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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Seeds & Matchups For 2016 #AEPlayoffs Set". AmericaEast.com. Retrieved February 29, 2016.