| 2022 Patriot League men's basketball tournament | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2021–22 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Site | Campus sites |
| Champions | Colgate (5th title) |
| Winning coach | Matt Langel (3rd title) |
| MVP | Jack Ferguson (Colgate) |
| Television | ESPN+,CBSSN |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colgate † | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 23 | – | 12 | .657 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Navy | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 21 | – | 11 | .656 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boston University | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 22 | – | 13 | .629 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 13 | – | 19 | .406 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Army | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 15 | – | 16 | .484 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Loyola | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 14 | – | 16 | .467 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Holy Cross | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 9 | – | 22 | .290 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 10 | – | 20 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bucknell | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 9 | – | 23 | .281 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| American | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 10 | – | 22 | .313 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| †2022 Patriot League tournament winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The2022 Patriot League men's basketball tournament was the conference postseason tournament for thePatriot League. The tournament was held on four dates during March 2022 at campus sites of the higher seeds. The winner,Colgate, received the conference's automatic bid to theNCAA tournament.[1]
All ten teams in the conference standings qualified for the tournament. The teams were seeded by record in conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
The tiebreakers used by the Patriot League are: 1) head-to-head record of teams with identical record, 2) comparison of records against individual teams in the conference starting with the top-ranked team(s) and working down, 3) NCAA NET Rankings available on day following the conclusion of Patriot League regular-season play and 4) comparison of winning percentage versus out-of-league common opponents.Holy Cross was given the higher seed thanLafayette due to having a better top-to-bottom record (by defeatingNavy).Bucknell was given the higher seed thanAmerican due to having a better top-to-bottom record (by defeatingBoston University).[2][3]
| Seed | School | Conference | NET ranking[4] (February 28, 2021) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colgate | 16–2 | 137 |
| 2 | Navy | 12–6 | 157 |
| 3 | Boston University | 11–7 | 201 |
| 4 | Lehigh | 10–8 | 301 |
| 5 | Army | 9–9 | 272 |
| 6 | Loyola | 8–10 | 259 |
| 7 | Holy Cross | 7–11 | 343 |
| 8 | Lafayette | 7–11 | 312 |
| 9 | Bucknell | 5–13 | 335 |
| 10 | American | 5–13 | 338 |
| Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round – Tuesday, March 1 | |||||
| 1 | 7:00 pm | No. 10 American at No. 7 Holy Cross | 69–63 | ESPN+ | 898 |
| 2 | 7:00 pm | No. 9 Bucknell at No. 8 Lafayette | 82–81OT | 1,740 | |
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 3 | |||||
| 3 | 7:00 pm | No. 9 Bucknell atNo. 1 Colgate | 68–96 | ESPN+ | 1,414 |
| 4 | 7:00 pm | No. 10 American atNo. 2 Navy | 64–71 | 1,011 | |
| 5 | 7:00 pm | No. 6 Loyola atNo. 3 Boston University | 64–76 | 652 | |
| 6 | 7:00 pm | No. 5 Army atNo. 4 Lehigh | 77–91 | 1,732 | |
| Semifinals – Sunday, March 6 | |||||
| 7 | 2:00 pm | No. 4 Lehigh atNo. 1 Colgate | 61–81 | CBSSN | 1,161 |
| 8 | 4:00 pm | No. 3 Boston University atNo. 2 Navy | 80–85OT | 1,179 | |
| Championship – Wednesday, March 9 | |||||
| 9 | 7:30 pm | No. 2 Navy atNo. 1 Colgate | 58–74 | CBSSN | 1,879 |
| Game times inET. Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games hosted by higher-seeded team. | |||||
| First round Tuesday, March 1, 2022 ESPN+ | Quarterfinals Thursday March 3, 2022 ESPN+ | Semifinals Sunday, March 6, 2022 CBSSN | Championship Wednesday, March 9, 2022 CBSSN | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Colgate | 96 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Lafayette | 81 | 9 | Bucknell | 68 | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Bucknell | 82* | 1 | Colgate | 81 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Lehigh | 61 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Lehigh | 91 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Army | 77 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Colgate | 74 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Navy | 58 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Navy | 71 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Holy Cross | 63 | 10 | American | 64 | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | American | 69 | 2 | Navy | 85* | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Boston University | 80 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Boston University | 76 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Loyola (MD) | 64 | |||||||||||||||||
* denotes overtime period