Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament

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.

Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament
Number of teams	10
Format	Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium	on-campus sites
Current location	on-campus sites
Played	1991–present
Last contest	2020
Current champion	Boston University
Most championships	Holy Cross and Bucknell (6)
TV partner(s)	CBS Sports Network
Official website	PatriotLeague.CSTV.com Men's Basketball

Tournament Finals results

Year	Champion	Score	Runner-up	MVP	Venue
1991	Fordham	84–81^OT	Holy Cross	Damon Lopez, FU	Hart Center (Worcester, MA)
1992	Fordham	70–56	Bucknell	Fred Herzog, FU	Stabler Arena (Bethlehem, PA)
1993	Holy Cross	98–73	Bucknell	Rob Feaster, HC	Davis Gym (Lewisburg, PA)
1994	Navy	78–76	Colgate	TJ Hall, Navy	Alumni Hall (Annapolis, MD)
1995	Colgate	68–63	Navy	Tucker Neale, CU	Cotterell Court (Hamilton, NY)
1996	Colgate	74–65	Holy Cross	Adonal Foyle, CU
1997	Navy	76–75	Bucknell	Hassan Booker, Navy	Alumni Hall (Annapolis, MD)
1998	Navy	93–85	Lafayette	Skip Victor, Navy
1999	Lafayette	67–63	Bucknell	Brian Ehlers, LC	Kirby Sports Center (Easton, PA)
2000	Lafayette	87–61	Navy	Stefan Ciosici, LC
2001	Holy Cross	68–64^OT	Navy	Josh Sankes, HC	Hart Center (Worcester, MA)
2002	Holy Cross	58–54	American	Tim Szatko, HC	Bender Arena (Washington, D.C.)
2003	Holy Cross	72–64	American	Patrick Whearty, HC	Hart Center (Worcester, MA)
2004	Lehigh	59–57	American	Austen Rowland, LU	Stabler Arena (Bethlehem, PA)
2005	Bucknell	61–57	Holy Cross	Charles Lee, BU	Hart Center (Worcester, MA)
2006	Bucknell	74–59	Holy Cross	Charles Lee, BU	Sojka Pavilion (Lewisburg, PA)
2007	Holy Cross	74–66	Bucknell	Keith Simmons, HC	Hart Center (Worcester, MA)
2008	American	52–46	Colgate	Garrison Carr, AU	Bender Arena (Washington, D.C.)
2009	American	73–57	Holy Cross	Garrison Carr, AU
2010	Lehigh	74–59	Lafayette	Zahir Carrington, LU	Stabler Arena (Bethlehem, PA)
2011	Bucknell	72–57	Lafayette	Mike Muscala, BU	Sojka Pavilion (Lewisburg, PA)
2012	Lehigh	82–77	Bucknell	CJ McCollum, LU
2013	Bucknell	64–56	Lafayette	Mike Muscala, BU
2014	American	55–36	Boston University	Darius Gardner, AU	Agganis Arena (Boston, MA)
2015	Lafayette	65–63	American	Nick Lindner, LC	Kirby Sports Center (Easton, PA)
2016	Holy Cross	59–56	Lehigh	Malachi Alexander, HC	Stabler Arena (Bethlehem, PA)
2017	Bucknell	81–65	Lehigh	Zach Thomas, BU	Sojka Pavilion (Lewisburg, PA)
2018	Bucknell	83–54	Colgate	Stephen Brown, BU
2019	Colgate	94–80	Bucknell	Jordan Burns, CU	Cotterell Court (Hamilton, NY)
2020	Boston University	64–61	Colgate	Max Mahoney, BU

Sources:[1][2]

