America East Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The America East Men'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 Men's Division I Basketball Championship.
America East Men's Basketball Tournament | |
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Conference Basketball Championship | |
Sport | College basketball |
Conference | America East Conference |
Number of teams | 9 |
Format | Single-elimination tournament |
Current location | Best seed arena |
Played | 1980–present |
Last contest | 2019 |
Current champion | Vermont Catamounts |
Most championships | Vermont Catamounts (7) |
TV partner(s) | CBS Sports Network, ABC, FOX Sports 2 and ESPN+ |
Official website | AmericaEast.com Men's Basketball |
Sponsors | |
D-wave systems, PepsiCo and Adidas Originals | |
Host stadiums | |
Varies year-to-year. Preliminary round awarded to conference school to host. Championship hosted by highest remaining seed. |
Format and hosts
As of 2013, the first rounds take place at a single location, usually the home arena of one of the conference schools, but the championship game is hosted the next weekend by the higher remaining seed. The 2013 and 2014 Tournament preliminary rounds were hosted by the University at Albany. Beginning in 2015, the format was changed from a single location in the first rounds to multiple locations. For every round, including the finals the higher seeded team in each game hosts. After the first round, teams are reseeded to account for upsets that may have occurred.
Beginning with the 2018 edition, the last place team in the conference standings will not take part in the tournament. This change was made due to the impending eligibility of UMass Lowell for NCAA-sponsored postseason play, following the completion of the school's transition from NCAA Division II.[1]
History of the Tournament Finals
Championships by School
School | Championships | Years |
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Northeastern† | 7 | 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1991 |
Vermont | 7 | 2003, 2004, 2005, 2010, 2012, 2017, 2019 |
Boston† | 6 | 1983, 1988, 1990, 1997, 2002, 2011 |
Albany | 5 | 2006, 2007, 2013, 2014, 2015 |
Delaware† | 4 | 1992, 1993, 1998, 1999 |
Drexel† | 4 | 1986, 1994, 1995, 1996 |
Hofstra† | 2 | 2000, 2001 |
UMBC | 2 | 2008, 2018 |
Holy Cross† | 1 | 1980 |
Siena† | 1 | 1989 |
Binghamton | 1 | 2009 |
Stony Brook | 1 | 2016 |
Hartford | 0 | |
Maine | 0 | |
UMass Lowell | 0 | |
New Hamsphire | 0 | |
- †Former member of the America East
Maine, Hartford, New Hampshire, and UMass Lowell are the only remaining teams in the conference to have never won a title. Stony Brook recently won their first title in 2016, after losing in their four previous title game appearances.
Broadcasters
Television
Year | Network | Play-by-play | Analyst | Sideline |
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2020 | ESPN2 | Dave O'Brien | Noah Savage | |
2019 | Doug Sherman | Paul Biancardi | Stormy Buonantony | |
2018 | Mark Plansky | Olivia Harlan | ||
2017 | Mike Corey | Brooke Weisbrod | ||
2016 | Mark Jones | |||
2015 | Bob Picozzi | Tim Welsh | ||
2014 | ||||
2013 | LaPhonso Ellis | |||
2012[2] | ||||
2011[3] | Beth Mowins | Mike Kelley | ||
2010[4] | Bob Wischusen | Tim Welsh | ||
2009[5] | Scott Graham | |||
2008[6] | Bob Wischusen | Mike Kelley | ||
2007[7] | Jon Sciambi | Bucky Waters | ||
2006 | Bob Wischusen | Donny Marshall | ||
2005 | ESPN | Dave Revsine | Jay Williams | |
2004 | Doug Gottlieb | |||
2003 | Bob Wenzel | |||
2002 | Jay Bilas | |||
2001 | Michele Tafoya | Bob Wenzel | ||
1999[8] | Dave Strader | Jay Bilas |
Radio
Year | Network | Play-by-play | Analyst |
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2016 | Westwood One | Scott Graham | Mo Cassara |
2015[9] | Brandon Gaudin |
References
- "MBB Playoff Changes, 2018 Baseball Championship Site Determined at Annual Meeting" (Press release). America East Conference. June 8, 2017. Retrieved June 11, 2017.
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