The 2016 America East women's basketball tournament is a tournament that began March 5 and concluded with the championship game on March 11 at SEFCU Arena. Albany defeated Maine in the championship game to win their fifth consecutive American East tournament title and earn an automatic trip NCAA women's tournament.
Seeds Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
SeedSchoolConf (Overall)Tiebreaker#1Albany15–1 (24–4)1–1 vs. Maine; higher RPI#2Maine15–1 (24–7)1–1 vs. Albany#3Stony Brook8–8 (16–13)2–2 vs. Binghamton, UMBC; 2–0 vs. Hartford#4UMBC8–8 (17–12)2–2 vs. Binghamton, Stony Brook; 4–4 in conference away games#5Binghamton8–8 (13–15)2–2 vs. UMBC, Stony Brook; 3–5 in conference away games#6Hartford7–9 (11–18)#7New Hampshire6–10 (12–17)#8Vermont4–12 (9–20)
Schedule All tournament games are nationally televised on an ESPN network:
SessionGameTime*Matchup#TelevisionAttendance Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 5 1 1 12:00 PM #2 Maine vs. #7 New Hampshire ESPN3 2,080 2 2:15 PM #3 Stony Brook vs. #6 Hartford 2 3 6:00 PM #1 Albany vs. #8 Vermont 4 8:15 PM #4 UMBC vs. #5 Binghamton Semifinals – Sunday, March 6 3 5 2:00 PM #2 Maine vs. #3 Stony Brook ESPN3 2,904 6 4:15 PM #1 Albany vs. #5 Binghamton Championship Game – Friday, March 11 4 7 4:30 PM #1 Albany vs. #2 Maine ESPNU 1,519 *Game Times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket and Results
All times listed are Eastern
See also America East Conference 2016 America East men's basketball tournament
References