The 2025 Patriot League males’s basketball match suggestions 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 match 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 shifting 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 general file towards these 4 groups.
That is all important as a result of the Patriot League doesn’t play its match on a impartial courtroom. As an alternative, the upper seed hosts every sport. Bucknell will host each sport it performs, by means of the match championship sport in the event that they make it that far.
The defending champions are the Colgate Raiders, who’ve claimed the final 4 NCAA match berths and 5 of the previous six. This 12 months, Colgate will enter the match because the No. 3 seed.
Right here is the bracket, together with the schedule of video games.
2025 Patriot League males’s basketball match bracket
2025 males’s Patriot League match schedule (all video games on the Greater Seed, instances ET)
First spherical — Tuesday, March 4
Sport 1: No. 7 Lafayette 69, No. 10 Holy Cross 68
Sport 2: No. 8 Loyola Maryland 77, No. 9 LeHigh 73
Quarterfinals — Thursday, March 6
Sport 3: No. 3 Colgate 84, No. 6 Military 55
Sport 4: No. 5 Navy 86, No. 4 Boston College 78
Sport 5: No. 2 American College 71, No. 7 Lafayette 69
Sport 6: No. 1 Bucknell 76, No. 8 Loyola Maryland 72
Semifinals — Sunday, March 9
Sport 7: No. 5 Navy 83, No. 1 Bucknell 77
Sport 8: No. 2 American College 72, No. 3 Colgate 62
Championship — Wednesday, March 12
Sport 9: No. 2 American College 74, No. 5 Navy 52