Championships by school

	Tournament		Regular season
Team	Championships	Years	Championships (Solo)	Years
Bucknell	6	2005, 2006, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2018	13 (9)	1992^, 1993, 1995^, 2006, 2007^, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019^
Holy Cross	6	1993, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2016	5 (3)	1994^, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007^
American	3	2008, 2009, 2014	4 (3)	2002, 2004^, 2008, 2009
Lehigh	3	2004, 2010, 2012	2 (1)	2004^, 2010
Navy	3	1994, 1997, 1998	5 (1)	1994^, 1996^, 1997, 1998^, 2000^
Lafayette	3	1999, 2000, 2015	3 (1)	1998^, 1999, 2000^
Colgate	3	1995, 1996, 2019	5 (1)	1994^, 1995^, 1996^, 2019^, 2020
Fordham†	2	1991, 1992	3 (1)	1991, 1992^, 1994^
Boston University	1	2020	1 (1)	2014
Army	0		0 (0)
Loyola University Maryland	0		0 (0)
Total	30		40 (20)

^ Regular season co-champion
† 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, 2020

Team	Games	Wins	Losses	Win %	Finals app.	Semis app.
Bucknell	67	44	23	.657	13	23
American	40	23	17	.575	7	14
Holy Cross	59	35	24	.593	11	16
Boston University	12	6	6	.500	1	4
Lehigh	51	24	27	.471	5	15
Lafayette	49	23	26	.469	7	13
Colgate	51	24	27	.471	6	15
Navy	43	17	26	.395	6	8
Army	39	9	30	.231	0	8
Loyola University Maryland	9	2	7	.222	0	0

*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.

All-time regular season standings

Records as of March 1, 2020

Team	Games	Wins	Losses	Win %	Titles (solo)	Last	Winning seasons
Bucknell	434	302	132	.696	13 (9)	2019	25 (of 30)
Boston University	126	76	50	.603	1 (1)	2014	5 (of 7)
American	294	167	127	.568	4 (1)	2009	10 (of 19)
Holy Cross	434	237	197	.546	5 (3)	2007	15 (of 30)
Colgate	434	220	214	.507	5 (1)	2020	13 (of 30)
Navy	422	197	225	.467	5 (1)	2000	13 (of 29)
Lehigh*	434	206	228	.475	2 (2)	2010	13 (of 30)
Loyola University Maryland	126	49	77	.389	0 (0)	n/a	0 (of 7)
Lafayette	434	182	252	.419	3 (1)	2000	8 (of 30)
Army	434	135	299	.311	0 (0)	n/a	3 (of 30)

*Adjusted for vacated wins of 2004–05 season. Lehigh finished with a league record of 7–7, but later vacated 6 wins for an adjusted record of 1–13 (per https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/friv/forfeits.cgi)

