America East Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

America East Men's Basketball Tournament
Conference Basketball Championship
Sport	College basketball
Conference	America East Conference
Number of teams	9
Format	Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium	Chase Arena
Current location	West Hartford, Connecticut
Played	1980–present
Last contest	2010 America East Tournament
Current champion	Boston University Terriers
Most championships	Northeastern Huskies (7)
Official website	AmericaEast.com Men's Basketball

"AEC Tournament" redirects here. For the baseball tournament, see America East Conference Baseball Tournament.

The America East Conference Men's Basketball Tournament is the annual concluding tournament for the NCAA college basketball in the America East Conference. The winner of the annual tournament gains an automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship. As of 2011, the first rounds take place at a single location, but the championship game is hosted the next weekend by the higher remaining seed.

History of the Tournament Finals

Year	Winner	Score	Opponent	Reggie Lewis Most Outstanding Player	Tournament Venue
1980	Holy Cross	81–75	Boston University	Ron Perry, Holy Cross	Preliminary Rounds at Campus Sites Final at Hart Center (Worcester, MA)
1981	Northeastern	81–79 OT	Holy Cross	Perry Moss, Northeastern	Preliminary Rounds at Campus Sites Final at Cabot Center (Boston, MA)
1982	Northeastern	82–59	Niagara	Perry Moss, Northeastern	Preliminary Rounds at Campus Sites Final at Matthews Arena (Boston, MA)
1983	Boston University	63–62	Holy Cross	Mike Alexander, Boston University	Preliminary Rounds at Campus Sites Final at Case Gym (Boston, MA)
1984	Northeastern	85–75	Canisius	Mark Halsel, Northeastern	Preliminary Rounds at Campus Sites Final at Matthews Arena (Boston, MA)
1985	Northeastern	68–67	Boston University	Reggie Lewis, Northeastern	Preliminary Rounds at Campus Sites Final at Matthews Arena (Boston, MA)
1986	Northeastern	63–54	Boston University	Wess Fuller, Northeastern	Preliminary Rounds at Campus Sites Final at Matthews Arena (Boston, MA)
1987	Northeastern	71–68	Boston University	Reggie Lewis, Northeastern	Preliminary Rounds at Campus Sites Final at Matthews Arena (Boston, MA)
1988	Boston University	79–68	Niagara	Jeff Timberlake, Boston University	Hartford Civic Center (Hartford, CT)
1989	Siena	68–67	Boston University	Marc Brown, Siena	Hartford Civic Center (Hartford, CT)
1990	Boston University	75–57	Vermont	Bill Brigham, Boston University	Hartford Civic Center (Hartford, CT)
1991	Northeastern	57–46	Maine	Ron Lacey, Northeastern	Preliminary Rounds at Campus Sites Final at Matthews Arena (Boston, MA)
1992	Delaware	92–68	Drexel	Alex Coles, Delaware	Preliminary Rounds at Campus Sites Final at Bob Carpenter Center (Newark, DE)
1993	Delaware	67–64	Drexel	Kevin Blackhurst, Delaware	Preliminary Rounds at Campus Sites Final at Daskalakis Athletic Center (Philadelphia, PA)
1994	Drexel	86–78	Maine	Malik Rose, Drexel	Preliminary Rounds at Campus Sites Final at Daskalakis Athletic Center (Philadelphia, PA)
1995	Drexel	72–52	Northeastern	Malik Rose, Drexel	Preliminary Rounds at Campus Sites Final at Daskalakis Athletic Center (Philadelphia, PA)
1996	Drexel	76–67	Boston University	Malik Rose, Drexel	Preliminary Rounds at Bob Carpenter Center (Newark, DE) Final at Daskalakis Athletic Center (Philadelphia, PA)
1997	Boston University	68–61	Drexel	Tunji Awojobi, Boston University	Preliminary Rounds at Bob Carpenter Center (Newark, DE) Final at Case Gym (Boston, MA)
1998	Delaware	66–58	Boston University	Darryl Presley, Delaware	Bob Carpenter Center (Newark, DE)
1999	Delaware	86–67	Drexel	John Gordon, Delaware	Bob Carpenter Center (Newark, DE)
2000	Hofstra	76–69	Delaware	Craig "Speedy" Claxton, Hofstra	Preliminary Rounds at Bob Carpenter Center (Newark, DE) Final at Hofstra Arena (Hempstead, NY)
2001	Hofstra	68–54	Delaware	Roberto Gittens, Hofstra	Preliminary Rounds at Bob Carpenter Center (Newark, DE) Final at Hofstra Arena (Hempstead, NY)
2002	Boston University	66–40	Maine	Billy Collins, Boston University	Preliminary Rounds at Matthews Arena (Boston, MA) Final at Case Gym (Boston, MA)
2003	Vermont	56–55	Boston University	Matt Sheftic, Vermont	Preliminary Rounds at Matthews Arena (Boston, MA) Final at Walter Brown Arena (Boston, MA)
2004	Vermont	72–53	Maine	Taylor Coppenrath, Vermont	Preliminary Rounds at Walter Brown Arena (Boston, MA) Final at Patrick Gym (Burlington, VT)
2005	Vermont	80–57	Northeastern	Taylor Coppenrath, Vermont	Preliminary Rounds at Events Center (Vestal, NY) Final at Patrick Gym (Burlington, VT)
2006	Albany	80–67	Vermont	Jamar Wilson, Albany	Preliminary Rounds at Events Center (Vestal, NY) Final at Recreation and Convocation Center (Albany, NY)
2007	Albany	60–59	Vermont	Jamar Wilson, Albany	Preliminary Rounds at Agganis Arena (Boston, MA) Final at Patrick Gym (Burlington, VT)
2008	UMBC	82–65	Hartford	Jay Greene, UMBC	Preliminary Rounds at Events Center (Vestal, NY) Final at Retriever Activities Center (Catonsville, MD)
2009	Binghamton	61–51	UMBC	D.J. Rivera, Binghamton	Preliminary Rounds at SEFCU Arena (Albany, NY) Final at Events Center (Vestal, NY)
2010	Vermont	83–70	Boston University	Marqus Blakely, Vermont	Preliminary Rounds at Chase Arena (West Hartford, CT) Final at Patrick Gym (Burlington, VT)
2011	Boston University	56–54	Stony Brook	John Holland, Boston University	Preliminary Rounds at Chase Arena (West Hartford, CT) Final at Agganis Arena (Boston, MA)
2012		??–??			Preliminary Rounds at Chase Arena (West Hartford, CT) Final at Highsest Remaining Seed

Tournament Championships by School

School	# of Tournament Championships	Last Tournament Championship
Northeastern†	7	1991
Boston University	6	2011
Delaware†	4	1999
Vermont	4	2010
Drexel†	3	1996
Hofstra†	2	2001
Albany	2	2007
Holy Cross†	1	1980
Siena†	1	1989
UMBC	1	2008
Binghamton	1	2009

• ^†Former member of the AEC

Television

Main article: America East Tournament Finals broadcasters

References

• America East Championship Results

See also

• America East Women's Basketball Tournament