The 2022 Patriot League women's basketball tournament was the conference postseason tournament for the Patriot League. The tournament was held March 5, 7, 10, and 13, 2022, at campus sites of the higher seeds. The winner receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
Seeds All ten teams in the conference standings qualify for the tournament. The teams are seeded by record in conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
The tiebreakers used by the Patriot League are: 1) head-to-head record of teams with identical record, 2) comparison of records against individual teams in the conference starting with the top-ranked team(s) and working down, 3) NCAA NET Rankings available on day following the conclusion of Patriot League regular-season play and 4) comparison of winning percentage versus out-of-league common opponents. Boston University was given the 3 seed over Bucknell due to a head-to-head sweep. SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker1Holy Cross14-42American13-53Boston University12-6 2-0 vs. Bucknell4Bucknell12-60-2 vs. Boston University5Lehigh11-7 6Army10-87Lafayette7-118Navy5-139Colgate4-1410Loyola (MD)2-16
Schedule GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendanceFirst round – Saturday, March 511:00pmNo. 9 Colgate at No. 8 Navy55-60ESPN+22:00 pmNo. 10 Loyola (MD) at No. 7 Lafayette49-58Quarterfinals – Monday, March 737:00 pmNo. 8 Navy at No. 1 Holy Cross50-49ESPN+47:00 pm No. 7 Lafayette at No. 2 American48-5456:00 pmNo. 6 Army at No. 3 Boston University74-8066:00 pmNo. 5 Lehigh at No. 4 Bucknell53-56Semifinals – Thursday, March 1076:00pmNo. 8 Navy at No. 4 Bucknell44-64ESPN+86:00pmNo. 3 Boston University at No. 2 American48-70Championship – Sunday, March 139NoonNo. 4 Bucknell at No. 2 American54-65CBSSNGame times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games hosted by higher-seeded team.
Bracket
* denotes overtime period
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