2021 America East women's basketball tournament

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2021 America East Women's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 202021
Teams6
SiteCampus sites
Champions Stony Brook (1st title)
Winning coachCaroline McCombs (1st title)
MVP Annie Warren (Stony Brook)
Television ESPNU/ESPN+
  2020
2022  
2020–21 America East Conference women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Maine 132 .867173  .850
Stony Brook113 .786156  .714
UMass Lowell 106 .625129  .571
Albany 57 .417711  .389
New Hampshire 511 .313515  .250
NJIT 49 .308414  .222
Vermont 42 .66742  .667
UMBC 24 .33326  .250
Hartford 39 .25039  .250
Binghamton 59 .357511  .313
Vermont suspended their season on January 24, 2021
UMBC suspended their season on January 29, 2021
Hartford suspended their season on February 10, 2021
Binghamton suspended their season on February 19, 2021
2021 America East tournament winner
As of March 12, 2021
Rankings from AP poll

The 2021 America East women's basketball tournament began on February 28 and concluded with the championship game on March 12. Stony Brook won their first conference title and advanced to the 2021 NCAA tournament. [1] Only six teams competed, as Binghamton, Hartford, UMBC, and Vermont suspended their seasons in January and February, due to COVID-19 issues.

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Seeds

Teams are seeded by record within the conference. [2]

SeedSchoolConfOverall
#1Maine13–216–2
#2Stony Brook11–313–5
#3UMass Lowell10–611–8
#4Albany5–76–10
#5New Hampshire5–115–14
#6NJIT4–94–14

Schedule

All tournament games are nationally televised on an ESPN network:

GameTimeMatchupTelevisionScore
Quarterfinals – Sunday, February 28
11:00 pm#6 NJIT at #3 UMass LowellESPN+52–72
25:00 pm#5 New Hampshire at #4 Albany43–49
Semifinals – Sunday, March 7
31:00 pm#4 Albany at #1 MaineESPN+47–67
43:00 pm#3 UMass Lowell at #2 Stony Brook55–75
Championship Game – Friday, March 12
55:00 pm#2 Stony Brook at #1 MaineESPNU64–60
Game Times in EST. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket and Results

Teams with highest remaining seeds receive home court advantage.

Quarterfinals
Sunday, February 28, 2021
ESPN+
Semifinals
Sunday, March 7, 2021
ESPN+
Championship Game
Friday, March 12, 2021
ESPNU
3 UMass Lowell 55
6 NJIT 52 2Stony Brook75
3UMass Lowell722 Stony Brook64
1 Maine 60
4 Albany 47
5 New Hampshire 43 1Maine67
4Albany49

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References

  1. "CHAMPS! Stony Brook Tops Maine to Secure NCAA Berth". American East Athletics. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
  2. 2021 Hercules Tires America East Women's Basketball Playoffs Bracket Set