| Year: | 2018 |
| Conference: | America East |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Women's |
| Teams: | 9 |
| Quarterarena: | Cross Insurance Arena |
| Quartercity: | Portland, ME |
| Semiarena: | Cross Insurance Arena |
| Semicity: | Portland, ME |
| Finalarena: | Cross Insurance Center |
| Finalcity: | Bangor, ME |
| Champions: | Maine |
| Titlecount: | 8th |
| Coach: | Amy Vachon |
| Coachcount: | 1st |
| Mvp: | Blanca Millan |
| Mvpteam: | Maine |
| Television: | ESPNU/ESPN3 |
The 2018 America East women's basketball tournament began on February 28 and conclude with the championship game on March 9. Maine, the winner of the America East earns an automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA tournament.[1]
Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.[2]
| Seed | School | Conf | Overall | Tiebreaker | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maine | 13–3 | 20–9 | ||
| Albany | 12–4 | 23–6 | ||
| Binghamton | 10–6 | 19–10 | higher RPI | |
| Stony Brook | 10–6 | 17–11 | ||
| UNH | 9–7 | 18–11 | higher RPI | |
| Hartford | 9–7 | 17–12 | ||
| Vermont | 5–11 | 8–21 | ||
| UMBC | 3–13 | 5–25 | ||
| Mass-Lowell | 1–15 | 4–26 |
All tournament games are nationally televised on an ESPN network:
| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup# | Television | Attendance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Round Game – Wednesday, February 28 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 6:00pm |
| ESPN3 | 281 | |
| Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 3 | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | 12:00pm |
| ESPN3 | 2,158 | |
| 3 | 2:15pm |
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| 3 | 4 | 6:00pm |
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| 5 | 8:15pm |
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| Semifinals – Sunday, March 4 | ||||||
| 4 | 6 | 2:00pm |
| ESPN3 | ||
| 7 | 4:30pm |
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| Championship Game – Friday, March 9 | ||||||
| 5 | 8 | 4:00 PM |
| ESPNU | 3,373 | |
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All times listed are Eastern