The 2017 America East men's basketball tournament is the postseason men's basketball tournament for the America East Conference, which was held on March 1, 6, and 11, 2017. All games of the tournament were played on campus sites hosted by the higher-seeded school. Vermont, the No. 1 seed in the tournament defeated Albany in the championship game to win the tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
Seeds Only eight of the nine conference teams were eligible for the tournament (UMass Lowell was ineligible due to its transition to Division I). The teams were seeded by record in conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker1Vermont16–0 2Stony Brook12–4 3Albany10–62–0 vs. UMBC4New Hampshire10–61–1 vs. UMBC5UMBC9–7 6Hartford4–127Binghamton3–131–1 vs. Stony Brook8Maine3–130–2 vs. Stony Brook
Schedule GameTime*MatchupScoreTelevisionAttendance Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 117:00 pm No. 8 Maine at No. 1 Vermont41–86ESPN33,26627:00 pm No. 7 Binghamton at No. 2 Stony Brook60–702,75037:30 pm No. 6 Hartford at No. 3 Albany71–1001,69347:30 pm No. 5 UMBC at No. 4 New Hampshire65–741,473 Semifinals – Monday, March 657:00 PM No. 4 New Hampshire at No. 1 Vermont41–74ESPN33,26667:30 PM No. 3 Albany at No. 2 Stony Brook63–564,009 Championship – Saturday, March 11711:00 am No. 3 Albany at No. 1 Vermont53–56ESPN23,266 *Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games hosted by higher-seeded team.
Bracket and results Teams will reseed after each round with highest remaining seeds receiving home court advantage.
See also America East Conference 2017 America East women's basketball tournament
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