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2024 America East men's basketball tournament

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2024 America East men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2023–24
Teams8
SiteCampus sites
ChampionsVermont (10th title)
Winning coachJohn Becker (6th title)
TelevisionESPN+
ESPN2
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2023–24 America East Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Vermont 15 1   .938 28 7   .800
UMass Lowell 11 5   .688 22 10   .688
Bryant 11 5   .688 20 13   .606
New Hampshire 7 9   .438 16 15   .516
Binghamton 7 9   .438 15 15   .500
Maine 7 9   .438 15 17   .469
UMBC 6 10   .375 11 21   .344
Albany 5 11   .313 13 19   .406
NJIT 3 13   .188 7 21   .250
2024 AmEast tournament winner

The 2024 America East Men's Basketball Conference tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the America East Conference. It was held March 9–16, 2024, at campus sites of the higher seeds. The winner, Vermont, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Tournament.[1] The tournament was sponsored by Jersey Mike's Subs.[2]

Seeds

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Eight of the nine America East teams qualified for the tournament. The teams were seeded by record in conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

The tiebreaker steps are 1) head-to-head records in games involving the tied teams; 2) winning percentage versus conference opponents in descending rank order, taking into account groups of teams tied in the standings rather than individual tied teams; 3) winning percentage in conference road games; 4} better NCAA NET ranking through end of conference regular-season games. If a multiple-team tiebreaker resolves part but not all of the tie, the remaining tied teams revert to the first step of a new tiebreaker.[3]

Seed School AEC Record Tiebreaker 1 Tiebreaker 2
1 Vermont 15–1
2 UMass Lowell 11–5 2–0 vs. Bryant
3 Bryant 11–5 0–2 vs. UMass Lowell
4 New Hampshire 7–9 3–1 vs. Binghamton/Maine 1–1 vs. UMass Lowell
5 Binghamton 7–9 3–1 vs. UNH/Maine 0–2 vs. UMass Lowell
6 Maine 7–9 0–4 vs. UNH/Binghamton
7 UMBC 6–10
8 Albany 5–11
DNQ NJIT 3–13

Schedule

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Game Time* Matchup# Score Television
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 9
1 3:00 pm No. 8 Albany at No. 1 Vermont 72–75 ESPN+
2 3:00 pm No. 7 UMBC at No. 2 UMass Lowell 89–94 OT
3 2:00 pm No. 6 Maine at No. 3 Bryant 58–84
4 3:00 pm No. 5 Binghamton at No. 4 New Hampshire 64–77
Semifinals – Tuesday, March 12
5 5:00 pm No. 4 New Hampshire at No. 1 Vermont 59–66 ESPN2
6 6:00 pm No. 3 Bryant at No. 2 UMass Lowell 70–77 ESPN+
Championship – Saturday, March 16
7 11:00 am No. 2 UMass Lowell at No. 1 Vermont 61–66 ESPN2
*Game times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

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Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 9, 2024
ESPN+
Semifinals
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
ESPN2/ESPN+
Championship
Saturday, March 16, 2024
ESPN2
         
1 Vermont 75
8 Albany 72
1 Vermont 66
4 New Hampshire 59
4 New Hampshire 77
5 Binghamton 64
1 Vermont 66
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
2 UMass Lowell 61
2 UMass Lowell 94*
7 UMBC 89
2 UMass Lowell 77
3 Bryant 70
3 Bryant 84
6 Maine 58


* denotes overtime

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2024 Men's Basketball Playoffs - America East Conference". americaeast.com. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
  2. ^ "Jersey Mike's Subs Named Title Sponsor of Men's & Women's Basketball Playoffs". americaeast.com. November 30, 2022. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
  3. ^ "Men's #AEHoops Weekend Preview: Feb. 18". America East Conference. February 17, 2023. Retrieved March 1, 2024.