The 2021 America East Men's Basketball Conference tournament was the post-season men's basketball tournament for the America East Conference that began on February 27, 2021 and ended on March 13, 2021. Starting in the semifinals, all tournament games were played on the home arenas of the higher-seeded school. In Pod Play and the Quarterfinals, games were played at either New Hampshire or Hartford. The winner received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
Seeds All of the teams, except for Maine, in the conference standings qualified for the tournament. Maine cancelled their season after going 2–7, so they did not compete in the conference tournament. The teams were seeded by record in conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. SeedSchoolAEC RecordTiebreaker1UMBC10–42–0 vs Albany2Vermont10–41–1 vs Albany 3New Hampshire9–64Hartford8–65Albany6–66UMass Lowell7–87Stony Brook7–98NJIT6–109Binghamton4–10
Schedule GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendance Pod Play – Saturday, February 2711:00 pm No. 6 UMass Lowell vs No. 7 Stony Brook (at New Hampshire)64–62ESPN+022:00 pm No. 9 Binghamton at No. 4 Hartford60–77035:00 pm No. 8 NJIT vs No. 5 Albany (at Hartford)66–760 Quarterfinals – Sunday, February 2841:00 pm No. 6 UMass Lowell at No. 3 New Hampshire72–64ESPN+053:00 pm No. 5 Albany at No. 4 Hartford77–830 Semifinals – Saturday, March 662:00 pm No. 6 UMass Lowell at No. 1 UMBC79–77ESPN+74:00 pm No. 4 Hartford at No. 2 Vermont71–65 Championship – Saturday, March 13811:00 am No. 6 UMass Lowell at No. 4 Hartford50–64ESPN2 Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games hosted by higher-seeded team or at pod site.
Bracket and results
Game summaries
Pod Play
See also 2021 America East women's basketball tournament America East Conference men's basketball tournament
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