2006 America East Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2006 America East Men's Basketball Tournament was held from March 3–5 at the Binghamton University Events Center. The final was held March 11 at the Recreation and Convocation Center at the University at Albany. Albany gained its first ever berth in the NCAA Tournament with its win over Vermont. Albany was given the 16th seed in the Washington D.C. Regional of the NCAA Tournament and lost in the first round to Connecticut 72–59, after Albany nearly became the first 16 seed to upset a 1 seed with a twelve-point lead with just over eleven minutes to play.

2006 America East Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season200506
First round siteBinghamton University Events Center
Vestal, New York
Quarterfinals siteBinghamton University Events Center
Vestal, New York
Semifinals siteBinghamton University Events Center
Vestal, New York
Finals siteSEFCU Arena
Albany, New York
ChampionsUAlbany (1 title)
Winning coachWill Brown (1 title)
MVPJamar Wilson (UAlbany)
2005–06 America East men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Albany133 .813  2111  .656
Binghamton124 .750  1613  .552
Boston University97 .563  1216  .429
Hartford97 .563  1315  .464
New Hampshire88 .500  1217  .414
Vermont79 .438  1317  .433
Maine79 .438  1216  .429
UMBC511 .313  1019  .345
Stony Brook214 .125  424  .143
America East Tournament winner
As of March 14, 2006; Rankings from AP Poll

Bracket and Results

  First Round
Friday, March 3
Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 4
Semifinals
Sunday, March 5
Final
Saturday, March 11
                                     
 
  1 UAlbany 79  
    8 UMBC 65  
8 UMBC 88
9 Stony Brook 70  
  1 UAlbany 67  
  5 New Hampshire 54  
 
 
  4 Hartford 62
    5 New Hampshire 66  
 
  1 UAlbany 80
  6 Vermont 67
 
 
  2 Binghamton 71
    7 Maine 62  
 
  2 Binghamton 59
  6 Vermont 66  
 
 
  3 Boston U. 61
    6 Vermont 64  

See also

References

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