2019 America East men's basketball tournament

2019 America East men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2018–19
Teams	8
Site	Campus sites
Finals site	Patrick Gym Burlington, VT
Champions	Vermont (7th title)
Winning coach	John Becker (2nd title)
MVP	Anthony Lamb (Vermont)
Attendance	3,070
Top scorer	Anthony Lamb (Vermont) (80 points)
Television	ESPN+ ESPN2
America East men's basketball tournaments

2018–19 America East Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Vermont †	14	–	2		.875			27	–	7		.794
Stony Brook	12	–	4		.750			24	–	9		.727
UMBC	11	–	5		.688			21	–	13		.618
Hartford	10	–	6		.625			18	–	15		.545
UMass Lowell	7	–	9		.438			15	–	17		.469
Albany	7	–	9		.438			12	–	20		.375
Binghamton	5	–	11		.313			10	–	23		.303
Maine	3	–	13		.188			5	–	27		.156
New Hampshire	3	–	13		.188			5	–	24		.172
† 2019 America East tournament winner

The 2019 America East men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the America East Conference, which was held on March 9, 12, and 16, 2019. All tournament games were played on home arenas of the higher-seeded school. Vermont defeated UMBC 66–49 in the championship game and received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.^[1] This was the seventh time Vermont has won the America East tournament championship, which ties them with former member Northeastern for the most all time.

Seeds

The top eight teams in the conference standings qualified for the tournament. The teams were seeded by record in conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed	School	Conf. record	Tiebreaker
1	Vermont	14–2
2	Stony Brook	12–4
3	UMBC	11–5
4	Hartford	10–6
5	UMass Lowell	7–9	2–0 vs. Albany
6	Albany	7–9	0–2 vs. UMass Lowell
7	Binghamton	5–11
8	Maine	3–13	2–6 on road
DNQ	New Hampshire	3–13	1–7 on road

Schedule

Game	Time	Matchup	Score	Television	Attendance
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 9
1	1:00 pm	No. 6 Albany at No. 3 UMBC	54–62	ESPN+	2,766
2	5:00 pm	No. 5 UMass Lowell at No. 4 Hartford	70–78		933
3	7:00 pm	No. 8 Maine at No. 1 Vermont	57–73		2,750
4	7:00 pm	No. 7 Binghamton at No. 2 Stony Brook	78–72		3,108
Semifinals – Tuesday, March 12
5	7:00 pm	No. 7 Binghamton at No. 1 Vermont	51–84	ESPN+	3,266
6	7:00 pm	No. 4 Hartford at No. 3 UMBC	85–90 (2OT)		3,042
Championship – Saturday, March 16
7	11:00 am	No. 3 UMBC at No. 1 Vermont	49–66	ESPN2	3,070
Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games hosted by higher-seeded team.[2]

Bracket and results

Teams are reseeded after each round with highest remaining seeds receiving home court advantage.

	Quarterfinals Saturday, March 9, 2019 ESPN +					Semifinals Tuesday, March 12, 2019 ESPN +					Championship Saturday, March 16, 2019 ESPN2
	1	Vermont	73
	8	Maine	57
						1	Vermont	84
						7	Binghamton	51
	4	Hartford	78
	5	UMass Lowell	70
											1	Vermont	66
	(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
											3	UMBC	49
	2	Stony Brook	72
	7	Binghamton	78
						3	UMBC	90**
						4	Hartford	85
	3	UMBC	62
	6	Albany	54

* denotes number of overtime periods

See also

• 2019 America East women's basketball tournament

References

1. "Lamb's Dominance Leads Vermont to 7th #AEHoops Title". America East Conference.
2. "2019 America East Men's Basketball Playoffs - America East Conference".