**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.

Regular season honors

Year	MVP	Team	CoY	Team	RoY	Team	DPoY	Team
1991	Damon Lopez	Fordham	Nick Macarchuk	Fordham	Jim Nairus	Holy Cross	Not awarded	Not awarded
1992	Patrick King	Bucknell	Jack Bruen	Colgate	Rob Feaster	Holy Cross	Not awarded	Not awarded
1993	Mike Bright	Bucknell	Charlie Woollum	Bucknell	Alex Morris	Army	Not awarded	Not awarded
1994	Tucker Neale	Colgate	Don DeVoe	Navy	Gordon Mboya	Bucknell	Not awarded	Not awarded
1995	Rob Feaster	Holy Cross	Pat Flannery	Bucknell	Adonal Foyle	Colgate	Not awarded	Not awarded
1996	Adonal Foyle	Colgate	Jack Bruen	Colgate	Stefan Ciosici	Lafayette	Not awarded	Not awarded
1997	Adonal Foyle	Colgate	Flannery/DeVoe	Bucknell/Navy	Dan Bowen	Bucknell	Not awarded	Not awarded
1998	Stefan Ciosici	Lafayette	Fran O'Hanlon	Lafayette	Tyson Whitfield	Lafayette	Not awarded	Not awarded
1999	Brian Ehlers	Lafayette	Fran O'Hanlon	Lafayette	Pat Campolieta	Colgate	Not awarded	Not awarded
2000	Brian Ehlers	Lafayette	Don DeVoe	Navy	Tim Szatko	Holy Cross	Not awarded	Not awarded
2001	Tim Szatko	Holy Cross	Ralph Willard	Holy Cross	Mark Linebaugh	Colgate	Not awarded	Not awarded
2002	Patrick Doctor	American	Pat Harris	Army	Nate Lufkin	Holy Cross	Not awarded	Not awarded
2003	Patrick Whearty	Holy Cross	Billy Taylor	Lehigh	Kevin Bettencourt	Bucknell	Not awarded	Not awarded
2004	Austen Rowland	Lehigh	Billy Taylor	Lehigh	Andre Ingram	American	Not awarded	Not awarded
2005	Kevin Hamilton	Holy Cross	Ralph Willard	Holy Cross	Pat Doherty	Holy Cross	Abe Badmus	Bucknell
2006	Charles Lee	Bucknell	Pat Flannery	Bucknell	Derrick Mercer	American	Kevin Hamilton	Holy Cross
2007	Keith Simmons	Holy Cross	Ralph Willard	Holy Cross	Marquis Hall	Lehigh	Torey Thomas	Holy Cross
2008	Greg Sprink	Navy	Billy Lange	Navy	Rob Keefer	Lehigh	Stephen Tyree	Bucknell
2009	Derrick Mercer	American	Jeff Jones	American	RJ Evans	Holy Cross	Marcus Nelson	Army
2010	CJ McCollum	Lehigh	Fran O'Hanlon	Lafayette	CJ McCollum	Lehigh	Bryan Cohen	Bucknell
2011	Mike Muscala	Bucknell	Dave Paulsen	Bucknell	JJ Avila	Navy	Bryan Cohen	Bucknell
2012	CJ McCollum	Lehigh	Dave Paulsen	Bucknell	Justin Burrell	Holy Cross	Bryan Cohen	Bucknell
2013	Mike Muscala	Bucknell	Zach Spiker	Army	Kyle Wilson	Army	Mike Muscala	Bucknell
2014	Cameron Ayers	Bucknell	Mike Brennan	American	Tim Kempton	Lehigh	Tony Wroblicky	American
2015	Tim Kempton	Lehigh	Dave Paulsen	Bucknell	Kahron Ross	Lehigh	Luke Roh	Colgate
2016	Tim Kempton	Lehigh	Nathan Davis	Bucknell	Delante Jones	American	Will Kelly	Army
2017	Nana Foulland	Bucknell	Nathan Davis	Bucknell	Will Rayman	Colgate	Nana Foulland	Bucknell
2018	Zach Thomas	Bucknell	Matt Langel	Colgate	Alex Petrie	Lafayette	Jehyve Floyd	Holy Cross
2019	Rapolas Ivanauskas	Colgate	Matt Langel	Colgate	Tucker Richardson	Colgate	Jehyve Floyd	Holy Cross
2020	Sa'eed Nelson	American	Matt Langel	Colgate	Joe Pridgen	Holy Cross	Will Raymen	Colgate

Broadcasters

Television

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Analyst	Sideline
2019	CBS Sports Network	Jason Knapp	Mo Cassara	Jenny Dell
2018			Pete Gillen	Cassie McKinney
2017			Mo Cassara
2016
2015			Chris Spatola
2014
2013[3]		Bob Socci
2012[4]			Vince Curran
2011[5]	ESPN2	Jon Sciambi	LaPhonso Ellis
2010[6]	ESPN
2009[7]		Dave Barnett	Tim Welsh
2008[8]		Dave O'Brien	Bob Valvano
2007[9]	ESPN2	Bob Wischusen	Tim McCormick
2006[10]			Donny Marshall
2005[11]		Dave Revsine	Jay Williams
2004[12]			Doug Gottlieb
2003[13]	ESPN		Doris Burke
2001[14]		Dewayne Staats	Bob Wenzel

Radio

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Analyst
2016	Westwood One	Scott Graham	Kevin Grevey
2015
2014			Kyle Macy
2013	Dial Global Sports	John Tautges	Kevin Grevey

See also

• Patriot League Women's Basketball Tournament

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