America_East_Men's_Basketball_Tournament

America East men's basketball tournament
America East men's basketball tournament
Conference basketball championship
Sport	College basketball
Conference	America East Conference
Number of teams	8
Format	Single-elimination tournament
Current location	Best seed arena
Played	1980–present
Last contest	2024
Current champion	Vermont
Most championships	Vermont (11)
TV partner(s)	ESPN+ ESPN2 (final)
Official website	AmericaEast.com Men's Basketball
Sponsors
	D-wave systems, PepsiCo and Adidas Originals
Host stadiums
	Varies year-to-year. Preliminary round awarded to conference school to host. Championship hosted by highest remaining seed.

America East Conference men's basketball tournament

Annual college basketball conference championship

The America East men's basketball tournament, popularly known as the America East Playoffs, is the annual concluding tournament for the NCAA college basketball in the America East Conference. The winner of the annual tournament gains an automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship.

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Year	Winner	Score	Opponent	Reggie Lewis Most Outstanding Player	Tournament venue
1980	Holy Cross	81–75	Boston University	Ron Perry, Holy Cross	Preliminary rounds at campus sites Final at Hart Center (Worcester, MA)
1981	Northeastern	81–79 OT	Holy Cross	Perry Moss, Northeastern	Preliminary rounds at campus sites Final at Cabot Center (Boston, MA)
1982	Northeastern	82–59	Niagara	Perry Moss, Northeastern	Preliminary rounds at campus sites Final at Matthews Arena (Boston, MA)
1983	Boston University	63–62	Holy Cross	Mike Alexander, Boston University	Preliminary rounds at campus sites Final at Case Gym (Boston, MA)
1984	Northeastern	85–75	Canisius	Mark Halsel, Northeastern	Preliminary rounds at campus sites Final at Matthews Arena (Boston, MA)
1985	Northeastern	68–67	Boston University	Reggie Lewis, Northeastern
1986	Northeastern	63–54	Boston University	Wess Fuller, Northeastern
1987	Northeastern	71–68	Boston University	Reggie Lewis, Northeastern
1988	Boston University	79–68	Niagara	Jeff Timberlake, Boston University	Hartford Civic Center (Hartford, CT)
1989	Siena	68–67	Boston University	Marc Brown, Siena
1990	Boston University	75–57	Vermont	Bill Brigham, Boston University
1991	Northeastern	57–46	Maine	Ron Lacey, Northeastern	Preliminary rounds at campus sites Final at Matthews Arena (Boston, MA)
1992	Delaware	92–68	Drexel	Alex Coles, Delaware	Preliminary rounds at campus sites Final at Bob Carpenter Center (Newark, DE)
1993	Delaware	67–64	Drexel	Kevin Blackhurst, Delaware	Preliminary rounds at campus sites Final at Daskalakis Athletic Center (Philadelphia)
1994	Drexel	86–78	Maine	Malik Rose, Drexel
1995	Drexel	72–52	Northeastern	Malik Rose, Drexel	Preliminary rounds at campus sites Final at Daskalakis Athletic Center (Philadelphia)
1996	Drexel	76–67	Boston University	Malik Rose, Drexel	Preliminary rounds at Bob Carpenter Center (Newark, DE) Final at Daskalakis Athletic Center (Philadelphia)
1997	Boston University	68–61	Drexel	Tunji Awojobi, Boston University	Preliminary rounds at Bob Carpenter Center (Newark, DE) Final at Case Gym (Boston, MA)
1998	Delaware	66–58	Boston University	Darryl Presley, Delaware	Bob Carpenter Center (Newark, DE)
1999	Delaware	86–67	Drexel	John Gordon, Delaware	Bob Carpenter Center (Newark, DE)
2000	Hofstra	76–69	Delaware	Speedy Claxton, Hofstra	Preliminary rounds at Bob Carpenter Center (Newark, DE) Final at Hofstra Arena (Hempstead, NY)
2001	Hofstra	68–54	Delaware	Roberto Gittens, Hofstra
2002	Boston University	66–40	Maine	Billy Collins, Boston University	Preliminary rounds at Matthews Arena (Boston, MA) Final at Case Gym (Boston, MA)
2003	Vermont	56–55	Boston University	Matt Sheftic, Vermont	Preliminary rounds at Walter Brown Arena (Boston, MA) Final at Case Gym (Boston, MA)
2004	Vermont	72–53	Maine	Taylor Coppenrath, Vermont	Preliminary rounds at Walter Brown Arena (Boston, MA) Final at Patrick Gym (Burlington, VT)
2005	Vermont	80–57	Northeastern	Taylor Coppenrath, Vermont	Preliminary rounds at Events Center (Vestal, NY) Final at Patrick Gym (Burlington, VT)
2006	Albany	80–67	Vermont	Jamar Wilson, Albany	Preliminary rounds at Events Center (Vestal, NY) Final at Recreation and Convocation Center (Albany, NY)
2007	Albany	60–59	Vermont	Jamar Wilson, Albany	Preliminary rounds at Agganis Arena (Boston, MA) Final at Patrick Gym (Burlington, VT)
2008	UMBC	82–65	Hartford	Jay Greene, UMBC	Preliminary rounds at Events Center (Vestal, NY) Final at Retriever Activities Center (Catonsville, MD)
2009	Binghamton	61–51	UMBC	D.J. Rivera, Binghamton	Preliminary rounds at SEFCU Arena (Albany, NY) Final at Events Center (Vestal, NY)
2010	Vermont	83–70	Boston University	Marqus Blakely, Vermont	Preliminary rounds at Chase Arena (West Hartford, CT) Final at Patrick Gym (Burlington, VT)
2011	Boston University	56–54	Stony Brook	John Holland, Boston University	Preliminary rounds at Chase Arena (West Hartford, CT) Final at Agganis Arena (Boston, MA)
2012	Vermont	51–43	Stony Brook	Brian Voelkel, Vermont	Preliminary rounds at Chase Arena (West Hartford, CT) Final at Stony Brook Arena (Stony Brook, NY)
2013	Albany	53–49	Vermont	Mike Black, Albany	Preliminary rounds at SEFCU Arena (Albany, NY) Final at Patrick Gym (Burlington, VT)
2014	Albany	69–60	Stony Brook	Peter Hooley, Albany	Preliminary rounds at SEFCU Arena (Albany, NY) Final at Pritchard Gymnasium (Stony Brook, NY)
2015	Albany	51–50	Stony Brook	Peter Hooley, Albany	Preliminary rounds at campus sites Final at SEFCU Arena (Albany, NY)
2016	Stony Brook	80–74	Vermont	Jameel Warney, Stony Brook	Preliminary rounds at campus sites Final at Island Federal Credit Union Arena (Stony Brook, NY)
2017	Vermont	56–53	Albany	Anthony Lamb, Vermont	Preliminary rounds at campus sites Final at Patrick Gym (Burlington, VT)
2018	UMBC	65–62	Vermont	Jairus Lyles, UMBC
2019	Vermont	66–49	UMBC	Anthony Lamb, Vermont
2020	Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, Vermont awarded tournament championship
2021	Hartford	64–50	UMass Lowell	Austin Williams, Hartford	Preliminary rounds at campus sites Final at Chase Arena (West Hartford, CT)
2022	Vermont	82–43	UMBC	Ben Shungu, Vermont	Preliminary rounds at campus sites Final at Patrick Gym (Burlington, VT)
2023	Vermont	72–59	UMass Lowell	Dylan Penn, Vermont
2024	Vermont	66–61	UMass Lowell	Shamir Bogues, Vermont

