1996 Patriot League men's basketball tournament

1996 Patriot League men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1995–96
Teams	7
Site	Hart Center Worcester, Massachusetts
Finals site	Cotterell Court Hamilton, New York
Champions	Colgate (2nd title)
Winning coach	Jack Bruen (2nd title)
MVP	Adonal Foyle (Colgate)
Patriot League men's basketball tournaments

1995–96 Patriot League men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Colgate †	9	–	3		.750			15	–	15		.500
Navy	9	–	3		.750			15	–	12		.556
Holy Cross	8	–	4		.667			16	–	13		.552
Bucknell	8	–	4		.667			17	–	11		.607
Lafayette	4	–	8		.333			7	–	20		.259
Lehigh	2	–	10		.167			4	–	23		.148
Army	2	–	10		.167			7	–	20		.259
† 1996 Patriot League tournament winner

The 1996 Patriot League men's basketball tournament was played at Hart Center in Worcester, Massachusetts and Cotterell Court in Hamilton, New York after the conclusion of the 1995–96 regular season. Colgate defeated #3 seed Holy Cross, 74–65 in the championship game, to win its second Patriot League Tournament title. The Raiders earned an automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA tournament as #16 seed in the Southeast region.

Format

All seven league members participated in the tournament, with teams seeded according to regular season conference record. Play began with the quarterfinal round. The top seed, Colgate, received a bye to the semifinal round.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals March 2					Semifinals March 3					Championship game March 6
						1	Colgate	67
						5	Bucknell	61
	4	Bucknell	56*
	5	Lafayette	55
											1	Colgate	74
											3	Holy Cross	65
	3	Holy Cross	81
	6	Lehigh	66
						3	Holy Cross	68
						7	Army	65
	2	Navy	58
	7	Army	64

* denotes overtime period

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