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Bucknell won the Patriot League women's basketball tournament after its 28th straight home win. Only Connecticut has a longer home win streak in women's Division I basketball (64 games).

TEAM	CONF	GB	OVR
Bucknell	16-2	-	24-6
Boston University	12-6	4	18-12
Colgate	11-7	5	19-11
Holy Cross	11-7	5	19-11
Lafayette	11-7	5	15-14
Lehigh	10-8	6	19-11
American	8-10	8	13-17
Loyola (MD)	5-13	11	8-22
Army	4-14	12	9-22
Navy	2-16	14	7-23

TEAM

CONF

OVR

Bucknell

16-2

24-6

Boston University

12-6

18-12

Colgate

11-7

19-11