1999 Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1999 Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament was played at Christl Arena in West Point, New York and Cotterell Court in Hamilton, New York after the conclusion of the 1998–99 regular season. Lafayette defeated #3 seed Bucknell, 67–63 in the championship game, to win its first Patriot League Tournament title. The Leopards earned an automatic bid to the 1999 NCAA Tournament as #15 seed in the East region.
1999 Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 1998–99 |
Teams | 8 |
Site | Christl Arena West Point, New York |
Finals site | Allan P. Kirby Field House Easton, Pennsylvania |
Champions | Lafayette (1st title) |
Winning coach | Fran O'Hanlon (1st title) |
MVP | Brian Ehlers (Lafayette) |
1998–99 Patriot League men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lafayette † | 10 | – | 2 | .833 | 22 | – | 8 | .733 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Navy | 9 | – | 3 | .750 | 20 | – | 7 | .741 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bucknell | 9 | – | 3 | .750 | 16 | – | 13 | .552 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colgate | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 14 | – | 14 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Army | 4 | – | 8 | .333 | 8 | – | 19 | .296 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Holy Cross | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | 7 | – | 20 | .259 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lehigh | 0 | – | 12 | .000 | 6 | – | 22 | .214 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1999 Patriot League Tournament winner |
Format
All seven league members participated in the tournament, with teams seeded according to regular season conference record. Play began with the quarterfinal round.
Bracket
Quarterfinals February 27 |
Semifinals February 28 |
Championship Game March 5 | |||||||||||
1 | Lafayette | 73 | |||||||||||
4 | Colgate | 71 | |||||||||||
4 | Colgate | 77 | |||||||||||
5 | Army | 56 | |||||||||||
1 | Lafayette | 67 | |||||||||||
3 | Bucknell | 63 | |||||||||||
3 | Bucknell | 76 | |||||||||||
6 | Holy Cross | 52 | |||||||||||
3 | Bucknell | 58 | |||||||||||
7 | Lehigh | 50 | |||||||||||
2 | Navy | 45 | |||||||||||
7 | Lehigh | 53 |
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References
- "1998-99 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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