2013 America East men's basketball tournament


The 2013 America East men's basketball tournament began on March 9 and concluded with the championship game on March 16. The quarterfinals and semifinals were played on March 9 and 10 at SEFCU Arena in Albany, NY, while the 2013 championship game was held on March 16 at the home of the highest remaining seed.[1] The winner earned an automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA tournament.

2013 America East men's basketball tournament
2013 America East tournament logo
ClassificationDivision I
Season2012–13
Teams8
Quarterfinals siteSEFCU Arena
Albany, NY
Semifinals siteSEFCU Arena
Albany, NY
Finals sitePatrick Gym
Burlington, VT
ChampionsAlbany (3rd title)
Winning coachWill Brown (3rd title)
TelevisionESPN3, ESPN2
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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

Although the conference had nine members, only eight participated in that year's tournament. Boston University, which left the America East after the season to join the Patriot League, had been barred from conference postseason play. America East bylaws allowed the conference to prevent a departing member from participating in its postseason tournaments, and the America East chose to enforce this rule against Boston University.[2]

Bracket and Results edit

Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 9, 2013
ESPN3
Semifinals
Sunday, March 10, 2013
ESPN3
Championship Game
Saturday, March 16, 2013
ESPN2
         
1 Stony Brook 72
8 Binghamton 49
1 Stony Brook 59
4 Albany 61
4 Albany 50
5 Maine 49
4 Albany 53
2 Vermont 49
2 Vermont 61
7 New Hampshire 42
2 Vermont 85
6 UMBC 72
3 Hartford 62
6 UMBC 69

Championship game hosted by Vermont.

All times listed are Eastern

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Albany's SEFCU Arena to Host 2013 Men's & Women's Basketball Championship". www.americaeast.com. Retrieved June 6, 2012.
  2. ^ Norlander, Matt (July 3, 2012). "Boston University banned from 2013 postseason conference play". Eye on College Basketball. CBSSports.com. Retrieved August 5, 2012.