# 2022 Patriot League men's basketball tournament

The 2022 Patriot League men's basketball tournament was the conference postseason tournament for the Patriot League. The tournament was held on four dates during March 2022 at campus sites of the higher seeds. The winner, Colgate, received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

## Seeds

All ten teams in the conference standings qualified for the tournament. The teams were seeded by record in conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
The tiebreakers used by the Patriot League are: 1) head-to-head record of teams with identical record, 2) comparison of records against individual teams in the conference starting with the top-ranked team(s) and working down, 3) NCAA NET Rankings available on day following the conclusion of Patriot League regular-season play and 4) comparison of winning percentage versus out-of-league common opponents. Holy Cross was given the higher seed than Lafayette due to having a better top-to-bottom record (by defeating Navy). Bucknell was given the higher seed than American due to having a better top-to-bottom record (by defeating Boston University).
| Seed | School | Conference | NET ranking (February 28, 2021) |
| 1 | Colgate | 16–2 | 137 |
| 2 | Navy | 12–6 | 157 |
| 3 | Boston University | 11–7 | 201 |
| 4 | Lehigh | 10–8 | 301 |
| 5 | Army | 9–9 | 272 |
| 6 | Loyola | 8–10 | 259 |
| 7 | Holy Cross | 7–11 | 343 |
| 8 | Lafayette | 7–11 | 312 |
| 9 | Bucknell | 5–13 | 335 |
| 10 | American | 5–13 | 338 |

## Schedule

| Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television | Attendance |
| First round – Tuesday, March 1 ||||||
| 1 | 7:00 pm | No. 10 American at No. 7 Holy Cross | 69–63 | ESPN+ | 898 |
| 2 | 7:00 pm | No. 9 Bucknell at No. 8 Lafayette | 82–81$^{OT}$ | ESPN+ | 1,740 |
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 3 ||||||
| 3 | 7:00 pm | No. 9 Bucknell at No. 1 Colgate | 68–96 | ESPN+ | 1,414 |
| 4 | 7:00 pm | No. 10 American at No. 2 Navy | 64–71 | ESPN+ | 1,011 |
| 5 | 7:00 pm | No. 6 Loyola at No. 3 Boston University | 64–76 | ESPN+ | 652 |
| 6 | 7:00 pm | No. 5 Army at No. 4 Lehigh | 77–91 | ESPN+ | 1,732 |
| Semifinals – Sunday, March 6 ||||||
| 7 | 2:00 pm | No. 4 Lehigh at No. 1 Colgate | 61–81 | CBSSN | 1,161 |
| 8 | 4:00 pm | No. 3 Boston University at No. 2 Navy | 80–85$^{OT}$ | CBSSN | 1,179 |
| Championship – Wednesday, March 9 ||||||
| 9 | 7:30 pm | No. 2 Navy at No. 1 Colgate | 58–74 | CBSSN | 1,879 |
| Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games hosted by higher-seeded team. ||||||

## Bracket

| First round Tuesday, March 1, 2022 ESPN+ | First round Tuesday, March 1, 2022 ESPN+ | First round Tuesday, March 1, 2022 ESPN+ | Quarterfinals Thursday March 3, 2022 ESPN+ | Quarterfinals Thursday March 3, 2022 ESPN+ | Quarterfinals Thursday March 3, 2022 ESPN+ | Semifinals Sunday, March 6, 2022 CBSSN | Semifinals Sunday, March 6, 2022 CBSSN | Semifinals Sunday, March 6, 2022 CBSSN | Championship Wednesday, March 9, 2022 CBSSN | Championship Wednesday, March 9, 2022 CBSSN | Championship Wednesday, March 9, 2022 CBSSN |
| | | | 1 | Colgate | 96 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Lafayette | 81 | 9 | Bucknell | 68 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Bucknell | 82* | | | | 1 | Colgate | 81 | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Lehigh | 61 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Lehigh | 91 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Army | 77 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | Colgate | 74 |
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | Navy | 58 |
| | | | 2 | Navy | 71 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Holy Cross | 63 | 10 | American | 64 | | | | | | |
| 10 | American | 69 | | | | 2 | Navy | 85* | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | Boston University | 80 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Boston University | 76 | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Loyola (MD) | 64 | | | | | | |
* denotes overtime period