2022 America East women's basketball tournament

2022 America East women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2021–22
Teams8
SiteCampus sites
ChampionsAlbany (7th title)
Winning coachColleen Mullen (1st title)
MVPKayla Cooper (Albany)
TelevisionESPN+
ESPN2
America East women's basketball tournaments
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The 2022 America East Women's Basketball Conference tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the America East Conference that began March 5, 2022 and ended with the final on March 11, 2022. The second-seeded Albany Great Danes defeated the top seed Maine Black Bears in the tournament final to advance to the 2022 NCAA tournament, their seventh tournament appearance. All tournament games were played on the home arenas of the higher-seeded school.

2021–22 America East Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Maine 15 – 3   .833 20 – 12   .625
Stony Brook* 14 – 4   .778 23 – 6   .793
Albany † 13 – 5   .722 23 – 10   .697
Vermont 13 – 5   .722 20 – 11   .645
NJIT 9 – 8   .529 15 – 15   .500
UMass Lowell 8 – 9   .471 11 – 16   .407
Binghamton 5 – 13   .278 9 – 20   .310
New Hampshire 4 – 12   .250 7 – 21   .250
Hartford 4 – 14   .222 4 – 26   .133
UMBC 2 – 14   .125 3 – 23   .115
*Ineligible for the AmEast Tournament due to a postseason ban imposed by the AmEast.
† 2022 America East tournament winner

Seeds

Eight of the ten America East teams qualified for the tournament. Stony Brook was not eligible for the tournament due to a postseason ban imposed by the conference.[1] The teams were seeded by record in conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed School AEC Record Tiebreaker
1 Maine 15–3
2 Albany 13–5 1–1 vs. Vermont; 0–2 vs. Maine; 1–1 vs. Stony Brook
3 Vermont 13–5 1–1 vs. Albany; 0–2 vs. Maine; 0–2 vs. Stony Brook
4 NJIT 9–8
5 UMass Lowell 8–9
6 Binghamton 5–13
7 New Hampshire 4–12
8 Hartford 4–14

Schedule

Game Time* Matchup# Score Television
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 5, 2022
1 1:00 pm No. 8 Hartford at No. 1 Maine 49–63 ESPN+
2 2:00 pm No. 7 New Hampshire at No. 2 Albany 44–49
3 4:00 pm No. 5 UMass Lowell at No. 4 NJIT 33–47
4 2:30 pm No. 6 Binghamton at No. 3 Vermont 63–71
Semifinals – Tuesday, March 8, 2022
5 7:00 p.m. No. 4 NJIT at No. 1 Maine 48-72 ESPN+
6 7:00 p.m. No. 3 Vermont at No. 2 Albany 54-67
Championship – Friday, March 11, 2022
7 5:00 pm No. 1 Maine vs. No. 2 Albany 47-56 ESPN2
*Game times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

[2]

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 5, 2022
ESPN+ 		Semifinals
Tuesday March 8, 2022
ESPN+ 		Championship
Friday, March 11, 2022
ESPN2
         
1 Maine 63
8 Hartford 49
1 Maine 72
4 NJIT 48
4 NJIT 47
5 UMass Lowell 33
1 Maine 47
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
2 Albany 56
3 Vermont 71
6 Binghamton 63
2 Albany 67
3 Vermont 54
2 Albany 49
7 New Hampshire 44

See also

References

  1. ^ "Stony Brook basketball teams banned from America East conference tournament". syracuse. Associated Press. February 3, 2022. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  2. ^ "2022 America East Women's Basketball Playoffs - America East Conference". americaeast.com. Retrieved March 7, 2022.