The 2026 Patriot League Women's Basketball Tournament was the conference postseason tournament for the Patriot League. The tournament was held March 7-15, 2026 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 2) a comparison of records between the tied institutions starting at the highest possible seed and continuing until the tie is broken, and 3) NCAA NET Rankings available on day following the conclusion of Patriot League regular season play. SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker1Navy16–22 Holy Cross14–41–1 vs. Navy3 Army14–40–2 vs. Navy4 Lehigh11–75 Loyola (MD)8–106 Lafayette7–112–0 vs. Bucknell7Bucknell7–110–2 vs. Lafayette8Boston University6–129American5–1310Colgate2–16
Schedule GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendanceFirst round – Saturday, March 71 2:00 p.m.No. 8 Boston University vs. No. 9 American69–58ESPN+2112 4:00 p.m.No. 7 Bucknell vs. No. 10 Colgate47–57253Quarterfinals – Monday, March 93 7:00 p.m.No. 1 Navy vs. No. 8 Boston University76–66ESPN+3654 6:00 p.m.No. 4 Lehigh vs. No. 5 Loyola (MD)68–548095 6:00 p.m.No. 3 Army vs. No. 6 Lafayette65–576046 6:00 p.m.No. 2 Holy Cross vs. No. 10 Colgate72–36732Semifinals – Thursday, March 127 7:00 p.m.No. 1 Navy vs. No. 4 Lehigh76–81OTESPN+4548 6:00 p.m.No. 2 Holy Cross vs. No. 3 Army61–55856Championship – Sunday, March 159 NoonNo. 2 Holy Cross vs. No. 4 Lehigh77–70CBSSN1,315Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games hosted by higher-seeded team.
Bracket
* denotes overtime period
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