Patriot League Tournament 2025: Bracket, schedule, scores, how home court is determined

The 2025 Patriot League men’s basketball tournament tips off on Tuesday night at 7 p.m. ET when No. 7 Lafayette hosts No. 10 Holy Cross. The bottom four seeds will square off in the first round, with the winners joining the remaining six teams in the quarterfinals.

The Bucknell Bison will enter the tournament as the No. 1 seed after claiming the conference title tiebreaker over the American University Eagles. The two squads finished tied atop the Patriot League, each with a 13-5 conference record. They split their season series, which moved the tiebreaker to the record against the rest of the conference moving down the standings. The conference had a four-way tie for third place between Army, Colgate, Boston University, and Navy. Bucknell claimed the tiebreaker by having the better overall record against those four teams.

This is all significant because the Patriot League does not play its tournament on a neutral court. Instead, the higher seed hosts each game. Bucknell will host every game it plays, through the tournament championship game if they make it that far.

The defending champions are the Colgate Raiders, who have claimed the last four NCAA tournament berths and five of the past six. This year, Colgate will enter the tournament as the No. 3 seed.

Here is the bracket, along with the schedule of games.

2025 Patriot League men’s basketball tournament bracket

2025 men’s Patriot League tournament schedule (all games at the Higher Seed, times ET)

First round — Tuesday, March 4

Game 1: No. 7 Lafayette 69, No. 10 Holy Cross 68
Game 2: No. 8 Loyola Maryland 77, No. 9 LeHigh 73

Quarterfinals — Thursday, March 6

Game 3: No. 3 Colgate 84, No. 6 Army 55
Game 4: No. 5 Navy 86, No. 4 Boston University 78
Game 5: No. 2 American University 71, No. 7 Lafayette 69
Game 6: No. 1 Bucknell 76, No. 8 Loyola Maryland 72

Semifinals — Sunday, March 9

Game 7: No. 5 Navy 83, No. 1 Bucknell 77
Game 8: No. 2 American University 72, No. 3 Colgate 62

Championship — Wednesday, March 12

Game 9: No. 2 American University 74, No. 5 Navy 52