2011 America East Men's Basketball Tournament

2011 America East Men's Basketball Tournament

2011 America East Tournament logo
Classification Division I
Season 201011
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 (6th title)
Winning coach Patrick Chambers (1st title)

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.

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

Quarter-Finals

See also

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