School	Championships	Years
Vermont	11	2003, 2004, 2005, 2010, 2012, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024
Northeastern^†	7	1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1991
Boston^†	6	1983, 1988, 1990, 1997, 2002, 2011
Albany	5	2006, 2007, 2013, 2014, 2015
Delaware^†	4	1992, 1993, 1998, 1999
Drexel^†	3	1994, 1995, 1996
Hofstra^†	2	2000, 2001
UMBC	2	2008, 2018
Holy Cross^†	1	1980
Siena^†	1	1989
Binghamton	1	2009
Stony Brook^†	1	2016
Hartford^†	1	2021
Maine	0
UMass Lowell	0
New Hampshire	0
NJIT	0

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Analyst	Sideline
2024	ESPN2	Robert Lee	Randolph Childress
2023		Jay Alter	Terrence Oglesby
2022		Doug Sherman	Paul Biancardi
2021		Roy Philpott	Noah Savage
2020		Dave O'Brien	Noah Savage
2019		Doug Sherman	Paul Biancardi	Stormy Buonantony
2018		Doug Sherman	Mark Plansky	Olivia Harlan
2017		Mike Corey	Brooke Weisbrod
2016		Mark Jones	Brooke Weisbrod
2015		Bob Picozzi	Tim Welsh
2014			Tim Welsh
2013			LaPhonso Ellis
2012^[2]			LaPhonso Ellis
2011^[3]		Beth Mowins	Mike Kelley
2010^[4]		Bob Wischusen	Tim Welsh
2009^[5]		Scott Graham	Tim Welsh
2008^[6]		Bob Wischusen	Mike Kelley
2007^[7]		Jon Sciambi	Bucky Waters
2006		Bob Wischusen	Donny Marshall
2005	ESPN	Dave Revsine	Jay Williams
2004			Doug Gottlieb
2003			Bob Wenzel
2002			Jay Bilas
2001		Michele Tafoya	Bob Wenzel
1999^[8]		Dave Strader	Jay Bilas

Year	Network	Play-by-play	Analyst
2024	Westwood One	Cooper Boardman	Nick Bahe
2023		Bill Rosinski	Nick Bahe
2022		Chris Lewis	Mo Cassara
2021		Brandon Gaudin	Kyle Macy
2019		Justin Kutcher	Tom Brennan
2018		Kevin Lee	Jon Crispin
2017		Patrick Kinas	Tom Brennan
2016		Scott Graham	Mo Cassara
2015^[9]		Brandon Gaudin	Mo Cassara

America_East_Men's_Basketball_Tournament

America East Conference men's basketball tournament

Format and hosts

History of the tournament finals

Championships by School

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