The 2021 Patriot League men's basketball tournament was the conference postseason tournament for the Patriot League. The tournament was held March 3, 6, 10, and 14, 2021 at campus sites of the higher seeds. The winner received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
Seeds All ten teams in the conference standings qualified for the tournament. The teams were 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. SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker1Navy12–12Colgate11–13Lafayette9–54Army7–75American4–56Bucknell4–67Boston University6–108Holy Cross5–119Loyola4–10Better NET Ranking than Lehigh10Lehigh4–10
Schedule GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendance First round – Wednesday, March 316:00 pm No. 9 Loyola vs. No. 8 Holy CrossForfeitESPN+N/A27:00 pm No. 10 Lehigh vs. No. 7 Boston University58–69 Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 6112:00 pm No. 9 Loyola vs. No. 1 Navy76–68ESPN+22:00 pm No. 7 Boston University vs. No. 2 Colgate69–7733:00 pm No. 6 Bucknell vs. No. 3 Lafayette92–8447:00 pm No. 5 American vs. No. 4 Army66–89 Semifinals – Wednesday, March 1054:30 pm No. 9 Loyola vs. No. 4 Army67–63CBSSN67:45 pm No. 6 Bucknell vs. No. 2 Colgate75–105 Championship – Sunday, March 14712:00 pm No. 9 Loyola vs. No. 2 Colgate72–85CBSSN Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games hosted by higher-seeded team.
Bracket
Game summaries
First round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Championship
References