2020–21 America East Conference men's basketball season explained

2020-21 America East Conference Men's Basketball Season
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League:	NCAA Division I
Sport:	Basketball
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No Of Teams:	10
Tv:	ESPN+, ESPNU, ESPN3, Regional Networks
Season:	2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
Season Champs:	UMBC, Vermont
Mvp:	Ryan Davis, Vermont
Mvp Link:	America East Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Finals:	America East Conference tournament
Finals Link:	2021 America East Men's Basketball Tournament
Finals Champ:	Hartford
Finals Runner-Up:	UMass Lowell
Finals Mvp:	Austin Williams, Hartford
Seasonslistnames:	America East Conference men's basketball
Prevseason Link:	19-20
Prevseason Year:	2019–20
Nextseason Link:	21–22
Nextseason Year:	2021–22

The 2020–21 America East Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2020, followed by the start of the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November 2020. Conference play began in December and concluded with the 2021 America East men's basketball tournament. The America East expanded from 9 teams to 10 with the arrival of NJIT on July 1, 2020.^[1]

Preseason

The America East announced its preseason honors and polls on November 11, 2020.^[2]

Preseason Poll

Rank	Team	Points
1	Vermont	80 (8)
2	UMBC	72 (2)
3	New Hampshire	66
4	Albany	51
5	Stony Brook	44
6	Hartford	43
7	UMass Lowell	38
8	NJIT	28
T9	Binghamton	14
T9	Maine	14
(first place votes in parentheses)

Preseason All-Conference Team

Regular season

Conference matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Each team is scheduled to play all other conference teams twice.^[3]

	style= width=75	Albany	style= width=75	Binghamton	style= width=75	Hartford	style= width=75	Maine	style= width=75	New Hampshire	style= width=75	NJIT	style= width=75	Stony Brook	style= width=75	UMass Lowell	style= width=75	UMBC	style= width=75	Vermont
BING	HART	MAIN	NH	NJIT	SB	UML	UMBC	UVM -->	vs. Albany	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1
vs. Binghamton	0–0	–	2–0	0–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0
vs. Hartford	0–0	0–2	–	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–0
vs. Maine	0–0	0–0	2–0	–	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–0
vs. New Hampshire	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	–	0–0	0–2	1–2	2–0	0–0
vs. NJIT	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	–	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1
vs. Stony Brook	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	–	0–2	2–0	2–0
vs. UMass Lowell	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	–	0–0	1–1
vs. UMBC	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–0	–	1–1
vs. Vermont	1–1	0–2	0–0	0–2	0–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	–
BING	HART	MAIN	NH	NJIT	SB	UML	UMBC	UVM -->
Total	6–6	4–10	8–6	2–6	9–6	6–10	7–9	7–8	10–4	10–4

Postseason

America East tournament

The 2021 America East men's basketball tournament took place following the end of the conference regular season.

National Invitation tournament

See main article: 2021 National Invitation Tournament.

Notes and References

1. Web site: June 15, 2020. NJIT Welcomed as 10th America East Member Institution. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200904234323/https://americaeast.com/news/2020/6/14/NJIT-membership.aspx . 2020-09-04 . January 5, 2021. America East Conference. americaeast.com.
2. Web site: November 11, 2020. Vermont Once Again Tabbed Men's #AEHoops Favorites. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201112013739/https://americaeast.com/news/2020/11/11/2020-21_mbbpoll.aspx . 2020-11-12 . January 5, 2021. America East Conference. americaeast.com.
3. Web site: November 2, 2020. 2020-21 #AEHoops Schedules Unveiled. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201103010143/https://americaeast.com/news/2020/11/2/2020-21_schedules.aspx . 2020-11-03 . January 5, 2021. America East Conference. americaeast.com.