title: 2005 Patriot League men's basketball tournament
text: # 2005 Patriot League men's basketball tournament
  
  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 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
  
  | Quarterfinals March 4 | Quarterfinals March 4 | Quarterfinals March 4 | Semifinals March 6 | Semifinals March 6 | Semifinals March 6 | Championship game March 11 | Championship game March 11 | Championship game March 11 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Holy Cross | 76 | | | | | | |
  | 8 | Army | 42 | | | | | | |
  | 8 | Army | 42 | 1 | Holy Cross | 57* | | | |
  | | | | 5 | Lehigh | 53 | | | |
  | 4 | Lehigh | 77 | 5 | Lehigh | 53 | | | |
  | 5 | Colgate | 60 | | | | | | |
  | 5 | Colgate | 60 | | | | 1 | Holy Cross | 57 |
  | | | | | | | 2 | Bucknell | 61 |
  | 3 | American | 85* | | | | | | | 2 | Bucknell | 61 |
  | 6 | Navy | 83 | | | | | | |
  | 6 | Navy | 83 | 3 | American | 35 | | | |
  | | | | 2 | Bucknell | 53 | | | |
  | 2 | Bucknell | 70 | 2 | Bucknell | 53 | | | |
  | 7 | Lafayette | 34 | | | | | | |
  
  * denotes overtime period
  
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