2018 Patriot League women's basketball tournament

2018 Patriot League women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2017–18
Teams	10
Site	Campus sites
Champions	American (2nd title)
Winning coach	Megan Gebbia (2nd title)
MVP	Cecily Carl (American)
Television	PLN, CBSSN
Patriot League women's basketball tournaments

2017–18 Patriot League women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
American †	16	–	2		.889			26	–	7		.788
Bucknell	15	–	3		.833			22	–	10		.688
Navy	13	–	5		.722			25	–	8		.758
Army	9	–	9		.500			17	–	14		.548
Lehigh	9	–	9		.500			15	–	15		.500
Holy Cross	7	–	11		.389			12	–	18		.400
Loyola (MD)	7	–	11		.389			9	–	21		.300
Lafayette	6	–	12		.333			11	–	19		.367
Boston University	5	–	13		.278			10	–	19		.345
Colgate	3	–	15		.167			7	–	23		.233
† 2018 Patriot League tournament winner As of 16 March 2018 Rankings from AP poll

The 2018 Patriot League women's basketball tournament was from held March 3, 5, 8 and 10 at campus sites of the higher seed, except that both semi-final games will be played at the same site of the highest seed. American won the Patriot League Tournament will 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	American	16–2	23–6
2	Bucknell	15–3	21–8
3	Navy	13–5	23–6
4	Lehigh	9–9	15–14	1–1 vs. Army
5	Army	9–9	16–13	1–1 vs. Lehigh
6	Loyola (MD)	7–11	9–20	2–0 vs. Holy Cross
7	Holy Cross	7–11	12–17	0–2 vs. Loyola (MD)
8	Lafayette	6–12	10–18
9	Boston University	5–13	10–18
10	Colgate	3–15	7–22

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup	Television	Attendance
First round – Saturday, March 3
1	1:00 PM	#10 Colgate at #7 Holy Cross	PLN	537
2	2:00 PM	#9 Boston University at #8 Lafayette		435
Quarterfinals – Monday, March 5
3	7:00 PM	#8 Lafayette at #1 American	PLN	501
4	6:00 PM	#7 Holy Cross at #2 Bucknell		594
5	7:00 PM	#6 Loyola (MD) at #3 Navy		487
6	6:00 PM	#5 Army at #4 Lehigh		483
Semifinals – Thursday, March 8
7	7:00 PM	#5 Army at #1 American	PLN	585
8	6:00 PM	#3 Navy at #2 Bucknell		619
Championship – Sunday, March 11
9	11:00 am	#3 Navy at #1 American	CBSSN	1,001
*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 Patriot League Network					Championship March 11 CBS Sports Network
						1	American	55
						8	Lafayette	35
	8	Lafayette	66
	9	Boston University	61
											1	American	60
											5	Army	49
						4	Lehigh	60
						5	Army	62
																1	American	58
																3	Navy	49
						2	Bucknell	67
						7	Holy Cross	53
	10	Colgate	47
	7	Holy Cross	66
											2	Bucknell	62
											3	Navy	68
						3	Navy	63
						6	Loyola (MD)	55

External links

• 2018 Patriot League Women's Basketball Championship