The 2026 Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament was the conference postseason tournament for the Patriot League. The tournament was held March 3–11, 2026 at campus sites of the higher seeds. The winner, Lehigh, received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
Seeds All ten teams in the conference standings qualified for the tournament. The teams were seeded by record in conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
The two tiebreakers used by the Patriot League are: 1) head-to-head record of teams with identical record 2) a comparison of records between the tied institutions starting at the highest possible seed and continuing until the tie is broken, and 3) NCAA NET Rankings available on day following the conclusion of Patriot League regular season play. SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker1Navy17–12 Lehigh11–72–0 vs. Colgate3 Colgate11–70–2 vs. Lehigh4 Boston University10–85 American9–96 Loyola8–101–1 vs. Lehigh7Lafayette8–100–2 vs. Lehigh8Bucknell6–129Army5–132–0 vs. Lehigh10Holy Cross5–131–1 vs. Lehigh
Schedule GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendanceFirst round – Tuesday, March 31 7:00 p.m.No. 10 Holy Cross at No. 7 Lafayette82–77ESPN+1,4342 7:00 p.m.No. 9 Army at No. 8 Bucknell55–65606Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 53 7:00 p.m.No. 8 Bucknell at No. 1 Navy69–74ESPN+1,2094 7:00 p.m.No. 10 Holy Cross at No. 2 Lehigh66–691,3505 7:00 p.m.No. 6 Loyola at No. 3 Colgate77–901,1336 7:00 p.m.No. 5 American at No. 4 Boston University73–75651Semifinals – Sunday, March 87 12:00 p.m.No. 3 Colgate at No. 2 Lehigh69–76CBSSN1,6838 2:00 p.m.No. 4 Boston University at No. 1 Navy73–721,722Championship – Wednesday, March 119 7:00 p.m. No. 4 Boston University at No. 2 Lehigh60–74CBSSN4,323Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games hosted by higher-seeded team.
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Awards and honors All-Tournament Team Player Team Nasir Whitlock Lehigh Hank Alvey Joshua Ingram Chance Gladden Boston University Ben Defty Aidan Kehoe Navy
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