2009 Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament

2009 Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 200809
Teams 8
Site campus sites
Champions American (2nd title)
Winning coach Jeff Jones (2nd title)
MVP Garrison Carr[1] (American)
Television ESPN2 (champ. game)
Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournaments
«2008  2010»

The 2009 Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament, a part of the 2008-09 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place on March 4, 2009 as a single-elimination tournament, with games being played at the higher seeds' home courts. The American University Eagles won the league's regular season, and received the number one seed in the tournament. The higher seed in each match-up was the host team for each game. The Eagles became the seventh team to repeat as Patriot League champions when they beat the second seeded Holy Cross Crusaders 73–57 in the championship game, which was broadcast live on ESPN2.

Final conference standings

2008–09 Patriot League Standings
Team Conference record Overall
WLGB W L
American131-217
Holy Cross11321613
Navy8651910
Army6871018
Lehigh5981513
Colgate598919
Bucknell4109821
Lafayette4109821

Bracket

The Patriot League announced the bracket and seed on February 28, 2009.[2]

First round
March 4
Semifinals
March 8
Championship
March 13
         
8 Lafayette 56
1 American 78
1 American 61
4 Army 60
5 Lehigh 50
4 Army 53
1 American 73
2 Holy Cross 57
6 Colgate 64*
3 Navy 59
6 Colgate 44
2 Holy Cross 61
7 Bucknell 56
2 Holy Cross 75

* represents an overtime period

References

  1. "American Tops Holy Cross, 73–57, to Claim Patriot League Men's Basketball Championship". Patriot League. Archived from the original on June 3, 2009. Retrieved April 2, 2009.
  2. "Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament Seeds and Matchups Set". Patriot League. February 28, 2008. Retrieved March 4, 2008.


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