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
SeedSchoolConferenceOverallTiebreaker1Bucknell16–224–52Navy14–421–83Army12–621–84American11–714–151–1 vs. BU, 1–1 vs. Buck5Boston11–713–161–1 vs. Amer, 0–2 vs. Buck6Colgate7–1110–197Holy Cross6–128–211–1 vs. L-MD, 1–1 vs. Buck8Loyola (MD)6–1210–191–1 vs. Holy, 0–2 vs. Buck9Lehigh5–1310–1910Lafayette2–163–27
Schedule GameTime*MatchupTelevisionAttendance First round – Saturday, March 411:00 PM#10 Lafayette at #7 Holy CrossPLN27:00 PM#9 Lehigh at #8 Loyola (MD) Quarterfinals – Monday, March 636:00 PM#8 Loyola (MD) at #1 BucknellPLN47:00 PM#5 Boston at #4 American57:00 PM#6 Colgate at #3 Army67:05 PM#10 Lafayette at #2 Navy Semifinals – Friday, March 107#4 American at #1 BucknellPLN8#3 Army at #2 Navy Championship – Saturday, March 1196:00 pm#2 Navy at #1 BucknellCBSSN *Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games hosted by higher-seeded team.
Bracket
External links 2017 Patriot League Women's Basketball Championship