2009 Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament
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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.
* represents an overtime period
Single-elimination tournament
A single-elimination tournament, also called a knockout, cup or sudden death tournament, is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match or bracket is immediately eliminated from winning the championship or first prize in the event...
, with games being played at the higher seeds' home courts. The American University Eagles
American University Eagles
The American Eagles are the athletics teams that represent the American University in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I competition. American is a member of the Patriot League in all sports except wrestling, where it is a member of the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association...
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 | |Overall | ||||||
| W | L | GB | W | L | |||
| American American University Eagles The American Eagles are the athletics teams that represent the American University in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I competition. American is a member of the Patriot League in all sports except wrestling, where it is a member of the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association... |
13 | 1 | |||||
| 21 | 7 | ||||||
| Holy Cross Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball The Holy Cross Crusaders men's basketball team represents the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, in NCAA Division I competition. The team competes in the Patriot League and plays their home games in the Hart Center... |
11 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 13 | ||
| Navy Navy Midshipmen The United States Naval Academy sponsors 30 varsity-sports teams and 12 club-sports teams . Both men's and women's teams are called Navy Midshipmen or "Mids"... |
8 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 10 | ||
| Army Army Black Knights men's basketball The Army Black Knights men's basketball team represents the United States Military Academy in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college basketball. Army currently competes as a member of the Patriot League and plays its home games at Christl Arena in West Point, New York.Army is... |
6 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 18 | ||
| Lehigh Lehigh Mountain Hawks The Lehigh Mountain Hawks are the athletic teams representing Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States. The Hawks participate in NCAA Division I competition as a member of the Patriot League... |
5 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 13 | ||
| Colgate | 5 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 19 | ||
| Bucknell Bucknell Bison The Bucknell Bison are the athletic teams of Bucknell University. The program is a member of the Patriot League for Division I sports, Division I-AA in football.Bucknell won the first Orange Bowl... |
4 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 21 | ||
| Lafayette Lafayette Leopards The Lafayette Leopards represent the 23 Division I varsity athletic teams of Lafayette College and compete in the Patriot League. There are 11 men's teams, 11 women's teams, and one co-ed team. The club teams also compete as the Leopards... |
4 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 21 | ||