2021–22 America East Conference men's basketball season

2021-22 America East Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams10
2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
Season championsVermont Catamounts
America East Conference tournament
ChampionsVermont Catamounts
  Runners-upUMBC Retrievers
Seasons
2022-23 →
2021–22 America East Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Vermont † 17 – 1   .944 28 – 6   .824
UMBC 11 – 7   .611 18 – 14   .563
Stony Brook* 10 – 8   .556 18 – 13   .581
New Hampshire 10 – 8   .556 15 – 13   .536
Hartford 9 – 9   .500 12 – 20   .375
Albany 9 – 9   .500 13 – 18   .419
Binghamton 8 – 10   .444 12 – 17   .414
UMass Lowell 7 – 11   .389 15 – 16   .484
NJIT 6 – 12   .333 11 – 18   .379
Maine 3 – 15   .167 6 – 23   .207
*Ineligible for the 2022 AmEast tournament due to changing conferences in 2022
† 2022 AmEast tournament winner

The 2021–22 America East Conference men's basketball season started non-conference play on November 9, 2021, and began conference play on January 2, 2022. The regular season ended on March 1, 2022, followed by the 2022 America East men's basketball tournament held March 6–12, 2022. The Vermont Catamounts finished atop conference standings and also won the conference tournament.

Conference Schedule

Each team is scheduled to play 18 conference games. Each team will play every team twice, once at home and once on the road.

Head Coaches

Coach Changes

Albany hired Dwayne Killings after Will Brown left to become head coach and general manager of the Albany Patroons.

Binghamton named Levell Sanders interim head coach after Tommy Dempsey's contract was not renewed.

UMBC hired Jim Ferry after Ryan Odom left to become the head coach at Utah State.

Coaches

Team Head coach Previous Job Years At School Record at School America East Record America East Titles NCAA Tournaments
Albany Dwayne Killings Marquette (Assistant) 1 0-0 0-0 0 0
Binghamton Levell Sanders* Binghamton(Assistant) 1 0-0 0-0 0 0
Hartford John Gallagher Penn (Assistant) 12 157-187 87-87 1 1
Maine Richard Barron Maine (Women's HC) 4 16-55 10-30 0 0
UMBC Jim Ferry Penn State (Interim HC) 1 0-0 0-0 0 0
UMass Lowell Pat Duquette Northeastern (Assistant) 9 95-139 60-77 0 0
New Hampshire Bill Herrion East Carolina 17 197-275 114-148 0 0
NJIT Brian Kennedy NJIT (Assistant) 6 63-82 6-10 0 0
Stony Brook Geno Ford Stony Brook (Interim HC) 4 29-28 17-15 0 0
Vermont John Becker Vermont (Assistant) 11 229-96 131-27 3 3

Notes:

  • Year at school includes 2021–22 season.
  • Overall and America East records are from the time at current school and are through the end of the 2020–21 season.
  • NCAA Tournament appearances are from the time at current school only.

*Interim Head Coach for 2021-22 Season

Preseason Awards

The Preseason America East Conference men's basketball polls was released on October 21, 2021.[1]

Preseason men's basketball poll

First Place Votes in Parentheses

  1. Stony Brook (5) - 77
  2. Vermont (4) - 71
  3. New Hampshire (1) - 64
  4. Hartford - 56
  5. UMBC - 49
  6. UMass Lowell - 43
  7. Albany - 34
  8. NJIT - 23
  9. Maine - 16
  10. Binghamton - 14

Preseason Honors

Honor Recipient
Preseason All-America East Conference Team Ryan Davis, Vermont
Nick Guadarrama, New Hampshire
Jayden Martinez, New Hampshire
Elijah Olaniyi, Stony Brook
Ben Shungu, Vermont
Austin Williams, Hartford

Regular season

Conference standings

Conference Overall
Rank Team Record Perecent Record Percent Tiebreaker
1 Vermont 17-1 .944 28-5 .848
2 UMBC 11-7 .611 18-14 .563
3 Stony Brook 10-8 .556 18-13 .581
4 New Hampshire 10-8 .556 15-13 .536
5 Albany 9-9 .500 13-18 .419
6 Hartford 9-9 .500 12-20 .375
7 Binghamton 8-10 .444 12-17 .414
8 UMass Lowell 7-11 .389 15-16 .484
9 NJIT 6-12 .333 11-18 .379
10 Maine 3-15 .167 6-23 .207

