2018–19 America East Conference men's basketball season

The 2018–19 America East Conference men's basketball season will begin with practices in October 2018, followed by the start of the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Regular season conference play began in December 2018 and concluded in March 2019. The 2019 America East Conference Tournament will be held from March 9-16, 2019. The Vermont Catamounts won their 3rd consecutive outright regular season championship, under the guidance of John Becker, who also received his third consecutive America East Coach of the Year Award, and fourth in total.

2018–19 America East Conference Men's Basketball Season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams9
TV partner(s)ESPN+, ESPNU, ESPN3, Regional Networks
2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
Regular Season ChampionsVermont
Runners-upStony Brook
Season MVPAnthony Lamb - Vermont
Top scorerAnthony Lamb - Vermont
America East Conference Tournament
ChampionsVermont
  Runners-upUMBC
Finals MVPAnthony Lamb - Vermont
2018–19 America East Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Vermont †14–2 .875  27–7  .794
Stony Brook12–4 .750  24–9  .727
UMBC11–5 .688  21–13  .618
Hartford10–6 .625  18–15  .545
UMass Lowell7–9 .438  15–17  .469
Albany7–9 .438  12–20  .375
Binghamton5–11 .313  10–23  .303
Maine3–13 .188  5–27  .156
New Hampshire3–13 .188  5–24  .172
† 2019 America East Tournament winner

Head coaches

Coaching changes

Coaches
Team Head coach Previous job Years at school Record at school America East record America East titles NCAA Tournaments
Albany Will Brown Albany (assistant) 18 294-267 154-135 2 5
Binghamton Tommy Dempsey Rider 7 56-160 25-96 0 0
Hartford John Gallagher Penn (assistant) 9 123-162 63-69 0 0
Maine Richard Barron Maine (women's) 1 5-26 3-13 0 0
New Hampshire Bill Herrion East Carolina 13 172-251 97-134 0 0
Stony Brook Jeff Boals Ohio State (assistant) 3 55–40 31–17 0 0
UMass Lowell Pat Duquette Northeastern (assistant) 6 71-107 46-60 0 0
UMBC Ryan Odom Lenoir-Rhyne 3 65-36 27-13 0 1
Vermont John Becker Vermont (assistant) 8 190-83 107-21 4 2

Notes:

  • Year at school includes 2018–19 season.
  • Overall and America East records are from time at current school and are through the end the 2018–19 season.
  • NCAA Tournament appearances are from time at current school only.

Preseason

Preseason poll

Source[2]

Rank Team
1Vermont (6)
2Hartford (3)
3UMBC
T4Albany
T4Stony Brook
6Binghamton
T7Maine
T7New Hampshire
9UMass Lowell

() first place votes

Preseason All-Conference Teams

Source[2]

Award Recipients
All-Conference Team John Carroll (Hartford)
Ernie Duncan (Vermont)
Jason Dunne (Hartford)
Anthony Lamb (Vermont)
Akwasi Yeboah (Stony Brook)

America East Preseason Player of the Year: Anthony Lamb (Vermont)

Regular season

Conference matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Each team will play 16 conference games, and at least 1 against each opponent.

  Albany Binghamton Hartford Maine New Hampshire Stony Brook UMass Lowell UMBC Vermont
vs. Albany –0-21–11–11–11-12-01–12–0
vs. Binghamton 2-0–2–00-20–22–01-12–02–0
vs. Hartford 1–10–2–0–20–22-01-10-22-0
vs. Maine 1–12-02–0–1–12-01-12–02-0
vs. New Hampshire 1–12–02–01-1–2–01–12–02-0
vs. Stony Brook 1–10–20–20-20–2–0–21–12-0
vs. UMass Lowell 0–21–11–11-11–12–0–1-12-0
vs. UMBC 1–10–22–00–20–21–11-1–0–2
vs. Vermont 0–20–20-20-20-20-20–22–0–
Total 7-95-1110-63-133-1312-47-911-514-2

Player of the week

Throughout the conference regular season, the America East Conference offices named one or two Players of the week and one or two Rookies of the week.

