2015 Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament

2015 Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2014–15
Teams	10
Site	Campus sites
Champions	Lafayette (3rd title)
Winning coach	Fran O'Hanlon (3rd title)
MVP	Nick Lindner (Lafayette)
Attendance	14,357
Television	CBS Sports Network
Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournaments «2014  2016»

2014–15 Patriot League men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Bucknell	13	–	5		.722			19	–	15		.559
Colgate	12	–	6		.667			16	–	17		.485
Lehigh	10	–	8		.556			16	–	14		.533
Lafayette †	9	–	9		.500			20	–	13		.606
Boston University	9	–	9		.500			13	–	17		.433
American	8	–	10		.444			17	–	16		.515
Holy Cross	8	–	10		.444			14	–	16		.467
Navy	8	–	10		.444			13	–	19		.406
Loyola (MD)	7	–	11		.389			11	–	19		.367
Army	6	–	12		.333			15	–	15		.500
† 2015 Patriot League Tournament winner

The 2015 Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament was a tournament played March 3, 5, 8 and 11 at campus sites of the higher seed. The winner of the tournament received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Seeds

Teams were seeded by conference record, with a ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion, if necessary. If teams remain tied following these tiebreakers, RPI breaks the tie.

Seed	School	Conference	Overall	Tiebreaker #1	Tiebreaker #2
1	Bucknell	13–5	18–13
2	Colgate	12–6	15–16
3	Lehigh	10–8	16–13
4	Lafayette	9–9	17–12	1–1 vs. Boston U	1–1 vs. Bucknell
5	Boston U	9–9	13–16	1–1 vs. Lafayette	0–2 vs. Bucknell
6	American	8–10	15–15	3–1 vs. Holy Cross, Navy
7	Navy	8–10	12–18	2–2 vs. American, Holy Cross
8	Holy Cross	8–10	13–15	1–3 vs. American, Navy
9	Loyola (MD)	7–11	11–18
10	Army	6–12	15–14

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup	Television	Attendance
First round – Tuesday, March 3
1	7:00 pm	#8 Holy Cross 62, #9 Loyola (MD) 45	Patriot League Network	526
2	7:00 pm	#7 Navy 56, #10 Army 52		1,271
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 5
3	7:00 pm	#1 Bucknell 90, #8 Holy Cross 83 (OT)	Patriot League Network	2,133
4	7:00 pm	#4 Lafayette 89, #5 Boston University 64		1,648
5	7:00 pm	#6 American 68, #3 Lehigh 62		1,009
6	7:00 pm	#2 Colgate 72, #7 Navy 62		1,297
Semifinals – Sunday, March 8
7	2:00 pm	#4 Lafayette 80, #1 Bucknell 74	CBSSN	2,388
8	4:00 pm	#6 American 73, #2 Colgate 62	CBSSN	1,441
Championship – Wednesday, March 11
9	7:30 pm	#6 American 63 at #4 Lafayette 65	CBSSN	2,644
*Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games hosted by higher-seeded team.

Bracket

	First round March 3 Patriot League Network					Quarterfinals March 5 Patriot League Network					Semifinals March 8 CBS Sports Network					Championship March 11 CBS Sports Network
						1	Bucknell	90*
						8	Holy Cross	83
	8	Holy Cross	62
	9	Loyola (MD)	45
											1	Bucknell	74
										4	Lafayette	80
						4	Lafayette	89
						5	Boston U	64
																4	Lafayette	65
																6	American	63
						2	Colgate	72
						7	Navy	62
	7	Navy	56
	10	Army	52
											2	Colgate	62
										6	American	73
						3	Lehigh	62
						6	American	68

* Indicates overtime game.

References

External links

• 2015 Patriot League Men's Basketball Championship