2022 America East men's basketball tournament

The 2022 America East Men's Basketball Conference tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the America East Conference that began on March 6, 2022 and ended on March 12, 2022. 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 NCAA tournament.

2022 America East men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2021–22
Teams8
SiteCampus sites
ChampionsVermont (8th title)
Winning coachJohn Becker (4th title)
TelevisionESPN+
ESPN2
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2021–22 America East Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Vermont 17 1   .944 28 6   .824
UMBC 11 7   .611 18 14   .563
Stony Brook* 10 8   .556 18 13   .581
New Hampshire 10 8   .556 15 13   .536
Hartford 9 9   .500 12 20   .375
Albany 9 9   .500 13 18   .419
Binghamton 8 10   .444 12 17   .414
UMass Lowell 7 11   .389 15 16   .484
NJIT 6 12   .333 11 18   .379
Maine 3 15   .167 6 23   .207
*Ineligible for the 2022 AmEast tournament due to changing conferences in 2022
2022 AmEast tournament winner

Seeds

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Eight of the ten America East teams qualified for the tournament. Stony Brook was not eligible for the tournament due to a postseason ban imposed by the conference.[1] The teams were seeded by record in conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed School AEC Record Tiebreaker
1 Vermont 17–1
2 UMBC 11–7
3 New Hampshire 10–8
4 Hartford 9–9 1–1 vs. Vermont
5 Albany 9–9 0–2 vs. Vermont
6 Binghamton 8–10
7 UMass Lowell 7–11
8 NJIT 6–12

Schedule

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Game Time* Matchup# Score Television
Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 6, 2022
1 2:00 pm No. 8 NJIT at No. 1 Vermont 59–98 ESPN+
2 1:00 pm No. 7 UMass Lowell at No. 2 UMBC 85–93OT
3 2:00 pm No. 5 Albany at No. 4 Hartford 49–61
4 1:00 pm No. 6 Binghamton at No. 3 New Hampshire 72–69
Semifinals – Wednesday, March 9, 2022
5 7:00 pm No. 6 Binghamton at No. 1 Vermont 42–74 ESPN+
6 7:00 pm No. 4 Hartford at No. 2 UMBC 60–80
Championship – Saturday, March 12, 2022
7 11:00 am No. 1 Vermont vs. No.2 UMBC 82–43 ESPN2
*Game times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

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Bracket

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Quarterfinals
Sunday, March 6, 2022
ESPN+
Semifinals
Wednesday March 9, 2022
ESPN+
Championship
Saturday, March 12, 2022
ESPN2
         
1 Vermont 98
8 NJIT 59
1 Vermont 74
6 Binghamton 42
4 Hartford 61
5 Albany 49
1 Vermont 82
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
2 UMBC 43
3 New Hampshire 69
6 Binghamton 72
2 UMBC 80
4 Hartford 60
2 UMBC 93*
7 UMass Lowell 85

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Stony Brook basketball teams banned from America East conference tournament". syracuse. Associated Press. February 3, 2022. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  2. ^ "2022 America East Men's Basketball Playoffs - America East Conference". americaeast.com. Retrieved February 22, 2022.