Week Player of the week Rookie of the week Reference
1 – Nov. 12 Akwasi Yeboah – Stony Brook Sam Sessoms – Binghamton [3]
2 – Nov. 19 Akwasi Yeboah (2) – Stony Brook Alex Rivera – UMass Lowell [4]
Anthony Lamb – Vermont
3 – Nov. 26 Andrew Garcia – Stony Brook Sam Sessoms (2) – Binghamton [5]
4 – Dec. 3 Akwasi Yeboah (3) – Stony Brook Cameron Healy – Albany [6]
Jason Dunne – Hartford
5 – Dec. 10 Anthony Lamb (2) – Vermont Sam Sessoms (3) – Binghamton [7]
6 – Dec. 17 George Blagojevic – Hartford Miles Latimer – Stony Brook [8]
7 – Dec. 25 Christian Lutete – UMass Lowell Sam Sessoms (4) – Binghamton [9]
Anthony Lamb (3) – Vermont
8 – Dec. 31 Christian Lutete (2) – UMass Lowell Jules Moor – Stony Brook [10]
Andrew Garcia (2) – Stony Brook
9 – Jan. 7 J.R. Lynch – Hartford Sam Sessoms (5) – Binghamton [11]
Anthony Lamb (4) – Vermont
10 – Jan. 14 Anthony Lamb (5) – Vermont Robin Duncan – Vermont [12]
11 – Jan. 21 Christian Lutete (2) – UMass Lowell Josh Placer – UMBC [13]
12 – Jan. 28 Caleb Stewart – Binghamton Antonio Rizzuto – Albany [14]
13 – Feb. 4 Andrew Fleming – Maine Cameron Healy (2) – Albany [15]
14 – Feb. 11 Anthony Lamb (6) – Vermont Sam Sessoms (6) – Binghamton [16]
15 – Feb. 18 Anthony Lamb (7) – Vermont Adam Lulka – Albany [17]
16 – Feb. 25 Akwasi Yeboah (4) – Stony Brook Cameron Healy (3) – Albany [18]
17 – Mar. 4 George Blagojevic (2) – Hartford Sam Sessoms (7) – Binghamton [19]

Statistics leaders

Source[20]

CategoryPlayerGames
played		TotalsAverage
Points Per GameAnthony Lamb (Vermont)2858220.8
Rebounds Per GameAnthony Lamb (Vermont)282248.0
Assists Per GameAhmad Clark (Albany)311344.3
Steals Per GameK.J. Jackson (UMBC)31692.2
Blocks Per GameJeff Otchere (Stony Brook)31732.4
Field Goal %George Blagojevic (Hartford)30173–314.551
3-Point %Ernie Duncan (Vermont)2869–162.426
Free Throw %Cameron Healy (Albany)3175-84.893

Final standings

Source[21]

TeamWLWin %
Vermont142.875
Stony Brook124.750
UMBC115.688
Hartford106.625
UMass Lowell79.438
Albany79.438
Binghamton511.313
Maine313.188
New Hampshire313.188

Postseason

America East Tournament
Main article: 2019 America East Men's Basketball Tournament
  Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 9, 2018
ESPN+		 Semifinals
Tuesday, March 12, 2018
ESPN+		 Championship
Saturday, March 16, 2018
ESPN2
                           
  1 Vermont 73
8 Maine 57
1 Vermont 84  
7 Binghamton 51  
4 Hartford 78
  5 UMass Lowell 70
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)   1 Vermont 66
  3 UMBC 49
  2 Stony Brook 72
7 Binghamton 78
3 UMBC 90**
4 Hartford 84  
3 UMBC 62
  6 Albany 54

NCAA Tournament
Main article: 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
Seed Region School First Four 1st Round 2nd Round Sweet 16 Elite Eight Final Four Championship
13 West Vermont N/A eliminated by (4) Florida State, 69-76

