2020 Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament


The 2020 Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason tournament for the Patriot League during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was held on March 3, 5, 8, and 11, with the higher seed in each match up hosting at their respective campus sites. No. 3 seed Boston University defeated Colgate 64–61 in the championship game to win the conference tournament championship and the conference's automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. The NCAA Tournament would be subsequently canceled in order to mitigate the spread of coronavirus disease 2019. The Patriot League was the final conference to hold its championship game before all others remaining were cancelled due to the coronavirus.
The Patriot League Tournament Championship was Boston University's first since joining the conference in 2013.

Seeds

All 10 Patriot League teams are eligible for the tournament. The top six teams receive a first round bye. Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
SeedSchoolConfTiebreaker 1Tiebreaker 2Tiebreaker 3Tiebreaker 4Tiebreaker 5
1Colgate14–4
2American12–61–1 vs. Boston University0–2 vs. Colgate2–0 vs. Army1–1 vs. Lafayette2–0 vs. Navy
3Boston University12–61–1 vs. American0–2 vs. Colgate2–0 vs. Army1–1 vs. Lafayette1–1 vs. Navy
4Army10–82–0 vs. Lafayette
5Lafayette10–80–2 vs. Army
6Navy8–102–0 vs. Bucknell
7Bucknell8–100–2 vs. Navy
8Lehigh7–112–0 vs. Loyola
9Loyola 7–110–2 vs. Lehigh
10Holy Cross2–16

Schedule

Bracket