The 2023 Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament was the conference postseason tournament for the Patriot League. The tournament was held February 28, March 2, 5, and 8, 2023 at campus sites of the higher seeds. The winner, Colgate, received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
Seeds All ten teams in the conference standings 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. SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker 1Tiebreaker 21Colgate17–12Navy11–71–1 vs. Lehigh2–0 vs. Army3Lehigh11–71–1 vs. Navy0–2 vs. Army4Army10–85Boston University8–106Lafayette7–114–2 vs. American/Loyola/Holy Cross7American7–113–3 vs. Lafayette/Loyola/Holy Cross1–1 vs. Colgate8Loyola7–113–3 vs. Lafayette/American/Holy Cross0–2 vs. Colgate9Holy Cross7–112–4 vs. Lafayette/American/Loyola10Bucknell5–13
Schedule GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendanceFirst round – Tuesday, February 2817:00 p.m.No. 7 American vs. No. 10 Bucknell64–59ESPN+ 1,01927:00 p.m.No. 8 Loyola vs No. 9 Holy Cross73–69 1,047Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 237:00 p.m.No. 1 Colgate vs. No. 8 Loyola92–73ESPN+ 1,27947:00 p.m.No. 2 Navy vs. No. 7 American59–64 98657:00 p.m.No. 3 Lehigh vs. No. 6 Lafayette64–71 2,09566:00 p.m.No. 4 Army vs. No. 5 Boston University71–69 681Semifinals – Sunday, March 572:00 p.m.No. 1 Colgate vs. No. 4 Army91–74CBSSN 1,32784:00 p.m.No. 7 American vs. No. 6 Lafayette76–842OT 2,016Championship – Wednesday, March 897:30 p.m.No. 1 Colgate vs. No. 6 Lafayette79–61CBSSN1,891Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games hosted by higher-seeded team.
Bracket
* denotes overtime period
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