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
*In 2021, 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
W
16
Holy Cross
59
16
Southern
55
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.
2021
L
14
Colgate
68
3
Arkansas
85
2022
L
14
Colgate
60
3
Wisconsin
67
2023
L
15
Colgate
61
2
Texas
81
2024
L
14
Colgate
67
3
Baylor
92
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 8, 2023
Team
Seasons
Games
Wins
Losses
Win %
Finals app.
Semis app.
Bucknell
33
72
45
27
.625
13
24
American
22
46
28
18
.609
7
15
Colgate
33
61
34
27
.557
10
18
Holy Cross
33
62
34
28
.548
11
16
Boston University
10
19
10
9
.526
2
5
Lafayette
33
55
25
30
.455
8
14
Lehigh
33
55
25
30
.455
5
16
Navy
32
48
19
29
.396
7
9
Loyola University Maryland
10
16
6
10
.375
1
1
Army
33
44
11
33
.250
0
10
*Fordham left the Patriot League in men's basketball after the 1994–95 season, with a 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 February 25, 2023
Team
Games
Wins
Losses
Win %
Titles (solo)
Last
Winning seasons
Bucknell
480
315
165
.656
13 (9)
2019
24 (of 33)
Boston University
178
101
77
.567
1 (1)
2014
6 (of 10)
Colgate
482
263
219
.546
7 (3)
2023
15 (of 33)
American
339
182
157
.537
4 (3)
2009
10 (of 22)
Holy Cross
486
256
230
.527
5 (3)
2007
15 (of 33)
Navy
471
231
240
.490
5 (1)
2000**
15 (of 32)
Lehigh*
484
232
252
.479
2 (1)
2010
15 (of 33)
Lafayette
484
206
278
.426
3 (1)
2000
9 (of 33)
Loyola University Maryland
176
68
108
.386
0 (0)
n/a
0 (of 10)
Army
484
160
324
.331
0 (0)
n/a
4 (of 33)
*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 Forfeits and Vacated Games)
**In 2021, 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 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.