2001 Patriot League men's basketball tournament
The 2001 Patriot League men's basketball tournament was played at Alumni Hall in Annapolis, Maryland and Hart Center in Worcester, Massachusetts after the conclusion of the 2000–01 regular season. Top seed Holy Cross defeated #2 seed Navy, 68–64 (OT) in the championship game, to win its second Patriot League Tournament title. The Crusaders earned an automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA tournament as #15 seed in the East region.
2001 Patriot League men's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 2000–01 |
Teams | 8 |
Site | Alumni Hall Annapolis, Maryland |
Finals site | Hart Center Worcester, Massachusetts |
Champions | Holy Cross (2nd title) |
Winning coach | Ralph Willard (1st title) |
MVP | Josh Sankes (Holy Cross) |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Holy Cross † | 10 | – | 2 | .833 | 22 | – | 8 | .733 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Navy | 9 | – | 3 | .750 | 19 | – | 12 | .613 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colgate | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 13 | – | 15 | .464 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lehigh | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 13 | – | 16 | .448 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lafayette | 4 | – | 8 | .333 | 12 | – | 16 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bucknell | 4 | – | 8 | .333 | 14 | – | 15 | .483 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Army | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | 9 | – | 19 | .321 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2001 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, with the top seed receiving a bye to the semifinal round.
Bracket
Quarterfinals March 3 | Semifinals March 4 | Championship game March 9 | ||||||||||||
1 | Holy Cross | 69 | ||||||||||||
4 | Lehigh | 57 | ||||||||||||
4 | Lehigh | 83 | ||||||||||||
5 | Lafayette | 71 | ||||||||||||
1 | Holy Cross | 68* | ||||||||||||
2 | Navy | 64 | ||||||||||||
3 | Colgate | 68 | ||||||||||||
6 | Bucknell | 75 | ||||||||||||
6 | Bucknell | 64 | ||||||||||||
2 | Navy | 88 | ||||||||||||
2 | Navy | 92 | ||||||||||||
7 | Army | 73 |
* denotes overtime period
References
- "2000-01 Patriot League Season Summary". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
- "Patriot League Men's Basketball 2019-20 Record Book" (PDF). Patriot League. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
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