The 2025 Patriot League males’s basketball event ideas off on Tuesday evening at 7 p.m. ET when No. 7 Lafayette hosts No. 10 Holy Cross. The underside 4 seeds will sq. off within the first spherical, with the winners becoming a member of the remaining six groups within the quarterfinals.
The Bucknell Bison will enter the event because the No. 1 seed after claiming the convention title tiebreaker over the American College Eagles. The 2 squads completed tied atop the Patriot League, every with a 13-5 convention file. They break up their season collection, which moved the tiebreaker to the file towards the remainder of the convention transferring down the standings. The convention had a four-way tie for third place between Military, Colgate, Boston College, and Navy. Bucknell claimed the tiebreaker by having the higher total file towards these 4 groups.
That is all important as a result of the Patriot League doesn’t play its event on a impartial courtroom. As an alternative, the upper seed hosts every recreation. Bucknell will host each recreation it performs, by the event championship recreation in the event that they make it that far.
The defending champions are the Colgate Raiders, who’ve claimed the final 4 NCAA event berths and 5 of the previous six. This 12 months, Colgate will enter the event because the No. 3 seed.
Right here is the bracket, together with the schedule of video games.
2025 males’s Patriot League event schedule (all video games on the Larger Seed, instances ET)
First spherical — Tuesday, March 4
Recreation 1: No. 7 Lafayette 69, No. 10 Holy Cross 68
Recreation 2: No. 8 Loyola Maryland 77, No. 9 LeHigh 73
Quarterfinals — Thursday, March 6
Recreation 3: No. 6 Military @ No. 3 Colgate, 7 p.m.
Recreation 4: No. 5 Navy @ No. 4 Boston College, 7 p.m.
Recreation 5: No. 7 Lafayette @ No. 2 American College, 7 p.m.
Recreation 6: No. 8 Loyola Maryland @ No. 1 Bucknell, 7 p.m.
Semifinals — Sunday, March 9
Recreation 7: Recreation 3 winner vs. Recreation 5 winner, location TBD
Recreation 8: Recreation 4 winner vs. Recreation 6 winner, location TBD
Championship — Wednesday, March 12
Recreation 9: Recreation 7 winner vs. Recreation 8 winner, location TBD