National Invitation Tournament
Main article: 2019 National Invitation Tournament
Seed Bracket School 1st Round 2nd Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship

Awards

All-Americans
Main article: 2019 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
Consensus All-Americans
First Team Second Team Third Team

To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors based on a point system computed from the four different all-America teams. The point system consists of three points for first team, two points for second team and one point for third team. No honorable mention or fourth team or lower are used in the computation. The top five totals plus ties are first team and the next five plus ties are second team.[22]

Associated Press NABC Sporting News USBWA
First Team
Second Team
Third Team

America East Awards

Source[23]

2019 America East Men's Basketball Individual Awards
Award Recipient(s)
America East Player of the Year Anthony Lamb, F., Vermont
Coach of the Year John Becker, Vermont
Defensive Player of the Year Jeff Otchere, C., Stony Brook
Rookie of the Year Sam Sessoms, G., Binghamton
Sixth Man Award Andrew Garcia, G/F., Stony Brook
2019 America East Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams
First Team Second Team Third Team
Anthony Lamb, Jr., F., Vermont †
J.R. Lynch, Sr., G., Hartford
Ernie Duncan, Sr., G., Vermont
Joe Sherburne, Sr., F., UMBC
Akwasi Yeboah, Jr., F., Stony Brook
 George Blagojevic, Sr., F., Hartford
Andrew Fleming, Jr., F., Maine
K.J. Jackson, Jr., G., UMBC
John Carroll, Sr., F., Hartford
Christian Lutete, Jr., G., UMass Lowell
 Ahmad Clark, Jr., G., Albany
Jason Dunne, Sr., G., Hartford
Cameron Healy, R-Fr., G., Albany
Elijah Olaniyi, So., G., Stony Brook
Sam Sessoms, Fr., G., Binghamton
† - denotes unanimous selection

Attendance
Team Arena Capacity Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Game 7 Game 8 Game 9 Game 10 Total Average % of Capacity
Game 11 Game 12 Game 13 Game 14 Game 15 Game 16 Game 17 Game 18 Game 19 Game 20
Albany SEFCU Arena 4,553 2,579 1,659 1,614 1,902 1,740 1,412 2,733 1,793 2,316 2,085 29,466 2,105 46%
3,891 1,876 2,306 1,560
Binghamton Binghamton University Events Center 5,322 2,108 2,509 1,577 1,827 1,501 2,748 1,527 1,624 2,142 4,710 34,683 2,168 41%
2,452 1,683 2,001 2,546 1,564 2,164
Hartford Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion 4,017 1,269 543 732 1,179 802 559 549 734 595 864 10,907 839 21%
1,202 1,458 964
Maine Cross Insurance Center 5,800 1,113 1,036 1,025 1,084 995 918 929 1,026 1,195 989 12,109 1,009 17%
981 818
New Hampshire Lundholm Gym 3,500 343 227 237 327 577 493 340 415 604 283 5,362 383 11%
547 397 239 333
Stony Brook Island Federal Credit Union Arena 4,160 2,449 3,123 2,475 2,435 2,539 2,647 2,817 4,009 3,153 3,658 38,541 2,965 71%
3,210 3,236 2,790
UMass Lowell Costello Athletic Center & Tsongas Center 2,100 & 6,003 1,078 617 1,152 1,428 706 652 3,118 411 1,232 2,378 4,216 & 12,201 602 & 2,034 29% & 34%
451 301 2,893
UMBC UMBC Event Center 5,000 1,083 1,164 1,037 2,476 1,204 805 1,328 1,081 915 1,659 24,001 1,600 32%
2,260 1,888 2,688 2,411 2,002
Vermont Patrick Gym 3,266 2,053 2,582 2,446 2,959 2,629 2,389 2,542 3,266 2,812 2,540 39,860 2,645 81%
2,472 3,116 2,152 3,266 2,546

See also

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