2017 Patriot League women's basketball tournament

2017 Patriot League women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2016–17
Teams	10
Site	Campus sites
Champions	Bucknell
Television	PLN, CBSSN
Patriot League women's basketball tournaments

2016–17 Patriot League women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Bucknell †	16	–	2		.889			27	–	6		.818
Navy	14	–	4		.778			24	–	10		.706
Army	12	–	6		.667			22	–	9		.710
American	11	–	7		.611			15	–	16		.484
Boston University	11	–	7		.611			13	–	17		.433
Colgate	7	–	11		.389			10	–	20		.333
Loyola (MD)	6	–	12		.333			11	–	20		.355
Holy Cross	6	–	12		.333			8	–	21		.276
Lehigh	5	–	13		.278			10	–	20		.333
Lafayette	2	–	16		.111			4	–	28		.125
† 2017 Patriot League tournament winner As of March 4, 2017 Rankings from AP poll

The 2017 Patriot League women's basketball tournament was held March 4, 6, 10, and 11 at campus sites of the higher seed, except that both semi-final games will be played at the same site of the highest seed. This means that Bucknell vs. American and Army vs. Navy will both be played in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, at Sojka Pavilion on Friday, March 10, 2017, at 5:00pm and 7:30pm respectively. The winner of the tournament will earn an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament.

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

Seed	School	Conference	Overall	Tiebreaker
1	Bucknell	16–2	24–5
2	Navy	14–4	21–8
3	Army	12–6	21–8
4	American	11–7	14–15	1–1 vs. BU, 1–1 vs. Buck
5	Boston	11–7	13–16	1–1 vs. Amer, 0–2 vs. Buck
6	Colgate	7–11	10–19
7	Holy Cross	6–12	8–21	1–1 vs. L-MD, 1–1 vs. Buck
8	Loyola (MD)	6–12	10–19	1–1 vs. Holy, 0–2 vs. Buck
9	Lehigh	5–13	10–19
10	Lafayette	2–16	3–27

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup	Television	Attendance
First round – Saturday, March 4
1	1:00 PM	#10 Lafayette at #7 Holy Cross	PLN
2	7:00 PM	#9 Lehigh at #8 Loyola (MD)
Quarterfinals – Monday, March 6
3	6:00 PM	#8 Loyola (MD) at #1 Bucknell	PLN
4	7:00 PM	#5 Boston at #4 American
5	7:00 PM	#6 Colgate at #3 Army
6	7:05 PM	#10 Lafayette at #2 Navy
Semifinals – Friday, March 10
7		#4 American at #1 Bucknell	PLN
8		#3 Army at #2 Navy
Championship – Saturday, March 11
9	6:00 pm	#2 Navy at #1 Bucknell	CBSSN
*Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games hosted by higher-seeded team.

Bracket

	First round March 4 Patriot League Network					Quarterfinals March 6 Patriot League Network					Semifinals March 10 Patriot League Network					Championship March 11 CBS Sports Network
						1	Bucknell	75
						8	Loyola (MD)	72
	8	Loyola (MD)	78
	9	Lehigh	50
											1	Bucknell	69
											4	American	57
						4	American	57
						5	Boston	51
																1	Bucknell	79
																2	Navy	71
						2	Navy	53
						10	Lafayette	37
	7	Holy Cross	54
	10	Lafayette	56
											2	Navy	54
											3	Army	53
						3	Army	83
						6	Colgate	76

External links

• 2017 Patriot League Women's Basketball Championship