Navy men’s basketball captured the outright Patriot League regular season championship for the first time since 1997 to earn the top seed for the postseason tournament. Navy, which is just the second program to compile a 17-1 conference record since Patriot League men’s basketball expanded to 10 schools, will be home for as long as it remains alive in the playoffs. The Midshipmen (25-6) will host eighth-seeded Bucknell (10-22, 6-12) in the Patriot League Tournament quarterfinals on Thursday night at Alumni Hall. Freshman guard Pat Curtin, a Glenelg Country School graduate, scored 24 points as Bucknell beat ninth-seeded Army, 65-55, in Tuesday night’s first round. Navy swept the regular...
