1997 Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1997 Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament was played at Stabler Arena in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and Alumni Hall in Annapolis, Maryland after the conclusion of the 1996–97 regular season. Top seed Navy defeated #2 seed Bucknell, 76–75 in the championship game, to win its second Patriot League Tournament title. The Midshipmen earned an automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA Tournament as #15 seed in the West region.
1997 Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 1996–97 |
Teams | 8 |
Site | Stabler Arena Bethlehem, Pennsylvania |
Finals site | Alumni Hall Annapolis, Maryland |
Champions | Navy (2nd title) |
Winning coach | Don DeVoe (2nd title) |
MVP | Hassan Booker (Navy) |
1996–97 Patriot League men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Navy † | 10 | – | 2 | .833 | 20 | – | 9 | .690 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bucknell | 9 | – | 3 | .750 | 18 | – | 11 | .621 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colgate | 8 | – | 4 | .667 | 12 | – | 16 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Holy Cross | 5 | – | 7 | .417 | 8 | – | 19 | .296 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lafayette | 5 | – | 7 | .417 | 11 | – | 17 | .393 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Army | 4 | – | 8 | .333 | 10 | – | 16 | .385 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lehigh | 1 | – | 11 | .083 | 1 | – | 26 | .037 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1997 Patriot League Tournament winner |
Format
All eight league members participated in the tournament, with teams seeded according to regular season conference record. Play began with the quarterfinal round.
Bracket
Quarterfinals March 1 |
Semifinals March 2 |
Championship Game March 6 | |||||||||||
1 | Navy | 91 | |||||||||||
5 | Lafayette | 57 | |||||||||||
4 | Holy Cross | 65 | |||||||||||
5 | Lafayette | 70 | |||||||||||
1 | Navy | 76 | |||||||||||
2 | Bucknell | 75 | |||||||||||
3 | Colgate | 104 | |||||||||||
6 | Army | 79 | |||||||||||
3 | Colgate | 58 | |||||||||||
2 | Bucknell | 71 | |||||||||||
2 | Bucknell | 84 | |||||||||||
7 | Lehigh | 54 |
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References
- "1996-97 Patriot League Season Summary". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
- "Patriot League Men's Basketball 2019-20 Record Book" (PDF). Patriot League. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
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