The 2025 Patriot League males’s basketball event ideas off on Tuesday evening at 7 p.m. ET when No. 7 Lafayette hosts No. 10 Holy Cross. The underside 4 seeds will sq. off within the first spherical, with the winners becoming a member of the remaining six groups within the quarterfinals.
The Bucknell Bison will enter the event because the No. 1 seed after claiming the convention title tiebreaker over the American College Eagles. The 2 squads completed tied atop the Patriot League, every with a 13-5 convention document. They cut up their season sequence, which moved the tiebreaker to the document in opposition to the remainder of the convention shifting down the standings. The convention had a four-way tie for third place between Military, Colgate, Boston College, and Navy. Bucknell claimed the tiebreaker by having the higher total document in opposition to these 4 groups.
That is all vital as a result of the Patriot League doesn’t play its event on a impartial court docket. As a substitute, the upper seed hosts every recreation. Bucknell will host each recreation it performs, by the event championship recreation in the event that they make it that far.
The defending champions are the Colgate Raiders, who’ve claimed the final 4 NCAA event berths and 5 of the previous six. This yr, Colgate will enter the event because the No. 3 seed.
Right here is the bracket, together with the schedule of video games.
2025 Patriot League males’s basketball event bracket
2025 males’s Patriot League event schedule (all video games on the Larger Seed, instances ET)
First spherical — Tuesday, March 4
Recreation 1: No. 7 Lafayette 69, No. 10 Holy Cross 68
Recreation 2: No. 8 Loyola Maryland 77, No. 9 LeHigh 73
Quarterfinals — Thursday, March 6
Recreation 3: No. 3 Colgate 84, No. 6 Military 55
Recreation 4: No. 5 Navy 86, No. 4 Boston College 78
Recreation 5: No. 2 American College 71, No. 7 Lafayette 69
Recreation 6: No. 1 Bucknell 76, No. 8 Loyola Maryland 72
Semifinals — Sunday, March 9
Recreation 7: No. 5 Navy 83, No. 1 Bucknell 77
Recreation 8: No. 2 American College 72, No. 3 Colgate 62
Championship — Wednesday, March 12
Recreation 9: No. 2 American College 74, No. 5 Navy 52
