2022 America East men's basketball tournament

2022 America East men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2021–22
Teams	8
Site	Campus sites
Champions	Vermont (8th title)
Winning coach	John Becker (4th title)
MVP	Ben Shungu (Vermont)
Television	ESPN+ ESPN2
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The 2022 America East Men's Basketball Conference tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the America East Conference that began on March 6, 2022 and ended on March 12, 2022. All tournament games were played on the home arenas of the higher-seeded school. The winner, Vermont, received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

2021–22 America East Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	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
† 2022 AmEast tournament winner *Ineligible for the 2022 AmEast tournament due to changing conferences in 2022

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	Vermont	17–1
2	UMBC	11–7
3	New Hampshire	10–8
4	Hartford	9–9	1–1 vs. Vermont
5	Albany	9–9	0–2 vs. Vermont
6	Binghamton	8–10
7	UMass Lowell	7–11
8	NJIT	6–12

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup#	Score	Television
Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 6, 2022
1	2:00 pm	No. 8 NJIT at No. 1 Vermont	59–98	ESPN+
2	1:00 pm	No. 7 UMass Lowell at No. 2 UMBC	85–93OT
3	2:00 pm	No. 5 Albany at No. 4 Hartford	49–61
4	1:00 pm	No. 6 Binghamton at No. 3 New Hampshire	72–69
Semifinals – Wednesday, March 9, 2022
5	7:00 pm	No. 6 Binghamton at No. 1 Vermont	42–74	ESPN+
6	7:00 pm	No. 4 Hartford at No. 2 UMBC	60–80
Championship – Saturday, March 12, 2022
7	11:00 am	No. 1 Vermont vs. No.2 UMBC	82–43	ESPN2
*Game times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

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Bracket

	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

See also

• 2022 America East women's basketball tournament
• America East Conference men's basketball tournament

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 Men's Basketball Playoffs - America East Conference". americaeast.com. Retrieved February 22, 2022.