Navy men’s basketball earned the outright No. 1 seed for the Patriot League Tournament for the first time since 1997. Sadly for the Midshipmen, the result was much the same as it has been for most of the past two decades: one and done.
Playing without starters Cam Davis and Richard Njoku, Navy put forth arguably its worst performance of the 2020-21 season and got upset by ninth-seeded Loyola Maryland, 76-68, in the Patriot League Tournament quarterfinals on Saturday.
Junior guard Jaylin Andrews scored 17 points, while sophomore forward Santi Aldama posted a double-double with 15 points and 12 rebounds for Loyola (5-10), which struggled throughout the regular season but put it all together when it mattered most and advanced to face No.