2011 America East Men's Basketball Tournament

2011 America East Men's Basketball Tournament
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Classification	Division I
Season	2010–11
First round site	Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion West Hartford, CT
Quarterfinals site	Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion West Hartford, CT
Semifinals site	Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion West Hartford, CT
Finals site	Agganis Arena Boston, MA
Champions	Boston University Terriers (6 title)
Winning coach	Patrick Chambers (1 title)
Post-America East tournament(s)	2011 NIT, 2011 NCAA, 2011 CBI, 2011 CIT
America East Men's Basketball Tournaments «2010  2012»

The 2011 America East Men's Basketball Tournament was held from March 3–6, 2011 at the Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion in West Hartford, Connecticut. The tournament final was held on March 12 at Agganis Arena. Boston University, the highest remaining seed, defeated Stony Brook by a score of 56-54 to win its sixth America East men's basketball title. Boston U also earned an automatic bid into the 2011 NCAA Tournament, where it lost in the first round to number one seed Kansas.

Contents 1 Bracket and Results 2 Recap 2.1 Opening-Round 2.2 Quarter-Finals 3 See also

Bracket and Results

	First Round Thursday, March 3					Quarterfinals Saturday, March 5					Semifinals Sunday, March 6					Championship Game Saturday, March 12
						1	Vermont	57
						9	Binghamton	46
	8	UMBC	65
	9	Binghamton	91
											1	Vermont	47
										5	Stony Brook	69
						4	Albany	61
						5	Stony Brook	67
																5	Stony Brook	54
																2	Boston U	56
						2	Boston U	69
						7	New Hampshire	60
											2	Boston U	55
										6	Hartford	49
						3	Maine	63
						6	Hartford	66

Asterisk denotes game ended in overtime

2010–11 America East men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Vermont	13		3		.813			23		9		.719
† Boston University	12		4		.750			21		14		.600
Maine	9		7		.563			15		15		.500
Albany	9		7		.563			16		16		.500
Stony Brook	8		8		.500			15		17		.469
Hartford	7		9		.438			11		20		.355
New Hampshire	6		10		.375			12		18		.400
Binghamton	4		12		.250			8		23		.258
UMBC	4		12		.250			5		25		.167
† 2011 America East Tournament winner As of March 18, 2011 • Rankings from AP Poll

Recap

Opening-Round

• Binghamton vs UMBC: Binghamton played an impressive opening round game against UMBC in which the team shot 17 triples, breaking the record for the most three's in the America East Tournament. Binghamton took the lead early on in the game and kept a point deferetial of at least 12 points for most of the game, they went on to win by 91–65 score with a 51% FG percentage, 53% from the arc. Greer Wright led the game with 31 points, while Laurence Jolicoeur led UMBC with 11.

Quarter-Finals

• Stony Brook vs Albany:

• Vermont vs Binghamton:

• Boston.U vs New Hampshire:

• Hartford Vs Maine:'

See also

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