The 2024 Patriot League Women's Basketball Tournament will be the conference postseason tournament for the Patriot League. The tournament will be held March 9–17, 2024 at campus sites of the higher seeds. The winner will receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.[1]
2024 Patriot League women's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 2023–24 |
Teams | 10 |
Site | Campus sites |
Champions | Holy Cross (13th title) |
Winning coach | Maureen Magarity (2nd title) |
MVP | Bronagh Power-Cassidy (Holy Cross) |
Television | ESPN+, CBSSN |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Holy Cross † | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 21 | – | 13 | .618 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colgate | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 20 | – | 14 | .588 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boston University | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 20 | – | 12 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Loyola | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 16 | – | 15 | .516 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lehigh | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 17 | – | 13 | .567 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Army | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 12 | – | 17 | .414 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Navy | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 14 | – | 17 | .452 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bucknell | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 13 | – | 18 | .419 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
American | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 10 | – | 20 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lafayette | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 10 | – | 20 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2024 Patriot League tournament winner |
Seeds
editAll ten teams in the conference standings will qualify for the tournament. The teams will be seeded by record in conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
The two tiebreakers used by the Patriot League are: 1) head-to-head record of teams with identical record and 2) NCAA NET Rankings available on day following the conclusion of Patriot League regular season play.[2]
Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker 1 | Tiebreaker 2 | Tiebreaker 3 |
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1 | Holy Cross | 11–7 | |||
2 | Colgate | 10–8 | 2–2 vs. Boston University/Loyola | 2–0 vs. Holy Cross | |
3 | Boston University | 10–8 | 2–2 vs. Colgate/Loyola | 1–1 vs. Holy Cross | 231 NET |
4 | Loyola (MD) | 10–8 | 2–2 vs. Colgate/Loyola | 1–1 vs. Holy Cross | 262 NET |
5 | Lehigh | 9–9 | 4–2 vs. Army/Bucknell/Navy | ||
6 | Army | 9–9 | 3–3 vs. Bucknell/Lehigh/Navy | 2–0 vs. Navy | |
7 | Navy | 9–9 | 3–3 vs. Army/Bucknell/Lehigh | 0–2 vs. Army | |
8 | Bucknell | 9–9 | 2–4 vs. Army/Lehigh/Navy | ||
9 | American | 8–10 | |||
10 | Lafayette | 5–13 |
Schedule
editGame | Time | Matchup | Score | Television | |
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First round – Saturday, March 9 | |||||
1 | 1:00 pm | No. 7 Navy vs. No. 10 Lafayette | 67–45 | ESPN+ | |
2 | 7:00 pm | No. 8 Bucknell vs No. 9 American | 77–71 | ||
Quarterfinals – Monday, March 11 | |||||
3 | 7:00 pm | No. 1 Holy Cross vs. No. 8 Bucknell | 61–56 | ESPN+ | |
4 | 6:00 pm | No. 2 Colgate vs. No. 7 Navy | 69–64 | ||
5 | 6:10 pm | No. 3 Boston University vs. No. 6 Army | 64–62 | ||
6 | 7:10 pm | No. 4 Loyola (MD) vs. No. 5 Lehigh | 58–51 | ||
Semifinals – Thursday, March 14 | |||||
7 | 7:00 pm | No. 1 Holy Cross vs. No. 4 Loyola (MD) | 72–54 | ESPN+ | |
8 | 6:00 pm | No. 2 Colgate vs. No. 3 Boston University | 40–52 | ||
Championship – Sunday, March 17 | |||||
9 | Noon | No. 1 Holy Cross vs. No. 3 Boston University | 61–55 | CBSSN | |
Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games hosted by higher-seeded team. |
Bracket
editFirst round Saturday, March 9, 2024 ESPN+ | Quarterfinals Monday, March 11, 2024 ESPN+ | Semifinals Thursday, March 14, 2024 ESPN+ | Championship Sunday, March 17, 2024 CBSSN | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Holy Cross | 61 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Bucknell | 77 | 8 | Bucknell | 56 | ||||||||||||||
9 | American | 71 | 1 | Holy Cross | 72 | ||||||||||||||
4 | Loyola (MD) | 54 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Loyola (MD) | 58 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Lehigh | 51 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Holy Cross | 61 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Boston University | 55 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Colgate | 69 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Navy | 67 | 7 | Navy | 64 | ||||||||||||||
10 | Lafayette | 45 | 2 | Colgate | 40 | ||||||||||||||
3 | Boston University | 52 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Boston University | 64 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Army | 62 |
References
edit- ^ "2024 PenFed Credit Union Patriot League Women's Basketball Championship - Patriot League". patriotleague.org. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
- ^ [hthttps://patriotleague.org/standings.aspx?standings=2181#:~:text=Winning%20percentage%20between%20the%20tied,has%20played%20at%20least%20once. "Patriot League Tiebreaker System"].