2018–19 America East Conference men's basketball season

The 2018–19 America East Conference men's basketball season will begin with practices in October 2018, followed by the start of the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Regular season conference play began in December 2018 and concluded in March 2019. The 2019 America East Conference tournament will be held from March 9–16, 2019. The Vermont Catamounts won their 3rd consecutive outright regular season championship, under the guidance of John Becker, who also received his third consecutive America East Coach of the Year Award, and fourth in total.

Head coaches

Coaching changes Bob Walsh did not have his contract extended as head coach of Maine and was replaced by Richard Barron.

Coaches Team Head coach Previous job Years at school Record at school America East record America East titles NCAA TournamentsAlbany Will Brown Albany (assistant) 18 294-267 154-135 2 5Binghamton Tommy Dempsey Rider 7 56-160 25-96 0 0Hartford John Gallagher Penn (assistant) 9 123-162 63-69 0 0Maine Richard Barron Maine (women's) 1 5-26 3-13 0 0New Hampshire Bill Herrion East Carolina 13 172-251 97-134 0 0Stony Brook Jeff Boals Ohio State (assistant) 3 55–40 31–17 0 0UMass Lowell Pat Duquette Northeastern (assistant) 6 71-107 46-60 0 0UMBC Ryan Odom Lenoir-Rhyne 3 65-36 27-13 0 1Vermont John Becker Vermont (assistant) 8 190-83 107-21 4 2 Notes: Year at school includes 2018–19 season. Overall and America East records are from time at current school and are through the end the 2018–19 season. NCAA Tournament appearances are from time at current school only.

Preseason

Preseason poll Source

RankTeam1 Vermont (6)2 Hartford (3)3 UMBC T4 Albany T4 Stony Brook6 BinghamtonT7 MaineT7 New Hampshire9 UMass Lowell () first place votes

Preseason All-Conference Teams Source

Award Recipients All-Conference Team John Carroll (Hartford) Ernie Duncan (Vermont) Jason Dunne (Hartford) Anthony Lamb (Vermont) Akwasi Yeboah (Stony Brook)

America East Preseason Player of the Year: Anthony Lamb (Vermont)

Regular season

Conference matrix This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Each team will play 16 conference games, and at least 1 against each opponent.   AlbanyBinghamtonHartfordMaineNew HampshireStony BrookUMass LowellUMBCVermontvs. Albany – 0-2 1–1 1–1 1–1 1-1 2-0 1–1 2–0 vs. Binghamton 2-0 – 2–0 0-2 0–2 2–0 1-1 2–0 2–0 vs. Hartford 1–1 0–2 – 0–2 0–2 2-0 1-1 0-2 2-0 vs. Maine 1–1 2-0 2–0 – 1–1 2-0 1-1 2–0 2-0 vs. New Hampshire 1–1 2–0 2–0 1-1 – 2–0 1–1 2–0 2-0 vs. Stony Brook 1–1 0–2 0–2 0-2 0–2 – 0–2 1–1 2-0 vs. UMass Lowell 0–2 1–1 1–1 1-1 1–1 2–0 – 1-1 2-0 vs. UMBC 1–1 0–2 2–0 0–2 0–2 1–1 1-1 – 0–2 vs. Vermont 0–2 0–2 0-2 0-2 0-2 0-2 0–2 2–0 – Total 7-9 5-11 10-6 3-13 3-13 12-4 7-9 11-5 14-2

Player of the week Throughout the conference regular season, the America East Conference offices named one or two Players of the week and one or two Rookies of the week.

Week Player of the week Rookie of the week Reference 1 – Nov. 12 Akwasi Yeboah – Stony Brook Sam Sessoms – Binghamton 2 – Nov. 19 Akwasi Yeboah (2) – Stony Brook Alex Rivera – UMass Lowell Anthony Lamb – Vermont 3 – Nov. 26 Andrew Garcia – Stony Brook Sam Sessoms (2) – Binghamton 4 – Dec. 3 Akwasi Yeboah (3) – Stony Brook Cameron Healy – Albany Jason Dunne – Hartford 5 – Dec. 10 Anthony Lamb (2) – Vermont Sam Sessoms (3) – Binghamton 6 – Dec. 17 George Blagojevic – Hartford Miles Latimer – Stony Brook 7 – Dec. 25 Christian Lutete – UMass Lowell Sam Sessoms (4) – Binghamton Anthony Lamb (3) – Vermont 8 – Dec. 31 Christian Lutete (2) – UMass Lowell Jules Moor – Stony Brook Andrew Garcia (2) – Stony Brook 9 – Jan. 7 J.R. Lynch – Hartford Sam Sessoms (5) – Binghamton Anthony Lamb (4) – Vermont 10 – Jan. 14 Anthony Lamb (5) – Vermont Robin Duncan – Vermont 11 – Jan. 21 Christian Lutete (2) – UMass Lowell Josh Placer – UMBC 12 – Jan. 28 Caleb Stewart – Binghamton Antonio Rizzuto – Albany 13 – Feb. 4 Andrew Fleming – Maine Cameron Healy (2) – Albany 14 – Feb. 11 Anthony Lamb (6) – Vermont Sam Sessoms (6) – Binghamton 15 – Feb. 18 Anthony Lamb (7) – Vermont Adam Lulka – Albany 16 – Feb. 25 Akwasi Yeboah (4) – Stony Brook Cameron Healy (3) – Albany 17 – Mar. 4 George Blagojevic (2) – Hartford Sam Sessoms (7) – Binghamton

