| Year: | 2023 |
| Conference: | America East |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 8 |
| Arena: | Campus sites |
| Champions: | Vermont |
| Titlecount: | 9th |
| Coach: | John Becker |
| Coachcount: | 5th |
| Television: | ESPN+ ESPN2 |
The 2023 America East Men's Basketball Conference tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the America East Conference following the 2022-23 conference regular season. It began on March 4, 2023 and ended on March 11, 2023. All tournament games were played on the home arenas of the higher-seeded school. The winner, Vermont, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Tournament.[1]
Eight of the nine America East teams contested the tournament. Tiebreakers were applied as necessary to determine seeding.
| Seed | School | AEC Record | Tiebreaker | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vermont | 14–2 | ||
| 2 | UMass Lowell | 11–5 | ||
| 3 | New Hampshire | 9–7 | ||
| 4 | 8–8 | 4–0 vs. Binghamton/Bryant | ||
| 5 | 8–8 | 1–3 vs. UMBC/Bryant; 1–1 vs. UMass Lowell | ||
| 6 | 8–8 | 1–3 vs. UMBC/Binghamton; 0–2 vs. UMass Lowell | ||
| 7 | 7–9 | |||
| 8 | 4–12 | |||
| DNQ | Albany | 3–13 |
| Game | Time* | Matchup# | Score | Television | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 4, 2023 | ||||||
| 1 | 7:00 pm | No. 8 NJIT at No. 1 Vermont | 57–84 | ESPN+ | ||
| 2 | 4:00 pm | No. 7 Maine at No. 2 UMass Lowell | 54–85 | |||
| 3 | 7:00 pm | No. 5 Binghamton at No. 4 UMBC | 67–65 | |||
| 4 | 1:00 pm | No. 6 Bryant at No. 3 New Hampshire | 60–67 | |||
| Semifinals – Tuesday, March 7, 2023 | ||||||
| 5 | 7:00 pm | No. 5 Binghamton at No. 1 Vermont | 57–79 | ESPN+ | ||
| 6 | 6:00 pm | No. 3 New Hampshire at No. 2 UMass Lowell | 64–75 | |||
| Championship – Saturday, March 11, 2023 | ||||||
| 7 | 11:00 am | No. 2 UMass Lowell at No. 1 Vermont | 59–72 | ESPN2/ESPN+ | ||
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