The 2023 Patriot League women's basketball tournament was the conference postseason tournament for the Patriot League. The tournament was held March 4, 6, 9, and 12, 2023, 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. SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker1Boston University17–12Holy Cross13–53Lehigh12–64Colgate10–82–0 vs. Lehigh5Army10–80–2 vs. Lehigh6Bucknell9–97American7–111–1 vs. Holy Cross8Lafayette7–110–2 vs. Holy Cross9Loyola (MD)4–1410Navy1–17
Schedule GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendanceFirst round – Saturday, March 414:00 pmNo. 9 Loyola (MD) at No. 8 Lafayette61–52ESPN+56725:00 pmNo. 10 Navy at No. 7 American71–78423Quarterfinals – Monday, March 636:00 pmNo. 9 Loyola (MD) at No. 1 Boston University52–66ESPN+42247:00 pm No. 7 American at No. 2 Holy Cross44–7338456:00 pmNo. 6 Bucknell at No. 3 Lehigh55–6368567:00 pmNo. 5 Army at No. 4 Colgate55–50782Semifinals – Thursday, March 976:00 pmNo. 5 Army at No. 1 Boston University68–84OTESPN+45487:00 pmNo. 3 Lehigh at No. 2 Holy Cross54–71398Championship – Sunday, March 129NoonNo. 2 Holy Cross at No. 1 Boston University66–61CBSSN1,305Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games hosted by higher-seeded team.
Bracket
* denotes overtime period
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