Statistics leaders Source Category Player Gamesplayed Totals Average Points Per Game Anthony Lamb (Vermont) 28 582 20.8 Rebounds Per Game Anthony Lamb (Vermont) 28 224 8.0 Assists Per Game Ahmad Clark (Albany) 31 134 4.3 Steals Per Game K.J. Jackson (UMBC) 31 69 2.2 Blocks Per Game Jeff Otchere (Stony Brook) 31 73 2.4 Field Goal % George Blagojevic (Hartford) 30 173–314 .551 3-Point % Ernie Duncan (Vermont) 28 69–162 .426 Free Throw % Cameron Healy (Albany) 31 75-84 .893

Final standings Source Team W L Win % Vermont 14 2 .875 Stony Brook 12 4 .750 UMBC 11 5 .688 Hartford 10 6 .625 UMass Lowell 7 9 .438 Albany 7 9 .438 Binghamton 5 11 .313 Maine 3 13 .188 New Hampshire 3 13 .188

Postseason

America East tournament

NCAA Tournament

Seed Region School First Four 1st Round 2nd Round Sweet 16 Elite Eight Final Four Championship13WestVermont N/A eliminated by (4) Florida State, 69-76

National Invitation Tournament

Seed Bracket School 1st Round 2nd Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship

Awards

All-Americans

Consensus All-AmericansFirst TeamSecond TeamThird Team To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors based on a point system computed from the four different all-America teams. The point system consists of three points for first team, two points for second team and one point for third team. No honorable mention or fourth team or lower are used in the computation. The top five totals plus ties are first team and the next five plus ties are second team. Associated PressNABCSporting NewsUSBWA First Team Second Team Third Team

America East Awards Source 2019 America East Men's Basketball Individual Awards Award Recipient(s)America East Player of the Year Anthony Lamb, F., VermontCoach of the Year John Becker, VermontDefensive Player of the Year Jeff Otchere, C., Stony BrookRookie of the Year Sam Sessoms, G., BinghamtonSixth Man Award Andrew Garcia, G/F., Stony Brook

2019 America East Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams First Team Second Team Third TeamAnthony Lamb, Jr., F., Vermont †J.R. Lynch, Sr., G., HartfordErnie Duncan, Sr., G., VermontJoe Sherburne, Sr., F., UMBCAkwasi Yeboah, Jr., F., Stony BrookGeorge Blagojevic, Sr., F., HartfordAndrew Fleming, Jr., F., MaineK. J. Jackson, Jr., G., UMBCJohn Carroll, Sr., F., HartfordChristian Lutete, Jr., G., UMass LowellAhmad Clark, Jr., G., AlbanyJason Dunne, Sr., G., HartfordCameron Healy, R-Fr., G., AlbanyElijah Olaniyi, So., G., Stony BrookSam Sessoms, Fr., G., Binghamton † - denotes unanimous selection

Attendance

TeamArenaCapacityGame 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5Game 6Game 7Game 8Game 9Game 10Total Average% of CapacityGame 11Game 12Game 13Game 14Game 15Game 16Game 17Game 18Game 19Game 20Albany SEFCU Arena 4,553 2,579 1,659 1,614 1,902 1,740 1,412 2,733 1,793 2,316 2,085 29,466 2,105 3,891 1,876 2,306 1,560Binghamton Binghamton University Events Center 5,322 2,108 2,509 1,577 1,827 1,501 2,748 1,527 1,624 2,142 4,710 34,683 2,168 2,452 1,683 2,001 2,546 1,564 2,164 Hartford Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion 4,017 1,269 543 732 1,179 802 559 549 734 595 864 10,907 839 1,202 1,458 964 Maine Cross Insurance Center 5,800 1,113 1,036 1,025 1,084 995 918 929 1,026 1,195 989 12,109 1,009 981 818New Hampshire Lundholm Gym 3,500 343 227 237 327 577 493 340 415 604 283 5,362 383 547 397 239 333Stony Brook Island Federal Credit Union Arena 4,160 2,449 3,123 2,475 2,435 2,539 2,647 2,817 4,009 3,153 3,658 38,541 2,965 3,210 3,236 2,790UMass Lowell Costello Athletic Center & Tsongas Center 2,100 & 6,003 1,078 617 1,152 1,428 706 652 3,118 411 1,232 2,378 4,216 & 12,201 602 & 2,034 & 451 301 2,893 UMBC UMBC Event Center 5,000 1,083 1,164 1,037 2,476 1,204 805 1,328 1,081 915 1,659 24,001 1,600 2,260 1,888 2,688 2,411 2,002Vermont Patrick Gym 3,266 2,053 2,582 2,446 2,959 2,629 2,389 2,542 3,266 2,812 2,540 39,860 2,645 2,472 3,116 2,152 3,266 2,546

See also 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season America East Conference

References