2021 America East men's basketball tournament explained

Year:2021
Conference:America East
Division:I
Gender:Men's
Teams:9
Arena:Campus sites
Champions:Hartford
Titlecount:1st
Coach:John Gallagher
Coachcount:1st
Mvp:Austin Williams
Mvpteam:Hartford
Television:ESPN+
ESPN2

The 2021 America East Men's Basketball Conference tournament was the post-season men's basketball tournament for the America East Conference that began on February 27, 2021 and ended on March 13, 2021. Starting in the semifinals, all tournament games were played on the home arenas of the higher-seeded school. In Pod Play and the Quarterfinals, games were played at either New Hampshire or Hartford. The winner received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.[1] [2]

Seeds

All of the teams, except for Maine, in the conference standings qualified for the tournament. Maine cancelled their season after going 2–7, so they did not compete in the conference tournament.[3] The teams were seeded by record in conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

SeedSchoolAEC RecordTiebreaker
1UMBC10–42–0 vs Albany
2Vermont10–41–1 vs Albany
3New Hampshire9–6
4Hartford8–6
5Albany6–6
6UMass Lowell7–8
7Stony Brook7–9
8NJIT6–10
9Binghamton4–10

Schedule

GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendance
Pod Play – Saturday, February 27
11:00 pmNo. 6 UMass Lowell vs No. 7 Stony Brook (at New Hampshire)64–62ESPN+0
22:00 pmNo. 9 Binghamton at No. 4 Hartford60–770
35:00 pmNo. 8 NJIT vs No. 5 Albany (at Hartford)66–760
Quarterfinals – Sunday, February 28
41:00 pmNo. 6 UMass Lowell at No. 3 New Hampshire72–64ESPN+0
53:00 pmNo. 5 Albany at No. 4 Hartford77–830
Semifinals – Saturday, March 6
62:00 pmNo. 6 UMass Lowell at No. 1 UMBC79–77ESPN+
74:00 pmNo. 4 Hartford at No. 2 Vermont71–65
Championship – Saturday, March 13
811:00 amNo. 6 UMass Lowell at No. 4 Hartford50–64ESPN2
Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games hosted by higher-seeded team or at pod site.[4]

Game summaries

Pod Play

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gaydos . Ryan . 2021 America East Conference men's basketball tournament: Matchups, players to know & more. Fox News . February 25, 2021. February 26, 2021.
  2. Web site: Tyler. Byrum. America East tournament 2021: Bracket, how to watch, dates, preview, location. NBCSports.com. February 23, 2021. February 26, 2021.
  3. Web site: Maine opts out of rest of season, citing COVID. 13 February 2021.
  4. Web site: 2021 Hercules Tires Men's #AEPlayoffs Matchups Set. America East Conference. February 21, 2021 . February 24, 2021.