2016 Patriot League women's basketball tournament

2016 Patriot League women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2015–16
Teams	10
Site	Campus sites
Champions	Army (3rd title)
Winning coach	Dave Magarity (3rd title)
MVP	Kelsey Minato (Army)
Television	PLN, CBSSN
Patriot League women's basketball tournaments

2015–16 Patriot League women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Army †	17	–	1		.944			29	–	3		.906
Bucknell	17	–	1		.944			25	–	8		.758
Loyola (MD)	11	–	7		.611			16	–	16		.500
Lehigh	10	–	8		.556			18	–	13		.581
Holy Cross	10	–	8		.556			13	–	17		.433
Navy	9	–	9		.500			15	–	15		.500
American	5	–	13		.278			8	–	23		.258
Colgate	4	–	14		.222			7	–	23		.233
Lafayette	4	–	14		.222			6	–	23		.207
Boston University	3	–	15		.167			3	–	27		.100
† 2016 Patriot League tournament winner As of March 19, 2016 Rankings from AP poll

The 2016 Patriot League women's basketball tournament was held March 5, 7, 11 and 12 at campus sites of the higher seed. Army defeated Loyola (MD) to win their 3rd Patriot League title and earn an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament.

Seeds

Teams are seeded by conference record, with ties broken in the following order:

• Head-to-head record between the teams involved in the tie
• Record against the highest-seeded team not involved in the tie, going down through the seedings as necessary
• Higher RPI entering the tournament, as published by College Basketball News

Seed	School	Conference	Overall	Tiebreaker
1	Army	17–1	26–2	Higher RPI as of March 3
2	Bucknell	17–1	23–6
3	Loyola (MD)	11–7	14–15
4	Lehigh	10–8	17–12	1–1 vs. Holy Cross, 2–0 vs. Loyola
5	Holy Cross	10–8	14–15	1–1 vs. Lehigh, 0–2 vs. Loyola
6	Navy	9–9	15–14
7	American	5–13	7–22
8	Colgate	4–14	6–22	2–0 vs. Lafayette
9	Lafayette	4–14	6–22	0–2 vs. Colgate
10	Boston University	3–15	3–26

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup	Television	Attendance
First round – Saturday, March 5
1	2:00 PM	#10 Boston University at #7 American	PLN	177
2	4:00 PM	#9 Lafayette at #8 Colgate		717
Quarterfinals – Monday, March 7
3	7:30 PM	#8 Colgate at #1 Army	PLN	641
4	7:00 PM	#5 Holy Cross at #4 Lehigh		470
5	7:00 PM	#6 Navy at #3 Loyola (MD)		532
6	7:00 PM	#7 American at #2 Bucknell		661
Semifinals – Friday, March 11
7	5:00 PM	#4 Lehigh at #1 Army	PLN
8	7:30 PM	#3 Loyola (MD) at #2 Bucknell		768
Championship – Saturday, March 12
9	6:00 pm	#3 Loyola (MD) at #1 Army	CBSSN	1,121
*Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games hosted by higher-seeded team.

Bracket

	First round March 5 Patriot League Network					Quarterfinals March 7 Patriot League Network					Semifinals March 11 Patriot League Network					Championship March 12 CBS Sports Network
						1	Army	89
						8	Colgate	62
	8	Colgate	80
	9	Lafayette	68
											1	Army	76
											4	Lehigh	46
						4	Lehigh	64
						5	Holy Cross	48
																1	Army	69
																3	Loyola (MD)	51
						2	Bucknell	73
						7	American	65
	7	American	61
	10	Boston University	53
											2	Bucknell	53
											3	Loyola (MD)	65
						3	Loyola (MD)	44
						6	Navy	42

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