2012–13 America East Conference men's basketball season

The 2012–13 America East men's basketball season began with practices in October 2012, followed by the start of the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November.

2012–13 American East Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
DurationNovember 2012 – March 2013
Number of teams9
Regular Season
Season championsStony Brook Seawolves
  Runners-upVermont Catamounts
Boston University Terriers
Season MVPTommy Brenton (Stony Brook)
Top scorerJustin Edwards (Maine) 16.7
Tournament
ChampionsAlbany Great Danes
  Runners-upVermont Catamounts
Finals MVPMike Black (Albany)
America East Conference men's basketball seasons
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2012–13 America East men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Stony Brook 14 2   .875 25 8   .758
Vermont 11 5   .688 21 12   .636
Boston University* 11 5   .688 17 13   .567
Hartford 10 6   .625 17 14   .548
Albany 9 7   .563 24 11   .686
Maine 6 10   .375 11 19   .367
New Hampshire 5 11   .313 9 20   .310
UMBC 5 11   .313 8 23   .258
Binghamton 1 15   .063 3 27   .100
2013 America East tournament winner
As of March 22, 2013
Rankings from AP Poll
*Ineligible for conference tournament due to changing conferences in 2013

Conference play began in early-January 2013, and concluded in March with the 2013 America East men's basketball tournament first two rounds being held at the University of Albany, and the final held at the University of Vermont.

Preseason Poll

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Rank Team(First Place Votes) Votes
1 Vermont(5) 60
2 Stony Brook(4) 58
3 Boston University 49
4 Albany 38
5 Maine 35
6 New Hampshire 34
7 Hartford 26
8 UMBC 15
9 Binghamton 9

Preseason Poll at AmericaEast.com

Awards

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Preseason All-Conference

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First Team
*Mike Black (Albany)
D. J. Irving (Boston University)
Alasdair Fraser (Maine)
Chase Plummer (UMBC)
*Tommy Brenton (Stony Brook)
Brian Voelkel (Vermont)

Asterisk denotes unanimous selection

Preseason All-Conference at AmericaEast.com

All-Conference Teams

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First Team
Mike Black (Albany)
*D. J. Irving (Boston University)
*Mark Nwakamma (Hartford)
*Tommy Brenton (Stony Brook)
Brian Voelkel (Vermont)
Second Team
Justin Edwards (Maine)
Alasdair Fraser (Maine)
Ryan Cook (UMBC)
Jameel Warney (Stony Brook)
Clancy Rugg (Vermont)
Third Team
Jordan Reed (Binghamton)
Dom Morris (Boston University)
Maurice Watson Jr. (Boston University)
Dave Coley (Stony Brook)
Sandro Carissimo (Vermont)
  • denotes unanimous selection

All-Defensive Team

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First Team
Mike Allison (Maine)
*Tommy Brenton (Stony Brook)
Dave Coley (Stony Brook)
Jameel Warney (Stony Brook)
*Brian Voelkel (Vermont)
  • denotes unanimous selection

All-Freshmen Team

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First Team
Peter Hooley (Albany)
*Jordan Reed (Binghamton)
*John Papale (Boston University)
*Maurice Watson Jr. (Boston University)
*Jameel Warney (Stony Brook)
  • denotes unanimous selection

All-Academic Team

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First Team
Jacob Iati (Albany)
Sam Rowley (Albany)
Scott Morris (New Hampshire)
Luke Apfeld (Vermont)
Sandro Carissimo (Vermont)

Player of the Year

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Tommy Brenton of Stony Brook was awarded Player of the Year honors in the 2012-2013 season.

Coach of the Year

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Steve Pikiell of Stony Brook was awarded Coach of the Year honors in the 2012-2013 season.

Defensive Player of the Year

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Tommy Brenton of Stony Brook was awarded Defensive Player of the Year honors in the 2012-2013 season.

Freshmen of the Year

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Jameel Warney of Stony Brook was awarded Freshmen of the year honors in the 2012-2013 season.

References

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