2019 Patriot League Women's Basketball Tournament

The 2019 Patriot League Women's Basketball Tournament will be held from March 9, 11, 14 and 17 at campus sites of the higher seed, except that both semi-final games will be played at the same site of the highest seed. The winner will earn an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament. Bucknell won the conference tournament championship game over American, 66–54. Kaitlyn Slagus was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player.[1]

2019 Patriot League Women's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2018–19
Teams	10
Site	Campus sites
Champions	Bucknell (4th title)
Winning coach	Aaron Russell (2nd title)
MVP	Kaitlyn Slagus (Bucknell)
Television	PLN, CBSSN
Patriot League Women's Basketball Tournaments

2018–19 Patriot League women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Bucknell †	16	–	2		.889			28	–	6		.824
American	16	–	2		.889			22	–	11		.667
Lehigh	12	–	6		.667			21	–	10		.677
Boston University	11	–	7		.611			15	–	14		.517
Holy Cross	9	–	9		.500			18	–	13		.581
Colgate	8	–	10		.444			12	–	17		.414
Army	6	–	12		.333			11	–	19		.367
Navy	5	–	13		.278			10	–	19		.345
Loyola (MD)	5	–	13		.278			7	–	24		.226
Lafayette	2	–	16		.111			8	–	23		.258
† 2019 Patriot League Tournament winner As of March 22, 2019; Rankings from AP Poll

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

American, Bucknell, Holy Cross, BU, and Lehigh received first round byes.[2]

Seed	School	Conference	Overall	Tiebreaker
1	Bucknell	16–2	25–4	2–0 vs American
2	American	16–2	20–9	0–2 vs Bucknell
3	Lehigh	12–6	20–9
4	Boston University	11–7	15–13
5	Holy Cross	9–9	17–12
6	Colgate	8–10	12–16
7	Army	6–12	11–18
8	Loyola (MD)	5–13	6–23	2–0 vs. Lafayette
9	Navy	5–13	10–18	1–1 vs. Lafayette
10	Lafayette	2–16	7–22

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup	Television	Attendance
First round – Saturday, March 9
1	1:00 pm	#10 Lafayette at #7 Army	PLN	197
2	2:00 pm	#9 Navy at #8 Loyola (MD)		242
Quarterfinals – Monday, March 11
3	6:00 pm	#10 Lafayette at #1 Bucknell	PLN	846
4	7:00 pm	#8 Loyola (MD) at #2 American		303
5	6:00 pm	#6 Colgate at #3 Lehigh		535
6	7:00 pm	#5 Holy Cross at #4 Boston University		490
Semifinals – Thursday, March 14
7	6:00 pm	#5 Holy Cross at #1 Bucknell	PLN	855
8	7:00 pm	#3 Lehigh at #2 American		393
Championship – Sunday, March 17
9	12:00 pm	#2 American at #1 Bucknell	CBSSN	1672[3]
*Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games hosted by higher-seeded team.

Bracket

	First Round March 9 Patriot League Network					Quarterfinals March 11 Patriot League Network					Semifinals March 14 Patriot League Network					Championship March 17 CBS Sports Network
						1	Bucknell	88
						8	Loyola (MD)	63
	8	Loyola (MD)	58
	9	Navy	45
											1	Bucknell	66
										5	Holy Cross	31
						4	Boston University	70
						5	Holy Cross	72
																1	Bucknell	66
																2	American	54
						2	American	67
						10	Lafayette	47
	7	Army	61
	10	Lafayette	63
											2	American	68
										3	Lehigh	57
						3	Lehigh	78
						6	Colgate	68

References

1. "TICKET PUNCHED! Bison Women's Basketball Back in the Big Dance after 66-54 Win over American in PL Title Game". Bucknell University Athletics. Retrieved 2019-03-18.
2. "Patriot League". patriotleague.org. Retrieved 2019-03-18.
3. "American vs. Bucknell - Game Summary - March 17, 2019 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2019-03-18.

External links

• 2019 Patriot League Women's Basketball Championship