Patriot League women's basketball tournament

Patriot League women's basketball tournament
Conference basketball championship
SportCollege basketball
ConferencePatriot League
Number of teams10
FormatSingle-elimination tournament
Current stadiumon-campus sites
Current locationon-campus sites
Played1991–present
Last contest2024
Current championHoly Cross
Most championshipsHoly Cross Crusaders (13)
Official websitePatriotLeague.org Women's Basketball

The Patriot League women's basketball tournament is the annual conference women's basketball championship tournament for the NCAA Division I Patriot League. The tournament has been held annually since 1991. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.[1]

The tournament champion receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship.

Results

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Year Champions Score Runner-Up Venue(s)
1991 Holy Cross (1) 65–52 Army Hart Center, Worcester, Massachusetts
1992 Fordham (1) 65–54 Lafayette Stabler Arena, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
1993 Holy Cross (2) 82–63 Fordham First rounds at campus locations
Davis Gym, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania (final)
1994 Fordham (2) 64–60 Holy Cross Alumni Hall, Annapolis, Maryland
1995 Holy Cross (3) 58–51 Fordham first rounds at Christl Arena, West Point, New York
Hart Center, Worcester, Massachusetts (final)
1996 Holy Cross (4) 77–55 Colgate Hart Center; Worcester, Massachusetts
1997 Lehigh (1) 65–63 Lafayette Stabler Arena; Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
1998 Holy Cross (5) 67–60 Navy Alumni Hall
final at Hart Center, Worcester, Mass.
1999 Holy Cross (6) 72–58 Navy first rounds at Christl Arena
final at Hart Center, Worcester, Mass.
2000 Holy Cross (7) 87–63 Bucknell Kirby Sports Center
final at Hart Center, Worcester, Mass.
2001 Holy Cross (8) 94–68 Lehigh first rounds at Alumni Hall
final at Hart Center, Worcester, Mass.
2002 Bucknell (1) 88–74 Holy Cross first rounds at Show Place Arena, Upper Marlboro, Maryland
final at Hart Center, Worcester Mass.
2003 Holy Cross (9) 78–65 Army first rounds at Show Place Arena
final at Hart Center, Worcester, Mass.
2004 Colgate (1) 71–60 American first rounds at Show Place Arena
final at Cotterell Court, Hamilton, New York
2005 Holy Cross (10) 79–70 Colgate first rounds at Hart Center and Stabler Arena
final at Hart Center
2006 Army (1) 69–68 Holy Cross first rounds at Christl Arena, West Point, New York, and Hart Center
final at Christl Arena
2007 Holy Cross (11) 56–48 American first rounds at Alumni Hall
final at Hart Center
2008 Bucknell (2) 57–45 Holy Cross Christl Arena; Bill Bradley Center, Mahwah, New Jersey
final at Hart Center
2009 Lehigh (2) 64–56 Lafayette Stabler Arena, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
final at highest remaining seed
2010 Lehigh (3) 58–42 American Stabler Arena, Lehigh University
2011 Navy (1) 47–40 American Annapolis, Maryland
2012 Navy (2) 57–48 Holy Cross Final at Alumni Hall
2013 Navy (3) 72–53 Holy Cross Final at Alumni Hall
2014 Army (2) 68–58 Holy Cross Final at Christl Arena
2015 American (1) 66–50 Lehigh Final at Bender Arena, Washington, DC
2016 Army (3) 69–51 Loyola Maryland Final at Christl Arena
2017 Bucknell (3) 79–71 Navy Final at Sojka Pavilion
2018 American (2) 58–49 Navy Final at Bender Arena, Washington, D.C.
2019 Bucknell (4) 66–54 American Final at Sojka Pavilion
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19
2021 Lehigh (4) 64–54 Boston University Final at Case Gym, Boston, Massachusetts
2022 American (3) 65–54 Bucknell Final at Bender Arena, Washington, D.C.
2023 Holy Cross (12) 66–61 Boston University Final at Case Gym, Boston, Massachusetts
2024 Holy Cross (13) 61–55 Boston University Final at Hart Center, Worcester, Massachusetts

Championships by school

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Team Championships Championship years
Holy Cross 13 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2023, 2024
Bucknell 4 2002, 2008, 2017, 2019
Lehigh 4 1997, 2009, 2010, 2021
Navy 3 2011, 2012, 2013
Army 3 2006, 2014, 2016
American 3 2015, 2018, 2022
Fordham 2 1992, 1994
Colgate 1 2004

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "WOMEN'S basketball RECORD BOOK" (PDF). patriotleague.org. Patriot League. Retrieved 19 February 2023.