Terriers, Midshipmen to Clash in PL Semifinal on CBS Sports Network Sunday Afternoon

Sunday, March 8

Annapolis, Md.

2 PM

Boston University

Navy – PL Semifinal

Men's basketball team members stick a closed fist into the middle of the huddle

Photo by: Dan Koerner

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2026 PATRIOT LEAGUE SEMIFINAL
#4 Boston University (16-16, 10-8 PL) at #1 Navy (26-6, 17-1 PL)
Date & Time: Sunday, March 8 | 2 p.m.
Venue: Alumni Hall | Annapolis, Md.
X: @BUGameDay | @TerrierMBB

BOSTON – Riding a three-game win streak, the No. 4 seeded Boston University men's basketball team will visit regular season champion Navy in the Patriot League semifinal contest set for Sunday at 2 p.m. on the CBS Sports Network.

TERRIER TIDBITS

BU was the only team to have three players earn All-Patriot League honors, though Navy's two won major award honors in Player and Defensive Player of the Year recognition.
Ranking sixth nationally at 45.0 3FG%, All-PL First Team member Michael McNair leads the Terriers at 16.9 ppg, while 2nd Team honoree Ben Defty is averaging a team-high 6.7 rpg with 14.9 ppg. Defty ranks second in the country shooting 68.8 FG%.
A Third Team honoree, freshman Chance Gladden is third on the squad at 14.1 ppg with a team-high 4.7 apg.
BU won for the first time this season when finishing behind in rebounds in the quarterfinal victory over defending PL champion American.
The Terriers are averaging 76.0 ppg and a current program-record 49.7 FG% while holding opponents to 74.0 ppg and 46.1 FG%.
Since winning the 2020 PL title at Colgate, BU is 4-5 in PL tourney with OT semifinal losses at Navy (2022) and vs. Lehigh (2024).
BU is 55-38 (.591) all-time in conference tourneys and 12-11 in the PL with 2 title game appearances (2014, 2020) ... BU is 2-4 in PL semis with home wins in 2014 & 2020 + three losses in OT.
BU is 17-10 (.630) all-time in the semifinals and is 2-5 all-time in PL road games.
The Terriers are now 3-2 (.600) all-time as a No. 4 seed after upsetting No. 1 Stony Brook in 2010 America East semis hosted by Hartford and falling at No. 2 Vermont in the title game. They came up short to Navy in 2025 in a 4 vs. 5 matchup.

SCOUTING THE MIDSHIPMEN

Navy is riding a 14-game win steak with a 22-1 record over the last 23 games. The lone loss occurred at American, 65-51, back on Jan. 12.
The Mids are 15-1 at home compared to their 11-5 away record with 11+ point home wins against Colgate, Lehigh, Loyola Maryland, Bucknell, Army, Holy Cross and Lafayette ... Navy's lone home loss came against Yale, 97-68.
Patriot League Player of the Year and 5-foot-11 guard Austin Benigni leads Navy at 18.0 ppg with 4.3 apg.
6-foot-11 center and Defensive Player of the Year Aidan Kehoe is averaging a double-double at 15.1 ppg and 10.8 rpg while shooting an impressive 73.5 FG% to lead the nation.
Navy is averaging 74.8 ppg and 47.8 FG% while holding opponents to 63.5 ppg and 40.1 FG% ... Only average 6.7 made 3FGs per game but make up for it with 5.5 more free throws than opponents, 16.1-10.6.

SERIES HISTORY

Navy has won the last three meetings to put the series in a 15-15 deadlock.
The two programs will meet in the PL tournament for the third consecutive year after splitting the two quarterfinal matchups hosted by the Terriers.
The teams are tied in PL tournament action at 2-2 with BU winning the quarterfinal contest held at home in 2020, and the Midshipmen outlasting BU in the 2022 overtime semifinal on their own court.
Navy has won the previous six meetings held in Alumni Hall with BU last prevailing back in 2020 during the regular season en route to the PL title.

LOOKING AHEAD

Sunday's advancing team will face either No. 2 Lehigh or No. 3 Colgate on Wednesday (March 11) at 7 p.m. with the automatic NCAA bid on the line
The Mountain Hawks and Raiders will compete at noon, and the highest remaining seed will host the title game.
BU lost to Lehigh twice by a combined 5 pts., and the home team won both times in the series split with Colgate.