker, Army | Max Green (2), Holy Cross |
| 6 | Jordan Stiemke, Loyola | Braeden Speed (2), Loyola |
| 7 | Joe Nugent, Holy Cross | Max Green (3), Holy Cross |
| 8 | Jalen Rucker (2), Army | Max Green (4), Holy Cross |
| 9 | Donovan Draper, Navy | Max Green (5), Holy Cross |
| 10 | Jalen Rucker (3), Army | Caleb Williams, Lafayette |
| 11 | Jalen Rucker (4), Army | Max Green (6), Holy Cross |
| 12 | Matt Rogers, American | Max Green (7), Holy Cross |
| 13 | Noah Williamson, Bucknell | Braeden Speed (3), Loyola |
| 14 | Noah Williamson (2), Bucknell | Max Green (8), Holy Cross |
| 15 | Matt Rogers (2), American | Alex Chaikin (2), Lafayette |
| 16 | Josh Bascoe, Bucknell | Max Green (9), Holy Cross |
| 17 | Jordan Pennick, Navy | Alex Chaikin (3), Lafayette |
| School | POTW | ROTW |
| American | 3 | 0 |
| Army | 4 | 0 |
| Boston University | 0 | 1 |
| Bucknell | 3 | 0 |
| Colgate | 0 | 0 |
| Holy Cross | 2 | 9 |
| Lafayette | 0 | 4 |
| Lehigh | 0 | 0 |
| Loyola | 2 | 3 |
| Navy | 3 | 0 |

## Postseason
### Patriot League tournament

The conference tournament will be played from March 4 to March 12, 2025. All tournament games are hosted at the higher seed's campus site.

### NCAA Tournament

As the conference champion, American received an automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.
| Seed | Region | School | First Four | First round | Second round | Sweet Sixteen | Elite Eight | Final Four | Championship |
| 16 | East | American | vs. (16) Mount Saint Mary's - (Dayton) | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― |

## Conference awards

2025 Patriot League Men's Basketball Individual Awards :
| Award | Recipient(s) |
| Player of the Year | Noah Williamson, Bucknell |
| Coach of the Year | John Griffin III, Bucknell |
| Defensive Player of the Year | Justin Vander Baan, Lafayette |
| Rookie of the Year | Max Green, Holy Cross |
| Reference: ||||
2025 Patriot League Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams :
| First Team | Second Team | Third Team | Defensive Team | Rookie Team |
| Matt Rogers, AMER Jalen Rucker, ARMY Noah Williamson, BUCK John Bascoe, BUCK Austin Benigni, NAVY | Josh Scovens, ARMY Kyrone Alexander, BU Jeff Woodward, CLG Tyler Whitney-Sidney, LEH Milos Ilic, LMU | Elijah Stephens, AMER Miles Brewster, BU Jalen Cox, CLG Max Green, HC Alex Chaikan, LAF Justin Vander Baan, LAF | Greg Jones, AMER Noah Williamson, BUCK Jalen Cox, CLG Caleb Kenney, HC Justin Vander Baan, LAF | Azmar Abdullah, BU Max Green, HC Alex Chaikin, LAF Caleb Williams, LAF Hank Alvey, LEH |