2017 America East Women's Basketball Tournament

2017 America East Women's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2016–17
Teams 8
Quarterfinals site Cross Insurance Arena
Portland, ME
Semifinals site Cross Insurance Arena
Portland, ME
Finals site SEFCU Arena
Albany, NY
Champions Albany (6th title)
Winning coach Joanna Bernabei-McNamee (1st title)
Television ESPNU/ESPN3
2016–17 America East Conference women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
New Hampshire15–1 .938  26–6  .813
Albany †12–4 .750  21–12  .636
UMBC10–6 .625  15–16  .484
Maine9–7 .563  18–16  .529
Binghamton8–8 .500  13–17  .433
Hartford7–9 .438  17–14  .548
Vermont6–10 .375  9–20  .310
Stony Brook5–11 .313  12–18  .400
UMass Lowell*0–16 .000  3–26  .103
† 2017 America East Tournament winner
As of March 18, 2017
*ineligible for postseason play due to Div. I transitions; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2017 America East Women's Basketball Tournament will begin on March 4 and conclude with the championship game on March 10 at the SEFCU Arena. Albany won their 6th straight American East tournament title earn an automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Tournament.

Seeds

Teams are 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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