2018 America East Women's Basketball Tournament

The 2018 America East Women's Basketball Tournament began on February 28 and conclude with the championship game on March 9. Maine, the winner of the America East earns an automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Tournament.[1]

2018 America East Women's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201718
Teams9
Quarterfinals siteCross Insurance Arena
Portland, ME
Semifinals siteCross Insurance Arena
Portland, ME
Finals siteCross Insurance Center
Bangor, ME
ChampionsMaine (8th title)
Winning coachAmy Vachon (1st title)
MVPBlanca Millan (Maine)
TelevisionESPNU/ESPN3
2017–18 America East Conference women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Maine133 .813  2310  .697
Albany124 .750  248  .750
Binghamton106 .625  2012  .625
Stony Brook106 .625  1812  .600
Hartford97 .563  1913  .594
New Hampshire97 .563  1912  .613
Vermont511 .313  822  .267
UMBC313 .188  526  .161
UMass Lowell115 .063  426  .133
2018 America East Tournament winner
As of 20 March 2018; Rankings from AP Poll

Seeds

Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.[2]

Seed School Conf Overall Tiebreaker
#1 Maine 13–3 20–9
#2 Albany 12–4 23–6
#3 Binghamton 10–6 19–10 higher RPI
#4 Stony Brook 10–6 17–11
#5 UNH 9–7 18–11 higher RPI
#6 Hartford 9–7 17–12
#7 Vermont 5–11 8–21
#8 UMBC 3–13 5–25
#9 Mass-Lowell 1–15 4–26

Schedule

All tournament games are nationally televised on an ESPN network:

Session Game Time* Matchup# Television Attendance
First Round Game – Wednesday, February 28
1
1
6:00pm
#9 Mass-Lowell at #8 UMBC
ESPN3
281
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 3
2
2
12:00pm
#1 Maine vs. #8 UMBC
ESPN3
2,158
3
2:15pm
#4 Stony Brook vs. #5 UNH
3
4
6:00pm
#2 Albany vs. #7 Vermont
5
8:15pm
#3 Binghamton vs. #6 Hartford
Semifinals – Sunday, March 4
4
6
2:00pm
#1 Maine vs #5 UNH
ESPN3
7
4:30pm
#2 Albany vs #6 Hartford
Championship Game – Friday, March 9
5
8
4:00 PM
#6 Hartford at #1 Maine
ESPNU
3,373
*Game Times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket and Results

  First Round
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
ESPN3
Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 3, 2018
ESPN3
Semifinals
Sunday, March 4, 2018
ESPN3
Championship Game
Friday, March 9, 2018
ESPNU
                                     
       
  1 Maine 65  
    8 UMBC 43  
8 UMBC 73
9 Mass-Lowell 65  
  1 Maine 64  
  5 UNH 48  
       
       
  4 Stony Brook 54
    5 UNH 71  
     
       
  1 Maine 75
  6 Hartford 64
       
       
  2 Albany 60
    7 Vermont 42  
     
       
  2 Albany 56
  6 Hartford 58  
       
       
  3 Binghamton 68
    6 Hartford 72  
     

All times listed are Eastern

See also

References

  1. http://americaeast.com/tournaments/?id=2218
  2. "Bracket Set for 2018 #AETourney". americaeast.com. America East Conference. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
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