2023 America East men's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 2022–23 |
Teams | 8 |
Site | Campus sites |
Champions | Vermont (9th title) |
Winning coach | John Becker (5th title) |
Television | ESPN+ ESPN2 |
The 2023 America East Men's Basketball Conference tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the America East Conference following the 2022-23 conference regular season. It began on March 4, 2023 and ended on March 11, 2023. 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 2023 NCAA Tournament. [1]
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vermont † | 14 | – | 2 | .875 | 23 | – | 11 | .676 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UMass Lowell | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 26 | – | 8 | .765 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Hampshire | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 15 | – | 15 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UMBC | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 18 | – | 14 | .563 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Binghamton | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 13 | – | 18 | .419 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bryant | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 17 | – | 13 | .567 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maine | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 13 | – | 17 | .433 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NJIT | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 7 | – | 23 | .233 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albany | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 8 | – | 23 | .258 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2023 AmEast Tournament winner |
Eight of the nine America East teams contested the tournament. Tiebreakers were applied as necessary to determine seeding.
Seed | School | AEC Record | Tiebreaker |
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1 | Vermont | 14–2 | |
2 | UMass Lowell | 11–5 | |
3 | New Hampshire | 9–7 | |
4 | UMBC | 8–8 | 4–0 vs. Binghamton/Bryant |
5 | Binghamton | 8–8 | 1–3 vs. UMBC/Bryant; 1–1 vs. UMass Lowell |
6 | Bryant | 8–8 | 1–3 vs. UMBC/Binghamton; 0–2 vs. UMass Lowell |
7 | Maine | 7–9 | |
8 | NJIT | 4–12 | |
DNQ | Albany | 3–13 |
Game | Time* | Matchup# | Score | Television | |
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Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 4, 2023 | |||||
1 | 7:00 pm | No. 8 NJIT at No. 1 Vermont | 57–84 | ESPN+ | |
2 | 4:00 pm | No. 7 Maine at No. 2 UMass Lowell | 54–85 | ||
3 | 7:00 pm | No. 5 Binghamton at No. 4 UMBC | 67–65 | ||
4 | 1:00 pm | No. 6 Bryant at No. 3 New Hampshire | 60–67 | ||
Semifinals – Tuesday, March 7, 2023 | |||||
5 | 7:00 pm | No. 5 Binghamton at No. 1 Vermont | 57–79 | ESPN+ | |
6 | 6:00 pm | No. 3 New Hampshire at No. 2 UMass Lowell | 64–75 | ||
Championship – Saturday, March 11, 2023 | |||||
7 | 11:00 am | No. 2 UMass Lowell at No. 1 Vermont | 59–72 | ESPN2/ESPN+ | |
*Game times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. |
Quarterfinals Saturday, March 4, 2023 ESPN+ | Semifinals Tuesday, March 7, 2023 ESPN+ | Championship Saturday, March 11, 2023 ESPN2/ESPN+ | ||||||||||||
1 | Vermont | 84 | ||||||||||||
8 | NJIT | 57 | ||||||||||||
1 | Vermont | 79 | ||||||||||||
5 | Binghamton | 57 | ||||||||||||
4 | UMBC | 65 | ||||||||||||
5 | Binghamton | 67 | ||||||||||||
1 | Vermont | 72 | ||||||||||||
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | ||||||||||||||
2 | UMass Lowell | 59 | ||||||||||||
2 | UMass Lowell | 85 | ||||||||||||
7 | Maine | 54 | ||||||||||||
2 | UMass Lowell | 75 | ||||||||||||
3 | New Hampshire | 64 | ||||||||||||
3 | New Hampshire | 67 | ||||||||||||
6 | Bryant | 60 |
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