1991 Patriot League men's basketball tournament
| 1991 Patriot League men's basketball tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 1990–91 |
| Teams | 7 |
| Site | Hart Center Worcester, Massachusetts |
| Champions | Fordham (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Nick Macarchuk (1st title) |
| MVP | Damon Lopez (Fordham) |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fordham † | 11 | – | 1 | .917 | 25 | – | 8 | .758 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lehigh | 10 | – | 2 | .833 | 19 | – | 10 | .655 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Holy Cross | 8 | – | 4 | .667 | 18 | – | 12 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bucknell | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 18 | – | 13 | .581 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Army | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | 6 | – | 22 | .214 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colgate | 2 | – | 10 | .167 | 5 | – | 23 | .179 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lafayette | 1 | – | 11 | .083 | 7 | – | 21 | .250 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 1991 Patriot League tournament winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1991 Patriot League men's basketball tournament was played at Hart Center in Worcester, Massachusetts after the conclusion of the 1990–1991 regular season. Top seed Fordham defeated #3 seed Holy Cross, 84–81 (OT) in the championship game, to win the first Patriot League Tournament. The Rams were then defeated by Saint Francis (PA) in one of three play-in games to the 1991 NCAA tournament.
Format
[edit]All seven league members participated in the tournament, with teams seeded according to regular season conference record. Regular-season champion Fordham received a bye to the semifinal round, with the other six teams playing a quarterfinal round.
Bracket
[edit]| Quarterfinals February 28 | Semifinals March 1 | Championship game March 2 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Fordham | 82 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Bucknell | 76 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Bucknell | 67 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Army | 49 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Fordham | 84* | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Holy Cross | 81 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Holy Cross | 92 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Colgate | 74 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Holy Cross | 95** | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Lehigh | 90 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Lehigh | 69 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Lafayette | 65 | ||||||||||||
* denotes overtime period
References
[edit]- ^ "1990-91 Patriot League Season Summary". Sports Reference. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
- ^ "Patriot League Men's Basketball 2019-20 Record Book" (PDF). Patriot League. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
Categories:
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