2023 America East men's basketball tournament

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2023 America East men's basketball tournament
Classification Division I
Season 202223
Teams8
SiteCampus sites
Champions Vermont (9th title)
Winning coach John Becker (5th title)
MVP Dylan Penn (Vermont)
Television ESPN+
ESPN2
  2022
2024  

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]

Contents

2022–23 America East Conference men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Vermont142 .8752311  .676
UMass Lowell 115 .688268  .765
New Hampshire 97 .5631515  .500
UMBC 88 .5001814  .563
Binghamton 88 .5001318  .419
Bryant 88 .5001713  .567
Maine 79 .4381317  .433
NJIT 412 .250723  .233
Albany 313 .188823  .258
2023 AmEast Tournament winner

Seeds

Eight of the nine America East teams contested the tournament. Tiebreakers were applied as necessary to determine seeding.

SeedSchoolAEC RecordTiebreaker
1 Vermont 14–2
2 UMass Lowell 11–5
3 New Hampshire 9–7
4 UMBC 8–84–0 vs. Binghamton/Bryant
5 Binghamton 8–81–3 vs. UMBC/Bryant; 1–1 vs. UMass Lowell
6 Bryant 8–81–3 vs. UMBC/Binghamton; 0–2 vs. UMass Lowell
7 Maine 7–9
8 NJIT 4–12
DNQ Albany 3–13

Schedule

GameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevision
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 4, 2023
17:00 pmNo. 8 NJIT at No. 1 Vermont57–84 ESPN+
24:00 pmNo. 7 Maine at No. 2 UMass Lowell54–85
37:00 pmNo. 5 Binghamton at No. 4 UMBC67–65
41:00 pmNo. 6 Bryant at No. 3 New Hampshire60–67
Semifinals – Tuesday, March 7, 2023
57:00 pmNo. 5 Binghamton at No. 1 Vermont57–79ESPN+
66:00 pmNo. 3 New Hampshire at No. 2 UMass Lowell64–75
Championship – Saturday, March 11, 2023
711:00 amNo. 2 UMass Lowell at No. 1 Vermont59–72 ESPN2/ESPN+
*Game times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 4, 2023
ESPN+
Semifinals
Tuesday, March 7, 2023
ESPN+
Championship
Saturday, March 11, 2023
ESPN2/ESPN+
         
1 Vermont84
8 NJIT 57
1 Vermont79
5 Binghamton 57
4 UMBC 65
5 Binghamton67
1 Vermont72
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
2 UMass Lowell 59
2 UMass Lowell85
7 Maine 54
2 UMass Lowell75
3 New Hampshire 64
3 New Hampshire67
6 Bryant 60

See also

References

  1. "2022-23 Championship Schedule". americaeast.com. America East Conference. January 11, 2023. Retrieved January 11, 2023.