2005 Patriot League men's basketball tournament

March 2023 2005 Patriot League I Men's 8 Sojka Pavilion (First and second rounds) Lewisburg, Pennsylvania Hart Center (All three rounds) Worcester, Massachusetts Bucknell 1st Pat Flannery 1st Charles Lee Bucknell The 2005 Patriot League men's basketball tournament was played at Sojka Pavilion in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania and Hart Center in Worcester, Massachusetts after the conclusion of the 2004–05 regular season. Number two seed Bucknell defeated top seed 2004 men Holy Cross Crusaders Holy Cross, 61–57 in the championship game, to win its first Patriot League Tournament title. The Bison earned an automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA tournament as #14 seed in the Syracuse region. In the round of 64, Bucknell upset #3 seed Kansas 64–63. It was the first win for a Patriot League team in the NCAA Tournament, and the first time Kansas lost an opening-round game since 1978. Format All eight league members participated in the tournament, with teams seeded according to regular season conference record. Bracket QuarterfinalsMarch 4 SemifinalsMarch 6 Championship gameMarch 11 high 1 2004 men Holy Cross Crusaders Holy Cross 76 8 2004 men Army Cadets Army 42 4 2004 men Lehigh Mountain Hawks Lehigh 77 5 2004 men Colgate Raiders Colgate 60 3 2004 men American Eagles American 85* 6 2004 men Navy Midshipmen Navy 83 2 Bucknell 70 7 2004 men Lafayette Leopards Lafayette 34 1 Holy Cross 57* 5 Lehigh 53 3 American 35 2 Bucknell 53 1 Holy Cross 57 2 Bucknell 61 * denotes overtime period Sources:2004-05 Patriot League Season Summary Sports Reference https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/patriot/2005.html March 17, 2020Patriot League Men's Basketball 2019-20 Record Book https://patriotleague.org/documents/2019/8/28/2019_20_MBB_Record_Book_Final.pdf Patriot League March 17, 2020 References Tournament Category:Patriot League men's basketball tournament Patriot League men's basketball tournament Patriot League men's basketball tournament Patriot League men's basketball tournament