2016 America East men's basketball tournament
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2016 America East men's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 2015–16 |
Teams | 8 |
Site | Campus sites |
Champions | Stony Brook (1st title) |
Winning coach | Steve Pikiell (1st title) |
MVP | Jameel Warney (Stony Brook) |
Attendance | 21,281 |
Television | ESPN2 |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stony Brook † | 14 | – | 2 | .875 | 26 | – | 7 | .788 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albany | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 24 | – | 9 | .727 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vermont | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 23 | – | 14 | .622 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Hampshire | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 20 | – | 13 | .606 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UMass Lowell* | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 11 | – | 18 | .379 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Binghamton | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 8 | – | 22 | .267 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hartford | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 10 | – | 23 | .303 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maine | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 8 | – | 22 | .267 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UMBC | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 7 | – | 25 | .219 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
* Ineligible for postseason during transition to Division I. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2016 America East tournament winner |
The 2016 America East men's basketball tournament took place on March 2, 7, and 12, 2016. The entire tournament took place on campus sites with the higher-seeded school hosting each game throughout the championship. The winner of the championship game earned an automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA tournament.
Seeds
Teams were seeded by conference record, with ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion, if necessary.
Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker |
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1 | Stony Brook | 14–2 | |
2 | Albany | 13–3 | |
3 | Vermont | 11–5 | 2–0 vs. New Hampshire |
4 | New Hampshire | 11–5 | 0–2 vs. Vermont |
5 | Binghamton | 5–11 | |
6 | Maine | 4–12 | 1–1 vs. Hartford, 1–1 vs. Albany |
7 | Hartford | 4–12 | 1–1 vs. Maine, 0–2 vs. Albany |
8 | UMBC | 3–13 |
Schedule
Game | Time* | Matchup# | Final score | Television | Attendance |
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Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 2 | |||||
1 | 7:00 pm | #8 UMBC at #1 Stony Brook | 76–86 | ESPN3 | 3,657 |
2 | 7:30 pm | #5 Binghamton at #4 New Hampshire | 51–56 | 1,866 | |
3 | 7:00 pm | #7 Hartford at #2 Albany | 68–59 | 2,535 | |
4 | 7:30 pm | #6 Maine at #3 Vermont | 82–99 | 2,165 | |
Semifinals – Monday, March 7 | |||||
5 | 7:00 pm | #7 Hartford at #1 Stony Brook | 64–80 | ESPN3 | 4,109 |
6 | 7:30 pm | #4 New Hampshire at #3 Vermont | 56–63 | 2,840 | |
Championship – Saturday, March 12 | |||||
7 | 11:00 am | #3 Vermont at #1 Stony Brook | 74–80 | ESPN2 | 4,109 |
*Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games hosted by higher-seeded team. |
Bracket and results
Teams will reseed after each round with highest remaining seeds receiving home court advantage.[1]
Quarterfinals Wednesday, March 2, 2016 ESPN3 | Semifinals Monday, March 7, 2016 ESPN3 | Championship Saturday, March 12, 2016 ESPN2 | ||||||||||||
1 | Stony Brook | 86 | ||||||||||||
8 | UMBC | 76 | ||||||||||||
1 | Stony Brook | 80 | ||||||||||||
7 | Hartford | 64 | ||||||||||||
2 | Albany | 59 | ||||||||||||
7 | Hartford | 68 | ||||||||||||
1 | Stony Brook | 80 | ||||||||||||
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | ||||||||||||||
3 | Vermont | 74 | ||||||||||||
3 | Vermont | 99 | ||||||||||||
6 | Maine | 82 | ||||||||||||
3 | Vermont | 63 | ||||||||||||
4 | New Hampshire | 56 | ||||||||||||
4 | New Hampshire | 56 | ||||||||||||
5 | Binghamton | 51 |
See also
References
- ^ "Seeds & Matchups For 2016 #AEPlayoffs Set". AmericaEast.com. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
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