2018 Patriot League women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201718
Teams10
SiteCampus sites
ChampionsAmerican (2nd title)
Winning coachMegan Gebbia (2nd title)
MVPCecily Carl (American)
TelevisionPLN, CBSSN
2017–18 Patriot League women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
American162 .889267  .788
Bucknell153 .8332210  .688
Navy135 .722258  .758
Army99 .5001714  .548
Lehigh99 .5001515  .500
Holy Cross711 .3891218  .400
Loyola (MD)711 .389921  .300
Lafayette612 .3331119  .367
Boston University513 .2781019  .345
Colgate315 .167723  .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
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