The 2020 America East men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the America East Conference, which was held on March 7, 10, and canceled before its scheduled conclusion on March 14, 2020. All tournament games were played on home arenas of the higher-seeded school. The winner would have received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, which itself was also cancelled to help curtail the spread of COVID-19.
Seeds The top eight teams in the conference standings qualify for the tournament. The teams are seeded by record in conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. SeedSchoolAEC RecordTiebreaker1Vermont14–2 2Stony Brook10–6 3Hartford9–74UMBC8–81–1 vs Vermont5New Hampshire8–80–2 vs Vermont6UMass Lowell7–91–1 vs Hartford7Albany7–90–2 vs Hartford8Maine5–11DNQBinghamton4–12
Schedule GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendance Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 711:00 pm No. 5 New Hampshire at No. 4 UMBC67–73ESPN+25:00 pm No. 6 UMass Lowell at No. 3 Hartford75–891,06937:00 pm No. 7 Albany at No. 2 Stony Brook73–762,16647:00 pm No. 8 Maine at No. 1 Vermont 50–613,266 Semifinals – Tuesday, March 1057:00 pm No. 3 Hartford at No. 2 Stony Brook64–58ESPN+67:00 pm No. 4 UMBC at No. 1 Vermont74–81 Championship – Saturday, March 14711:00 am No. 3 Hartford at No. 1 VermontCancelled 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 the highest remaining seeds receiving home-court advantage.
Game summaries
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
See also 2020 America East women's basketball tournament
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