2017 America East Women's Basketball Tournament

The 2017 America East Women's Basketball Tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the America East Conference. It was held from March 4 through March 10, 2017. The quarterfinals and semifinals were held at Cross Insurance Arena in Portland, ME, with the finals being held at the SEFCU Arena in Albany, NY. Albany won their 6th straight American East tournament title to earn an automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Tournament.

2017 America East Women's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201617
Teams8
Quarterfinals siteCross Insurance Arena
Portland, ME
Semifinals siteCross Insurance Arena
Portland, ME
Finals siteSEFCU Arena
Albany, NY
ChampionsAlbany (6th title)
Winning coachJoanna Bernabei-McNamee (1st title)
TelevisionESPNU/ESPN3
2016–17 America East Conference women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
New Hampshire151 .938  266  .813
Albany124 .750  2112  .636
UMBC106 .625  1516  .484
Maine97 .563  1816  .529
Binghamton88 .500  1317  .433
Hartford79 .438  1714  .548
Vermont610 .375  920  .310
Stony Brook511 .313  1218  .400
UMass Lowell*016 .000  326  .103
2017 America East Tournament winner
As of March 18, 2017
*ineligible for postseason play due to Div. I transitions; Rankings from AP Poll

Seeds

Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed School Conf Overall Tiebreaker
#1 New Hampshire 15–1 25–4
#2 Albany 12–4 18–11
#3 UMBC 10–6 15–14
#4 Maine 9–7 16–15
#5 Binghamton 8–8 13–16
#6 Hartford 7–9 16–13
#7 Vermont 6–10 9–19
#8 Stony Brook 5–11 12–17

Schedule

All tournament games are nationally televised on an ESPN network:

Session Game Time* Matchup# Television Attendance
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 4
1
1
12:00 PM
#1 New Hampshire 58 vs. #8 Stony Brook 49
ESPN3
941
2
2:30 PM
#4 Maine 57 vs. #5 Binghamton 40
2
3
6:00 PM
#2 Albany 65 vs. #7 Vermont 45
4
8:30 PM
#3 UMBC 40 vs. #6 Hartford 74
Semifinals – Sunday, March 5
3
5
2:00 PM
#1 New Hampshire 52 vs. #4 Maine 61
ESPN3
1,847
6
4:30 PM
#2 Albany 67 vs. # 6 Hartford 65
Championship Game – Friday, March 10
4
7
4:30 PM
#4 Maine at #2 Albany
ESPNU
*Game Times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket and Results

Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 4, 2017
ESPN3
Semifinals
Sunday, March 5, 2017
ESPN3
Championship Game
Friday, March 10, 2017
ESPNU
         
3 UMBC 40
6 Hartford 74
6 Hartford 65
2 Albany 67
2 Albany 65
7 Vermont 45
2 Albany 66
4 Maine 50
1 New Hampshire 58
8 Stony Brook 49
1 New Hampshire 52
4 Maine 61
4 Maine 57
5 Binghamton 40

All times listed are Eastern

See also

References

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