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 8
Format Single-elimination tournament
Current location Best seed arena
Played 1980–present
Last contest 2016
Current champion Vermont Catamounts
Most championships Northeastern Huskies (7)
Official website AmericaEast.com Men's Basketball
Host stadiums
Varies year-to-year. Preliminary round awarded to conference school to host. Championship hosted by highest remaining seed.
"AEC Tournament" redirects here. For the baseball tournament, see America East Conference Baseball Tournament.

The America East 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.

Format and hosts

As of 2013, the first rounds take place at a single location, usually the home arena of one of the conference schools, but the championship game is hosted the next weekend by the higher remaining seed. The 2013 and 2014 Tournament preliminary rounds were hosted by the University at Albany. Beginning in 2015, the format was changed from a single location in the first rounds to multiple locations. For every round, including the finals the higher seeded team in each game hosts. After the first round, teams are reseeded to account for upsets that may have occurred.

Beginning with the 2018 edition, the two bottom teams in the conference standings will not take part in the tournament. This change was made due to the impending eligibility of UMass Lowell for NCAA-sponsored postseason play, following the completion of the school's transition from NCAA Division II.[1]

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 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 Walter Brown Arena (Boston, MA)
Final at Case Gym (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 Vermont 51–43 Stony Brook Brian Voelkel, Vermont Preliminary Rounds at Chase Arena (West Hartford, CT)
Final at Stony Brook Arena (Stony Brook, NY)
2013 Albany 53–49 Vermont Mike Black, Albany Preliminary Rounds at SEFCU Arena (Albany, NY)
Final at Patrick Gym (Burlington, VT)
2014 Albany 69–60 Stony Brook Peter Hooley, Albany Preliminary Rounds at SEFCU Arena (Albany, NY)
Final at Pritchard Gymnasium (Stony Brook, NY)
2015 Albany 51–50 Stony Brook Peter Hooley, Albany Preliminary Rounds at Campus Sites
Final at SEFCU Arena (Albany, NY)
2016 Stony Brook 80–74 Vermont Jameel Warney, Stony Brook Preliminary Rounds at Campus Sites
Final at Island Federal Credit Union Arena (Stony Brook, NY)
2017 Vermont 56–53 Albany Anthony Lamb, Vermont Preliminary Rounds at Campus Sites
Final at Patrick Gym (Burlington, VT)

Championships by School

School # of Championships Last Championship
Northeastern† 7 1991
Boston University† 6 2011
Vermont 6 2017
Albany 5 2015
Delaware† 4 1999
Drexel† 3 1996
Hofstra† 2 2001
Holy Cross† 1 1980
Siena† 1 1989
UMBC 1 2008
Binghamton 1 2009
Stony Brook 1 2016

Maine, Hartford, New Hampshire, and UMass Lowell are the only remaining teams in the conference to have never won a title. Stony Brook recently won their first title in 2016, after losing in their four previous title game appearances.

Television

References

  1. ↑ "MBB Playoff Changes, 2018 Baseball Championship Site Determined at Annual Meeting" (Press release). America East Conference. June 8, 2017. Retrieved June 11, 2017.
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