2024 America East men's basketball tournament
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]
| 2024 America East men's basketball tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2023–24 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Site | Campus sites |
| Champions | Vermont (10th title) |
| Winning coach | John Becker (6th title) |
| Television | ESPN+ ESPN2 |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seeds
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
| 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
| 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
References
- "2024 Men's Basketball Playoffs - America East Conference". americaeast.com. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
- "Jersey Mike's Subs Named Title Sponsor of Men's & Women's Basketball Playoffs". americaeast.com. November 30, 2022. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
- "Men's #AEHoops Weekend Preview: Feb. 18". America East Conference. February 17, 2023. Retrieved March 1, 2024.