Feb. 28, 2010

2010 Patriot League Men's Basketball Championship page

Center Valley, Pa. - Lehigh, Bucknell, Lafayette and American earned the top four seeds in the 2010 Patriot League Men's Basketball Tournament, and will serve as the host schools when the event begins with the quarterfinals on Wednesday. Tickets are now going on sale at each institution.

Ticket prices for the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds of the League Tournament are set at $12 for adults and $6 for senior citizens and students. The quarterfinal matchups are No. 8 Army at No. 1 Lehigh, No. 7 Holy Cross at No. 2 Bucknell, No. 6 Colgate at No. 3 Lafayette and No. 5 Navy at No. 4 American. The top three seeds will tip off at 7 p.m., while the Navy/American contest begins at 7:30 p.m.

At Lehigh, tickets can be purchased by calling the athletic ticket office at 610-7LU-GAME or by going to Grace Hall in person Monday through Friday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tickets are also available online by clicking here. The Mountain Hawks finished the year at 19-10 overall and 10-4 in the Patriot League, wrapping up sole possession of the regular-season title for the first time and home court advantage throughout the Tournament. Lehigh is playing Army in the quarterfinal round for the fourth year in a row after losing in the previous three seasons.

Bucknell hosts a Patriot League quarterfinal game at Sojka Pavilion for the first time since 2007 when it takes on Holy Cross. For a full release on ticket procedures at Bucknell, click here. Tickets are on sale at both Campus Box Office Locations (Weis Center from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. and Elaine Langone Center from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m.) on a first-come, first-served basis. Fans are also able to purchase tickets over the phone by calling the Campus Box Office at 570-577-1000 or on the Web at http://www.bucknell.edu/Boxoffice. The Bison finished the regular season at 14-16 overall and in sole possession of second place in the League standings at 9-5. Bucknell faces Holy Cross in the Patriot League Tournament for the 13th time overall and eighth in the last nine years, and is trying to earn payback for a quarterfinal loss in Worcester last season.

Lafayette will host a Patriot League Tournament game for the first time since 2000. For information on tickets for the game at Kirby Sports Center, click here. Tickets are on sale for the general public through the GoLeopards.com Ticket Store, at the ticket office in Kirby Sports Center, or by contacting the ticket office via phone (610-330-5471) or email (tickets@lafayette.edu). Lafayette's ticket office is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Leopards completed the regular season with a 17-12 overall mark and in third place in the Patriot League at 8-6. Lafayette will play Colgate in the quarterfinal round for the fifth time in the past nine seasons.

American extended its streak of hosting in the Patriot League quarterfinals to four consecutive seasons, as it defeated Lafayette and saw Navy lose at Colgate to earn the No. 4 spot on Saturday. To purchase tickets for the quarterfinal contest at Bender Arena, click here, call 202-885-TIXX or visit the Bender Arena box office during normal business hours. American completed its season at 10-19 overall and 7-7 in the Patriot League, tied for fourth place with Navy but earning the No. 4 seed due to a head-to-head sweep of the Mids. American won the only all-time Tournament meetings between the teams in the quarterfinals in 2003 and 2005, and has never lost in the quarterfinal round.

The Patriot League Tournament is played entirely at home sites, with the top four seeds hosting the quarterfinals on Wednesday, top remaining seeds in each bracket hosting the semifinals on March 7, and top remaining seed hosting the League Championship on March 12 at 4:45 p.m. on ESPN2. One quarterfinal and one semifinal game will be shown on the CBS College Sports Network, with the Holy Cross/Bucknell game on the network on Wednesday. All quarterfinal and semifinal games that are not shown on CBS College Sports Network will be available through the Patriot League All-Access package