2020 Patriot League men's basketball tournament

2020 Patriot League men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2019–20
Teams	10
Site	Campus sites
Champions	Boston University (1st title)
Winning coach	Joe Jones (1st title)
MVP	Max Mahoney (Boston University)
Television	PLN, CBSSN
Patriot League men's basketball tournaments

2019–20 Patriot League men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Colgate	14	–	4		.778			25	–	9		.735
American	12	–	6		.667			16	–	14		.533
Boston University †	12	–	6		.667			21	–	13		.618
Army	10	–	8		.556			15	–	15		.500
Lafayette	10	–	8		.556			19	–	12		.613
Navy	8	–	10		.444			14	–	16		.467
Bucknell	8	–	10		.444			14	–	20		.412
Lehigh	7	–	11		.389			11	–	21		.344
Loyola (MD)	7	–	11		.389			15	–	17		.469
Holy Cross	2	–	16		.111			3	–	29		.094
† 2020 Patriot League tournament winner

The 2020 Patriot League men's basketball tournament was the postseason tournament for the Patriot League during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was held on March 3, 5, 8, and 11, with the higher seed in each match up hosting at their respective campus sites. No. 3 seed Boston University defeated Colgate 64–61 in the championship game to win the conference tournament championship and the conference's automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. The NCAA Tournament would be subsequently canceled in order to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. The Patriot League was the final conference to hold its championship game before all others remaining were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Patriot League Tournament Championship was Boston University's first since joining the conference in 2013.

Seeds

All 10 Patriot League teams are eligible for the tournament. The top six teams receive a first round bye. Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed	School	Conf	Tiebreaker 1	Tiebreaker 2	Tiebreaker 3	Tiebreaker 4	Tiebreaker 5
1	Colgate	14–4
2	American	12–6	1–1 vs. Boston University	0–2 vs. Colgate	2–0 vs. Army	1–1 vs. Lafayette	2–0 vs. Navy
3	Boston University	12–6	1–1 vs. American	0–2 vs. Colgate	2–0 vs. Army	1–1 vs. Lafayette	1–1 vs. Navy
4	Army	10–8	2–0 vs. Lafayette
5	Lafayette	10–8	0–2 vs. Army
6	Navy	8–10	2–0 vs. Bucknell
7	Bucknell	8–10	0–2 vs. Navy
8	Lehigh	7–11	2–0 vs. Loyola (MD)
9	Loyola (MD)	7–11	0–2 vs. Lehigh
10	Holy Cross	2–16

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup	Score	Attendance	Television
First round – Tuesday, March 3
1	7:00 pm	No. 9 Loyola (MD) at No. 8 Lehigh	75–78	716	PLN
2	7:00 pm	No. 10 Holy Cross at No. 7 Bucknell	62–65	1,507
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 5
3	7:00 pm	No. 8 Lehigh at No. 1 Colgate	70–83	1,368	PLN
4	7:00 pm	No. 5 Lafayette at No. 4 Army	73–68	334
5	7:00 pm	No. 6 Navy at No. 3 Boston University	63–69	517
6	7:00 pm	No. 7 Bucknell at No. 2 American	64–59	1,039
Semifinals – Sunday, March 8
7	12:00 pm	No. 5 Lafayette at No. 1 Colgate	65–88	1,834	CBSSN
8	2:00 pm	No. 7 Bucknell at No. 3 Boston University	61–64	1,334
Championship – Wednesday, March 11
9	7:30 pm	No. 3 Boston University at No. 1 Colgate	64–61	1,724	CBSSN
*Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games hosted by higher-seeded team.

Bracket

	First round March 3 Patriot League Network					Quarterfinals March 5 Patriot League Network					Semifinals March 8 CBS Sports Network					Championship March 11 CBS Sports Network
						1	Colgate	83
						8	Lehigh	70
	8	Lehigh	78
	9	Loyola (MD)	75
											1	Colgate	88
											5	Lafayette	65
						4	Army	68
						5	Lafayette	73
																1	Colgate	61
																3	Boston University	64
						2	American	59
						7	Bucknell	64
	7	Bucknell	65
	10	Holy Cross	62
											7	Bucknell	61
											3	Boston University	64
						3	Boston University	69
						6	Navy	63

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