| Year: | 2020 |
| Conference: | America East |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 8 |
| Arena: | Campus sites |
| Television: | ESPN+ ESPN2 |
The 2020 America East men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the America East Conference, which was held on March 7, 10, and canceled before its scheduled conclusion on March 14, 2020. All tournament games were played on home arenas of the higher-seeded school. The winner would have received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, which itself was also cancelled to help curtail the spread of COVID-19.
The top eight teams in the conference standings qualify for the tournament. The teams are seeded by record in conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
| Seed | School | AEC Record | Tiebreaker | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vermont | 14–2 | ||
| 2 | Stony Brook | 10–6 | ||
| 3 | Hartford | 9–7 | ||
| 4 | UMBC | 8–8 | 1–1 vs Vermont | |
| 5 | New Hampshire | 8–8 | 0–2 vs Vermont | |
| 6 | UMass Lowell | 7–9 | 1–1 vs Hartford | |
| 7 | Albany | 7–9 | 0–2 vs Hartford | |
| 8 | Maine | 5–11 | ||
| DNQ | Binghamton | 4–12 |
| Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television | Attendance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 7 | ||||||
| 1 | 1:00 pm | No. 5 New Hampshire at No. 4 UMBC | 67–73 | ESPN+ | ||
| 2 | 5:00 pm | No. 6 UMass Lowell at No. 3 Hartford | 75–89 | 1,069 | ||
| 3 | 7:00 pm | No. 7 Albany at No. 2 Stony Brook | 73–76 | 2,166 | ||
| 4 | 7:00 pm | No. 8 Maine at No. 1 Vermont | 50–61 | 3,266 | ||
| Semifinals – Tuesday, March 10 | ||||||
| 5 | 7:00 pm | No. 3 Hartford at No. 2 Stony Brook | 64–58 | ESPN+ | ||
| 6 | 7:00 pm | No. 4 UMBC at No. 1 Vermont | 74–81 | |||
| Championship – Saturday, March 14 | ||||||
| 7 | 11:00 am | No. 3 Hartford at No. 1 Vermont | Cancelled | |||
| Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games hosted by higher-seeded team.[1] | ||||||
Teams are reseeded after each round with the highest remaining seeds receiving home-court advantage.