2026 Patriot League women's basketball tournament

2026 Patriot League women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2025–26
Teams10
SiteCampus sites
TelevisionESPN+, CBSSN
2025–26 Patriot League women's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Navy 16 – 2   .889 22 – 8   .733
Holy Cross † 14 – 4   .778 23 – 10   .697
Army 14 – 4   .778 25 – 7   .781
Lehigh 11 – 7   .611 17 – 14   .548
Loyola 8 – 10   .444 12 – 18   .400
Lafayette 7 – 11   .389 11 – 19   .367
Bucknell 7 – 11   .389 11 – 19   .367
Boston University 6 – 12   .333 11 – 20   .355
American 5 – 13   .278 7 – 23   .233
Colgate 2 – 16   .111 7 – 24   .226
† 2026 Patriot League tournament winner
As of March 22, 2026

The 2026 Patriot League Women's Basketball Tournament will be the conference postseason tournament for the Patriot League. The tournament will be held March 7-15, 2026 at campus sites of the higher seeds.[1] The winner will receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Seeds

All ten teams in the conference standings will qualify for the tournament. The teams will be 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.[2]

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker
1 Navy 16–2
2 Holy Cross 14–4 1–1 vs. Navy
3 Army 14–4 0–2 vs. Navy
4 Lehigh 11–7
5 Loyola (MD) 8–10
6 Lafayette 7–11 2–0 vs. Bucknell
7 Bucknell 7–11 0–2 vs. Lafayette
8 Boston University 6–12
9 American 5–13
10 Colgate 2–16

Schedule

Game Time Matchup Score Television Attendance
First round – Saturday, March 7
1 2:00 p.m. No. 8 Boston University vs. No. 9 American 69–58 ESPN+ 211
2 4:00 p.m. No. 7 Bucknell vs. No. 10 Colgate 47–57 253
Quarterfinals – Monday, March 9
3 7:00 p.m. No. 1 Navy vs. No. 8 Boston University 76–66 ESPN+ 365
4 6:00 p.m. No. 4 Lehigh vs. No. 5 Loyola (MD) 68–54 809
5 6:00 p.m. No. 3 Army vs. No. 6 Lafayette 65–57 604
6 6:00 p.m. No. 2 Holy Cross vs. No. 10 Colgate 72–36 732
Semifinals – Thursday, March 12
7 7:00 p.m. No. 1 Navy vs. No. 4 Lehigh 76–81OT ESPN+ 454
8 6:00 p.m. No. 2 Holy Cross vs. No. 3 Army 61–55 856
Championship – Sunday, March 15
9 Noon No. 2 Holy Cross vs. No. 4 Lehigh 77–70 CBSSN 1,315
Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games hosted by higher-seeded team.

Bracket

First round
Saturday, March 7
ESPN+ 		Quarterfinals
Monday, March 9
ESPN+ 		Semifinals
Thursday, March 12
ESPN+ 		Championship
Sunday, March 15
CBSSN
1 Navy 76
8 Boston University 69 8 Boston University 66
9 American 58 1 Navy 76
4 Lehigh 81*
4 Lehigh 68
5 Loyola (MD) 54
4 Lehigh 70
2 Holy Cross 77
2 Holy Cross 72
7 Bucknell 47 10 Colgate 36
10 Colgate 57 2 Holy Cross 61
3 Army 55
3 Army 65
6 Lafayette 57


* denotes overtime period

References

  1. ^ "2026 PenFed Credit Union Patriot League Women's Basketball Championship". Patriot League. Retrieved February 7, 2026.
  2. ^ "2025-26 Women's Basketball Standings". Patriot League Standings.
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