2017 America East men's basketball tournament

2017 America East men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2016–17
Teams8
SiteCampus sites
ChampionsVermont Catamounts (6th title)
Winning coachJohn Becker (2nd title)
MVPPayton Henson (Vermont)
TelevisionESPN2
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2016–17 America East Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Vermont † 16 – 0   1.000 29 – 6   .829
Stony Brook 12 – 4   .750 18 – 14   .563
Albany 10 – 6   .625 21 – 14   .600
New Hampshire 10 – 6   .625 20 – 12   .625
UMBC 9 – 7   .563 21 – 13   .618
UMass Lowell* 5 – 11   .313 11 – 20   .355
Hartford 4 – 12   .250 9 – 23   .281
Binghamton 3 – 13   .188 12 – 20   .375
Maine 3 – 13   .188 7 – 25   .219
* Ineligible for postseason during transition to Division I.
† 2017 America East tournament winner

The 2017 America East men's basketball tournament is the postseason men's basketball tournament for the America East Conference, which was held on March 1, 6, and 11, 2017. All games of the tournament were played on campus sites hosted by the higher-seeded school. Vermont, the No. 1 seed in the tournament defeated Albany in the championship game to win the tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

Seeds

Only eight of the nine conference teams were eligible for the tournament (UMass Lowell was ineligible due to its transition to Division I). The teams were seeded by record in conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker
1 Vermont 16–0
2 Stony Brook 12–4
3 Albany 10–6 2–0 vs. UMBC
4 New Hampshire 10–6 1–1 vs. UMBC
5 UMBC 9–7
6 Hartford 4–12
7 Binghamton 3–13 1–1 vs. Stony Brook
8 Maine 3–13 0–2 vs. Stony Brook

Schedule

Game Time* Matchup[1] Score Television Attendance
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 1
1 7:00 pm No. 8 Maine at No. 1 Vermont 41–86 ESPN3 3,266
2 7:00 pm No. 7 Binghamton at No. 2 Stony Brook 60–70 2,750
3 7:30 pm No. 6 Hartford at No. 3 Albany 71–100 1,693
4 7:30 pm No. 5 UMBC at No. 4 New Hampshire 65–74 1,473
Semifinals – Monday, March 6
5 7:00 PM No. 4 New Hampshire at No. 1 Vermont 41–74 ESPN3 3,266
6 7:30 PM No. 3 Albany at No. 2 Stony Brook 63–56 4,009
Championship – Saturday, March 11
7 11:00 am No. 3 Albany at No. 1 Vermont 53–56 ESPN2 3,266
*Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games hosted by higher-seeded team.

Bracket and results

Teams will reseed after each round with highest remaining seeds receiving home court advantage.

Quarterfinals
Wednesday, March 1, 2017
ESPN3 		Semifinals
Monday, March 6, 2017
ESPN3 		Championship
Saturday, March 11, 2017
ESPN2
         
1 Vermont 86
8 Maine 41
1 Vermont 74
4 New Hampshire 41
4 New Hampshire 74
5 UMBC 65
1 Vermont 56
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
3 Albany 53
2 Stony Brook 70
7 Binghamton 60
2 Stony Brook 56
3 Albany 63
3 Albany 100
6 Hartford 71

See also

References

  1. ^ "America East tournament Schedule". America East. America East. Retrieved February 22, 2017.