2011 America East Men's Basketball Tournament

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.

2011 America East Men's Basketball Tournament
2011 America East Tournament logo
ClassificationDivision I
Season201011
First round siteChase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion
West Hartford, CT
Quarterfinals siteChase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion
West Hartford, CT
Semifinals siteChase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion
West Hartford, CT
Finals siteAgganis Arena
Boston, MA
ChampionsBoston University Terriers (6th title)
Winning coachPatrick Chambers (1st title)
2010–11 America East men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Vermont133 .813  239  .719
Boston University124 .750  2114  .600
Maine97 .563  1515  .500
Albany97 .563  1616  .500
Stony Brook88 .500  1517  .469
Hartford79 .438  1120  .355
New Hampshire610 .375  1218  .400
Binghamton412 .250  823  .258
UMBC412 .250  525  .167
2011 America East Tournament winner
As of March 18, 2011; Rankings from AP Poll


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

Recap

Opening-Round

  • Binghamton vs UMBC: Binghamton played an impressive opening round game against UMBC in which the team made 17 three-pointers, breaking the record for the most three's in the America East Tournament.[1] Binghamton took the lead early on in the game and kept a point deferential 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

References

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