America East Conference women's basketball tournament

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America East
women's basketball tournament
Conference basketball championship
America East Conference logo 2024.svg
Sport College basketball
Conference America East Conference
Number of teams9
Format Single-elimination
Current stadiumCampus sites
Current locationCampus sites
Played1985–present
Last contest 2024
Current champion Maine (2024)
Most championships Maine Black Bears (10)
Official website americaeast.com/wbball
Sponsors
Jersey Mikes

The America East Conference women's basketball tournament is the annual concluding tournament for the NCAA college basketball in the America East Conference. The winner of the annual tournament gains an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship.

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History of the tournament finals

YearWinnerScoreOpponentMost Outstanding PlayerTournament Venue
1985 Northeastern 73-59 Maine N/AUnknown
1986 Northeastern 62-55 Boston University N/A
1987 Northeastern 55-48 Maine N/A
1988 Boston University 66-62 Maine N/A
1989 Boston University 60-54 Northeastern N/A
1990 Maine 64-54 Boston University Rachel Bouchard, Maine
1991 Maine 79-64 Vermont Rachel Bouchard, Maine
1992 Vermont 70-50 Maine Sharon Bay, Vermont
1993 Vermont 62-45 Maine Sharon Bay, Vermont
1994 Vermont 53-51 Northeastern Sheri Turnbull, Vermont
1995 Maine 70-59 Northeastern Cindy Blodgett, Maine
1996 Maine 88-55 Vermont Cindy Blodgett, Maine
1997 Maine 92-70 Vermont Cindy Blodgett, Maine
1998 Maine 81-80 Vermont Cindy Blodgett, Maine Alfond Arena, (Orono, ME)
1999 Northeastern 57-55 Maine Tesha Tinsley, Northeastern Patrick Gym, (Burlington, VT)
2000 Vermont 77-50 Maine Karalyn Church, Vermont Patrick Gym, (Burlington, VT)
2001 Delaware 69-64 Vermont Cindy Johnson, Delaware Patrick Gym, (Burlington, VT)
2002 Hartford 60-57 Stony Brook Kenitra Johnson, Hartford Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion, (West Hartford, CT)
2003 Boston University 69-65 Maine Katie Terhune, Boston University Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion, (West Hartford, CT)
2004 Maine 68-43 Boston University Heather Ernest, Maine Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion, (West Hartford, CT)
2005 Hartford 52-50 Boston University Erika Messam, Hartford Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion, (West Hartford, CT)
2006 Hartford 75-56 Boston University Erika Messam, Hartford Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion, (West Hartford, CT)
2007 UMBC 48-46 Hartford Amanda Robinson, UMBC Binghamton University Events Center, (Vestal, NY)
2008 Hartford 61-45 Boston University Lisa Etienne, Hartford Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion, (West Hartford, CT)
2009 Vermont 74-66 Boston University Courtnay Pilypaitis, Vermont Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion, (West Hartford, CT)
2010 Vermont 55-50 Hartford Courtnay Pilypaitis, Vermont Preliminary Rounds at Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion, (West Hartford, CT)
Finals at Chase Areana at Reich Family Pavilion, (West Hartford, CT)
2011 Hartford 65-53 Boston University Alex Hall, Hartford Preliminary Rounds at Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion, (West Hartford, CT)
Finals at Case Gym, (Boston, MA)
2012 Albany 69–61 UMBC Ebone Henry, Albany Preliminary Rounds at Chase Arena (West Hartford, CT)
Finals at SEFCU Arena, (Albany, NY)
2013 Albany 61–52 Hartford Megan Craig, Albany Preliminary Rounds at SEFCU Arena, (Albany, NY)
Finals at SEFCU Arena, (Albany, NY)
2014 Albany 70–46 Stony Brook Shereesha Richards, Albany Preliminary Rounds at SEFCU Arena, (Albany, NY)
Finals at SEFCU Arena, (Albany, NY)
2015 Albany 84–75 Hartford Shereesha Richards, Albany Preliminary Rounds at Binghamton University Events Center, (Vestal, NY)
Finals at SEFCU Arena, (Albany, NY)
2016 Albany 59–58 Maine Shereesha Richards, Albany Preliminary Rounds at Binghamton University Events Center, (Vestal, NY)
Finals at SEFCU Arena, (Albany, NY)
2017 Albany 66-50 Maine Imani Tate, AlbanyPreliminary Rounds at Cross Insurance Center, (Portland, ME)
Finals at SEFCU Arena, (Albany, NY)
2018 Maine 74-65 Hartford Blanca Millan, MainePreliminary Rounds at Cross Insurance Center, Portland, ME
Finals at Top seed.
2019 Maine 68-48 Hartford Blanca Millan, MaineCampus Sites
2020 Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021 Stony Brook 64–60 Maine Annie Warren, Stony BrookCampus Sites
2022 Albany 56–47 Maine Kayla Cooper, AlbanyCampus Sites
2023 Vermont 38–36 Albany Emma Utterback, VermontCampus Sites
2024 Maine 64–48 Vermont Orono, MaineCampus Sites

Tournament championships by school

SchoolChampionshipsYears
Maine101990, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2004, 2018, 2019, 2024
Vermont71992, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2009, 2010, 2023
Albany72012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2022
Hartford52002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011
Northeastern41985, 1986, 1987, 1999
Boston31988, 1989, 2003
New Hampshire21983, 1984
Stony Brook12021
Delaware12001
UMBC12007
Binghamton0
Bryant0
UMass Lowell0
NJIT0

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