2014 America East Women's Basketball Tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 2013–14 |
Teams | 8 |
Finals site | SEFCU Arena Albany, NY |
Television | ESPNU/ESPN3 |
2013–14 America East Conference women's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albany† | 15 | – | 1 | .938 | 28 | – | 5 | .848 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stony Brook | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 24 | – | 9 | .727 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Hampshire | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 19 | – | 12 | .613 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maine | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 17 | – | 15 | .531 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hartford | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 13 | – | 18 | .419 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vermont | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 7 | – | 23 | .233 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UMass Lowell* | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 5 | – | 23 | .179 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UMBC | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 4 | – | 25 | .138 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Binghamton | 2 | – | 14 | .125 | 5 | – | 25 | .167 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2014 America East tournament winner As of 10:03, 1 April 2014 (UTC) Rankings from AP poll *ineligible for postseason play due to Div. I transitions [1] [2] |
The 2014 America East women's basketball tournament began on March 7 and concluded with the championship game on March 10 at SEFCU Arena in Albany, NY. The winner earned an automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA tournament. [3]
Quarterfinals Friday, March 7, 2014 ESPN3 | Semifinals Sunday, March 9, 2014 ESPN3 | Championship Game Monday, March 10, 2014 ESPNU | ||||||||||||
1 | Albany | 77 | ||||||||||||
8 | Binghamton | 59 | ||||||||||||
1 | Albany | 65 | ||||||||||||
5 | Hartford | 51 | ||||||||||||
4 | Maine | 62 | ||||||||||||
5 | Hartford | 63 * | ||||||||||||
1 | Albany | 70 | ||||||||||||
2 | Stony Brook | 46 | ||||||||||||
2 | Stony Brook | 61 | ||||||||||||
7 | UMBC | 49 | ||||||||||||
2 | Stony Brook | 79 | ||||||||||||
3 | New Hampshire | 59 | ||||||||||||
3 | New Hampshire | 85 | ||||||||||||
6 | Vermont | 79 |
All times listed are Eastern
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