| Year: | 2016 |
| Conference: | America East |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 8 |
| Arena: | Campus sites |
| Champions: | Stony Brook |
| Titlecount: | 1st |
| Coach: | Steve Pikiell |
| Coachcount: | 1st |
| Mvp: | Jameel Warney |
| Mvpteam: | Stony Brook |
| Attendance: | 21,281 |
| Television: | ESPN2 |
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stony Brook | 14–2 | |
| 2 | Albany | 13–3 | |
| 3 | 11–5 | 2–0 vs. New Hampshire | |
| 4 | New Hampshire | 11–5 | 0–2 vs. Vermont |
| 5 | 5–11 | ||
| 6 | 4–12 | 1–1 vs. Hartford, 1–1 vs. Albany | |
| 7 | 4–12 | 1–1 vs. Maine, 0–2 vs. Albany | |
| 8 | UMBC | 3–13 | |
| Game | Time* | Matchup# | Final score | Television | Attendance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 2 | ||||||
| 1 | 7:00 pm |
| 76–86 | ESPN3 | 3,657 | |
| 2 | 7:30 pm |
| 51–56 | 1,866 | ||
| 3 | 7:00 pm |
| 68–59 | 2,535 | ||
| 4 | 7:30 pm |
| 82–99 | 2,165 | ||
| Semifinals – Monday, March 7 | ||||||
| 5 | 7:00 pm |
| 64–80 | ESPN3 | 4,109 | |
| 6 | 7:30 pm |
| 56–63 | 2,840 | ||
| Championship – Saturday, March 12 | ||||||
| 7 | 11:00 am |
| 74–80 | ESPN2 | 4,109 | |
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Teams will reseed after each round with highest remaining seeds receiving home court advantage.[1]