2020-21 Men's Basketball Standings

2020-21 Men's Basketball Standings
School	School	Div.	Div.	Div. Pct.	PL	PL	Overall	PL Pct.	Overall	Overall Pct.	Home	Away	Neutral	Streak
Central											Central
Lafayette	Lafayette	5-1	5-1	.833	9-5	9-5	9-6	.643	9-6	.600	6-3	3-3	0-0	L1
Bucknell *	Bucknell *	4-2	4-2	.667	4-6	4-6	5-7	.400	5-7	.417	2-3	3-4	0-0	L1
Lehigh	Lehigh	1-7	1-7	.125	4-10	4-10	4-11	.286	4-11	.267	1-5	3-6	0-0	L3
North											North
Colgate !*	Colgate !*	11-1	11-1	.917	11-1	11-1	14-2	.917	14-2	.875	8-1	6-0	0-1	L1
Army West Point	Army West Point	6-6	6-6	.500	7-7	7-7	12-10	.500	12-10	.545	5-5	5-3	2-2	L2
Holy Cross	Holy Cross	5-9	5-9	.357	5-11	5-11	5-11	.312	5-11	.312	1-8	4-3	0-0	W2
Boston University	Boston University	4-10	4-10	.286	6-10	6-10	7-11	.375	7-11	.389	1-7	6-4	0-0	L1
South											South
Navy !*	Navy !*	7-0	7-0	1.000	12-1	12-1	15-3	.923	15-3	.833	8-2	6-1	1-0	L1
American	American	2-5	2-5	.286	4-5	4-5	4-6	.444	4-6	.400	2-2	2-4	0-0	L1
Loyola Maryland	Loyola Maryland	1-5	1-5	.167	4-10	4-10	6-11	.286	6-11	.353	3-4	3-7	0-0	L1

*Clinched a berth in the Patriot League Tournament
!Clinched divisional No. 1 seed

A school must complete a minimum of 12 regular-season League games to be eligible to compete in the 2021 Patriot League Tournament. Non-League games do not factor into the seeding or tournament qualifying process. Ties within each mini-conference will be broken before any ties in the overall tournament seeding. Seeding is based on mini-conference finish and regular-season League winning percentage. In the case of ties, ties will be broken from top to bottom.

DETERMINING THE EIGHT-TEAM PATRIOT LEAGUE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT FIELD
The mini-conference winners are based upon their mini-conference record.

• Each of the three mini-conference winners earns a spot into the tournament field and host a quarterfinal game. Those teams are seeded (one through three) by their overall League record winning percentage. If there remains a tie, then the following procedure will be used to determine the seeding:
1. Head-to-head record, if applicable
2. Record versus common opponents
3. Best overall League record winning percentage #
4. Winning percentage within its mini-conference #
5. Coin toss or draw [shown on Zoom]

• Each of the second-place mini-conference finishers earns a spot in the tournament field. Those teams are seeded (four through six) by their overall League record winning percentage with the #4 seed earning the right to host a quarterfinal game. If there is a tie, then the following procedure will be used to determine the seeding:
1. Head-to-head record, if applicable 2. Record versus common opponents
3. Best overall League record winning percentage #
4. Winning percentage within its mini-conference #
5. Coin toss or draw [shown on Zoom]

• The seventh and eighth seeds are determined by the following procedure:
1. Best two overall League record winning percentage
2. Head-to-head record, if applicable
3. Record versus other qualified tournament teams (either overall record versus common opponents, and then if needed, follow seeding from one through six)
4. Best overall League record winning percentage #
5. Coin toss or draw [shown on Zoom]
NOTE: # indicates when comparing records against a single or group of tied teams (before ties are broken), the higher winning percentage will prevail even if the number of games played are not equal among the tied teams (e.g., 2-0 is better than 1-0; 4-2 is better than 2-1; 1-2 is better than 2-4 and 0-1 is better than 0-2).

MINI-CONFERENCE TIEBREAKER
At the end of the regular season, if two or more teams in the same mini-conference finish with identical won-lost percentages within the mini-conference, the following procedure will be used to determine the seeding to determine the mini-conference champion or second-place team:

Two Teams
1. Head-to-head record between the tied teams
2. Best winning percentage versus common opponents within the mini-conference outside the tied teams
3. Best winning percentage versus common opponents outside the mini-conference
4. Best overall record winning percentage
5. Coin toss or draw [shown on Zoom]

Three or more Teams
1. Head-to-head record between the tied teams
2. Best winning percentage versus common opponents within the mini-conference outside the tied teams
3. Best winning percentage versus common opponents outside the mini-conference, if applicable
4. Best overall record winning percentage
5. Coin toss or draw [shown on Zoom]

NOTES
• If the regular-season schedule is extended and forces the elimination of the quarterfinal round, then the top team in each mini-conference will advance to the semifinal round, along with one wild-card team which will be determined using the procedure to determine the seventh- and eighth-seeded teams in the tournament listed above. The same seeding process would be used as described above.

• BREAKDOWN OF MINI-CONFERENCES: North – Army West Point, Boston University, Colgate, Holy Cross; Central – Bucknell, Lafayette, Lehigh; South – American, Loyola Maryland, Navy

Tie-Breaking Operating Procedure
1. All ties are broken in descending order.
2. The entire process for multiple-team ties must be completed. The Patriot League does not revert to the two-way tie formula once the multiple-team tie has been resolved. The League continues through the steps with any remaining tied teams until the tie is broken.