2023 America East women's basketball tournament

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2023 America East women's basketball tournament
Classification Division I
Season 202223
Teams8
SiteCampus sites
Champions Vermont (7th title)
Winning coach Alisa Kresge (1st title)
MVP Emma Utterback (Vermont)
Television ESPN+, ESPNU
America East women's basketball tournaments
  2022
2024  

The 2023 America East Women's Basketball Conference tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the America East Conference that began on March 1, 2023 and ended on March 10, 2023. All tournament games were played on the home arenas of the higher-seeded school. By defeating the Albany Great Danes in the championship game, the Vermont Catamounts earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Tournament [1]

Contents

2022–23 America East Conference women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Vermont142 .875257  .781
Albany 142 .8752212  .647
Maine 115 .6881614  .533
UMBC 106 .6251415  .483
NJIT 88 .5001316  .448
Binghamton 610 .3751317  .433
UMass Lowell 412 .250522  .185
Bryant 313 .188921  .300
New Hampshire 214 .125721  .250
2023 AmEast Tournament winner
As of March 17, 2023

Seeds

Eight of the nine America East teams will contest the tournament.

Tiebrekers will be applied as needed to determine seeding.

SeedSchoolAEC RecordTiebreaker 1Tiebreaker 2 [2]
1Vermont14–21–1 vs. Albany2–0 vs. Maine
2Albany14–21–1 vs. Vermont1–1 vs. Maine
3Maine11–5
4UMBC10–6
5NJIT8-8
6Binghamton6–10
7UMass Lowell4–12
8Bryant3–13
9 (DNQ)New Hampshire2–14

Schedule

Game [3] Time*Matchup#ScoreTelevision
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 1, 2023
15:00PMNo. 8 Bryant at No. 1 Vermont49-56 ESPN+
27:00 PMNo. 7 UMass Lowell at No. 2 Albany51-59
37:00 pmNo. 5 NJIT at No. 4 UMBC71-82
48:00 pmNo. 6 Binghamton at No. 3 Maine54-64
Semifinals – Sunday, March 5
51:00 pmNo. 4 UMBC at No. 1 Vermont63-75ESPN+
63:00 pmNo. 3 Maine at No. 2 Albany64-72
Championship – Friday, March 10, 2023
75:00 pmNo. 2 Albany at No. 1 Vermont36-38 ESPNU
*Game times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Wednesday, March 1, 2023
ESPN+
Semifinals
Sunday, March 5, 2023
ESPN+
Championship
Friday, March 10, 2023
ESPNU
         
1Vermont56
8 Bryant 49
1 Vermont75
4 UMBC 63
4UMBC82
5 NJIT 71
1 Vermont38
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
2 Albany 36
3Maine64
6 Binghamton 54
3 Maine 64
2 Albany72
2Albany59
7 UMass Lowell 51

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