Conference Matrix

Albany Binghamton Hartford Maine UMBC UMass Lowell New Hampshire NJIT Stony Brook Vermont
vs. Albany – 1-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 0-2 1-1 0-2 2-0 1-0
vs. Binghamton 1-1 – 1-1 0-2 2-0 0-2 2-0 1-1 1-1 0-2
vs. Hartford – 0-1 1-0
vs. Maine 1-0 – 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0
vs. UMBC 1-0 0-1 – 1-0 0-1 1-0 1-0
vs. UMass Lowell 1-0 1-0 0-1 0-1 – 1-0 1-0
vs. New Hampshire 0-1 1-0 0-1 – 1-0
vs. NJIT 1-0 1-1 0-1 1-0 0-1 – 1-0
vs. Stony Brook 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-1 – 1-0
vs. Vermont 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-1 –

Players of the Week

Week Player(s) of the Week School Rookie of the Week School
Nov. 15 Ben Shungu Vermont Byron Ireland Maine
Nov. 22 Ryan Davis Vermont (2) Justin Neely Albany
Nov. 29 Jayden Martinez New Hampshire Sam Ihekwoaba Maine (2)
Dec. 6 Dylan O’Hearn NJIT Justin Neely (2) Albany (2)
Dec. 13 Jahlil Jenkins Stony Brook Justin Neely (3) Albany (3)
Dec. 20 Jahlil Jenkins (2) Stony Brook (2) Novak Perovic Maine (3)
Dec. 27 Hunter Marks Hartford Justin Neely (4) Albany (4)
Jan. 3 Miles Coleman NJIT (2) Sam Ihekwoaba (2) Maine (4)
Jan. 10 Miles Coleman (2) & Ben Shungu (2) NJIT (3) & Vermont (3) Sam Ihekwoaba (3) Maine (5)
Jan. 17 Finn Sulivan Vermont (4) Sam Ihekwoaba (4) Maine (6)
Jan. 24
Jan. 31
Feb. 7
Feb. 14
Feb. 21
Feb. 28

Records against other conferences

Power 7 Conferences Record Power 7 Conferences Record
ACC 2-1 American None
Big East 0-6 Big Ten 0-4
Big 12 0-3 Pac-12 0-1
SEC 0-2 Power 7 Total 2-17
Other Division I Conferences Record Other Division I Conferences Record
Atlantic 10 2-6 ASUN 0-1
Big Sky None Big South 1-2
Big West None Colonial 1-2
Conference USA None Horizon League 0-1
Ivy League 6-7 MAAC 2-4
MAC None MEAC None
MVC 2-1 MWC 0-1
NEC 12-9 OVC 1-0
Patriot League 7-5 SoCon 0-3
Southland None SWAC None
Summit League None Sun Belt 1-1
WAC None WCC None
Other Division I Total 35-43
NCAA Division I Total 37-60
NCAA Division III Total 11-0
NAIA Total 1-0
USCAA Total 2-0
Total Non-Conference Record 51-60

Conference tournament

Main article: 2022 America East men's basketball tournament

The top 8 teams from the America East qualify for the conference tournament. The higher seed hosts each game.

Quarterfinals
Sunday, March 6, 2022
ESPN+ 		Semifinals
Wednesday March 9, 2022
ESPN+ 		Championship
Saturday, March 12, 2022
ESPN2
         
1 Vermont 98
8 NJIT 59
1 Vermont 74
6 Binghamton 42
4 Hartford 61
5 Albany 49
1 Vermont 82
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
2 UMBC 43
3 New Hampshire 69
6 Binghamton 72
2 UMBC 80
4 Hartford 60
2 UMBC 93*
7 UMass Lowell 85

References

  1. ^ "Stony Brook Chosen Men's #AEHoops Favorite, Preseason All-League Unveiled". americaeast.com. Retrieved December 31, 2021.