The winner received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
If the teams remain tied, the NCAA NET rankings available on day following the conclusion of Patriot League regular-season play are used.
This point was relevant in applying the tiebreaker procedure to break the four-way tie for second place in 2024.
Boston University had a 4–2 record in head-to-head games against American, Bucknell and Lafayette, earning the no.
If teams involved in the initial tie were ignored in applying subsequent tiebreaker steps, American would have been the no.
3 seed, based on their 1–1 record against Lehigh, superior to Lafayette, who were 0–2 versus the Mountain Hawks.