The Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament is held at the conclusion of each regular season. The winner of the tournament is awarded an automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship.
^ Regular season co-champion
*Navy finished 12-1, the best regular season winning percentage and received the #1 seed in the league tournament. However, the Patriot League did not award Navy a regular season title due to the unbalanced schedule. Navy played only 5 of the other 9 teams in the league and played more than half of their league games against just two teams.
† Fordham departed the Patriot League in all sports (except football) in 1995.
Postseason results[]
NCAA Tournament results
Year
W/L
Seed
PL Team
Score
Seed
Opponent
Score
1991
L
16
Fordham
64
16
St. Francis
70
1992
L
14
Fordham
58
3
Massachusetts
85
1993
L
13
Holy Cross
64
4
Arkansas
94
1994
L
16
Navy
53
1
Missouri
76
1995
L
16
Colgate
68
1
Kansas
72
1996
L
16
Colgate
59
1
Connecticut
68
1997
L
15
Navy
61
2
Utah
75
1998
L
16
Navy
52
1
North Carolina
88
1999
L
15
Lafayette
54
2
Miami (FL)
75
2000
L
15
Lafayette
42
2
Temple
73
2001
L
15
Holy Cross
68
2
Kentucky
72
2002
L
16
Holy Cross
59
1
Kansas
70
2003
L
14
Holy Cross
68
3
Marquette
72
2004
L
16
Lehigh
57
16
Florida A&M
72
2005
W
14
Bucknell
64
3
Kansas
63
2005
L
14
Bucknell
62
6
Wisconsin
71
2006
W
9
Bucknell
59
8
Arkansas
55
2006
L
9
Bucknell
56
1
Memphis
72
2007
L
13
Holy Cross
51
4
Southern Illinois
61
2008
L
15
American
57
2
Tennessee
72
2009
L
14
American
67
3
Villanova
80
2010
L
16
Lehigh
74
1
Kansas
90
2011
L
14
Bucknell
52
3
Connecticut
81
2012
W
15
Lehigh
75
2
Duke
70
2012
L
15
Lehigh
58
10
Xavier
70
2013
L
11
Bucknell
56
6
Butler
68
2014
L
15
American
35
2
Wisconsin
75
2015
L
16
Lafayette
52
1
Villanova
93
2016
L
16
Holy Cross
52
1
Oregon
91
2017
L
13
Bucknell
80
4
West Virginia
86
2018
L
14
Bucknell
78
3
Michigan St
82
2019
L
15
Colgate
70
2
Tennessee
77
2020
NCAA Tournament was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
NIT results
Year
W/L
Seed
PL Team
Score
Seed
Opponent
Score
2005
W
Holy Cross
78
Notre Dame
73
2005
L
Holy Cross
60
St. Josephs
68
2012
W
8
Bucknell
65
1
Arizona
54
2012
L
8
Bucknell
67
5
Nevada
75
2014
L
7
Boston
62
2
Illinois
66
2015
L
8
Bucknell
67
1
Temple
73
2016
L
8
Bucknell
80
1
Monmouth
90
All-time Patriot League Tournament records[]
Records as of March 6, 2021
Team
Games
Wins
Losses
Win %
Finals app.
Semis app.
Bucknell
68
45
23
.662
13
24
American
41
23
18
.561
7
14
Holy Cross
59
35
24
.593
11
16
Boston University
14
7
7
.500
1
4
Lehigh
52
24
28
.462
5
15
Lafayette
50
23
27
.460
7
13
Colgate
52
25
27
.481
6
16
Navy
44
17
27
.386
6
8
Army
40
10
30
.250
0
9
Loyola University Maryland
10
3
7
.300
0
1
*Fordham left the Patriot League in men's basketball after the 1994–95 season, with an cumulative tournament record of 7–3 in its 5 seasons with the league. In total Fordham made 2 finals appearances and 4 semi-finals appearances.
**Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the league played a modified schedule with teams playing from 9 to 16 league games. Navy finished 12-1, the best regular season winning percentage and received the #1 seed in the league tournament.
***Fordham left the Patriot League in men's basketball after the 1994–95 season, with an cumulative record of 46–22 (0.676), 3 regular season titles (1 solo) and winning seasons in 4 of 5 played.