The 2019 America East men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the America East Conference, which was held on March 9, 12, and 16, 2019. All tournament games were played on home arenas of the higher-seeded school. Vermont defeated UMBC 66–49 in the championship game and received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. This was the seventh time Vermont has won the America East tournament championship, which ties them with former member Northeastern for the most all time.
Seeds The top eight teams in the conference standings qualified for the tournament. The teams were seeded by record in conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
SeedSchoolConf. recordTiebreaker1Vermont14–2 2Stony Brook12–4 3UMBC11–54Hartford10–65UMass Lowell7–92–0 vs. Albany6Albany7–90–2 vs. UMass Lowell7Binghamton5–118Maine3–132–6 on road DNQNew Hampshire3–131–7 on road
Schedule GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendance Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 911:00 pm No. 6 Albany at No. 3 UMBC54–62ESPN+2,76625:00 pm No. 5 UMass Lowell at No. 4 Hartford70–7893337:00 pm No. 8 Maine at No. 1 Vermont57–732,75047:00 pm No. 7 Binghamton at No. 2 Stony Brook78–723,108 Semifinals – Tuesday, March 1257:00 pm No. 7 Binghamton at No. 1 Vermont51–84ESPN+3,26667:00 pm No. 4 Hartford at No. 3 UMBC85–90 (2OT)3,042 Championship – Saturday, March 16711:00 am No. 3 UMBC at No. 1 Vermont49–66ESPN23,070 Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games hosted by higher-seeded team.
Bracket and results Teams are reseeded after each round with highest remaining seeds receiving home court advantage.
* denotes number of overtime periods
See also 2019 America East women's basketball tournament
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