American college basketball conference championship
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 .
Tournament finals results [ edit ] Year Champion Score Runner-up MVP Venue 1991 Fordham 84–81OT 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 68–64OT 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 2021 Colgate 85–72 Loyola Maryland Jordan Burns , CU 2022 Colgate 74–58 Navy Jack Ferguson , CU 2023 Colgate 79–61 Lafayette Tucker Richardson , CU 2024 Colgate 74–55 Lehigh Braeden Smith , CU
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Championships by school [ edit ] Tournament Regular season Team Championships Years Championships (Solo) Years Colgate 7 1995, 1996, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 7 (3) 1994^, 1995^, 1996^, 2019^, 2020, 2022, 2023 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^ Fordham † 2 1991, 1992 3 (1) 1991, 1992^, 1994^ Boston University 1 2020 1 (1) 2014 Army 0 0 (0) Loyola Maryland 0 0 (0) Total 34 43 (23)
^ 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.
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
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 [ edit ] Records as of March 8, 2023[update]
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 [ edit ] Records as of February 25, 2023[update]
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.
Regular season honors [ edit ] Award winners by school [ edit ] † Denotes school is no longer a member of the Patriot League
School Player of the Year wins Years Bucknell 8 1992, 1993, 2006, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018 Colgate 7 1994, 1996, 1997, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024 Holy Cross 5 1995, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007 Lehigh 5 2004, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016 American 3 2002, 2009, 2020 Lafayette 3 1998, 1999, 2000 Boston University 1 2022 Fordham † 1 1991 Navy 1 2008
School Coach of the Year wins Years Bucknell 9 1993, 1995, 1997*, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017 Colgate 7 1992, 1996, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023, 2024 Navy 6 1994, 1997*, 2000, 2008, 2021, 2022 Holy Cross 3 2001, 2005, 2007 Lafayette 3 1998, 1999, 2010 American 2 2009, 2014 Army 2 2002, 2013 Lehigh 2 2003, 2004 Fordham † 1 1991
*The 1997 Patriot League Coach of the Year award was shared between Pat Flannery of Bucknell and Don DeVoe of Navy .
School Rookie of the Year wins Years Holy Cross 9 1991, 1992, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2009, 2012, 2020, 2022 Colgate 5 1995, 1999, 2001, 2017, 2019 Lehigh 5 2007, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2015 American 4 2004, 2006, 2016, 2021 Army 4 1993, 2013, 2023, 2024 Bucknell 3 1994, 1997, 2003 Lafayette 3 1996, 1998, 2018 Navy 1 2011
School Defensive Player of the Year wins Years Bucknell 7 2005, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017 Holy Cross 5 2006, 2007, 2018, 2019, 2024 Army 4 2009, 2016, 2021, 2022 Colgate 3 2015, 2020, 2023 American 1 2014
Teams Championships & awards Seasons
NCAA men's college basketball tournaments
Division I
Early season Defunct Early season Conference postseason Defunct Conference postseason Postseason Defunct Postseason
Division II
Conference postseason Defunct Conference postseason Postseason
Division III
Conference postseason Defunct Conference postseason Postseason