2017 Patriot League Women's Basketball Tournament

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2017 Patriot League Women's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2016–17
Teams10
SiteCampus sites
ChampionsBucknell
TelevisionPLN, CBSSN
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2016–17 Patriot League women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Bucknell † 16 – 2   .889 27 – 6   .818
Navy 14 – 4   .778 24 – 10   .706
Army 12 – 6   .667 22 – 9   .710
American 11 – 7   .611 15 – 16   .484
Boston University 11 – 7   .611 13 – 17   .433
Colgate 7 – 11   .389 10 – 20   .333
Loyola (MD) 6 – 12   .333 11 – 20   .355
Holy Cross 6 – 12   .333 8 – 21   .276
Lehigh 5 – 13   .278 10 – 20   .333
Lafayette 2 – 16   .111 4 – 28   .125
† 2017 Patriot League Tournament winner
As of March 4, 2017; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2017 Patriot League Women's Basketball Tournament was held March 4, 6, 10 and 11 at campus sites of the higher seed, except that both semi-final games will be played at the same site of the highest seed. This means that Bucknell vs. American and Army vs. Navy will both be played in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania at Sojka Pavilion on Friday, March 10, 2017, at 5:00pm and 7:30pm respectively. The winner of the tournament will earn an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament.

Seeds[]

Teams are seeded by conference record, with ties broken in the following order:

  • Head-to-head record between the teams involved in the tie
  • Record against the highest-seeded team not involved in the tie, going down through the seedings as necessary
  • Higher RPI entering the tournament, as published by College Basketball News
Seed School Conference Overall Tiebreaker
1 Bucknell 16–2 24–5
2 Navy 14–4 21–8
3 Army 12–6 21–8
4 American 11–7 14–15 1–1 vs. BU, 1–1 vs. Buck
5 Boston 11–7 13–16 1–1 vs. Amer, 0–2 vs. Buck
6 Colgate 7–11 10–19
7 Holy Cross 6–12 8–21 1–1 vs. L-MD, 1–1 vs. Buck
8 Loyola (MD) 6–12 10–19 1–1 vs. Holy, 0–2 vs. Buck
9 Lehigh 5–13 10–19
10 Lafayette 2–16 3–27

Schedule[]

Game Time* Matchup Television Attendance
First round – Saturday, March 4
1 1:00 PM #10 Lafayette at #7 Holy Cross PLN
2 7:00 PM #9 Lehigh at #8 Loyola (MD)
Quarterfinals – Monday, March 6
3 6:00 PM #8 Loyola (MD) at #1 Bucknell PLN
4 7:00 PM #5 Boston at #4 American
5 7:00 PM #6 Colgate at #3 Army
6 7:05 PM #10 Lafayette at #2 Navy
Semifinals – Friday, March 10
7 #4 American at #1 Bucknell PLN
8 #3 Army at #2 Navy
Championship – Saturday, March 11
9 6:00 pm #2 Navy at #1 Bucknell CBSSN
*Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games hosted by higher-seeded team.

Bracket[]

First round
March 4
Patriot League Network 		Quarterfinals
March 6
Patriot League Network 		Semifinals
March 10
Patriot League Network 		Championship
March 11
CBS Sports Network
            
1 Bucknell 75
8 Loyola (MD) 72
8 Loyola (MD) 78
9 Lehigh 50
1 Bucknell 69
4 American 57
4 American 57
5 Boston 51
1 Bucknell 79
2 Navy 71
2 Navy 53
10 Lafayette 37
7 Holy Cross 54
10 Lafayette 56
2 Navy 54
3 Army 53
3 Army 83
6 Colgate 76

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