The 2022 America East Women's Basketball Conference tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the America East Conference that began March 5, 2022 and ended with the final on March 11, 2022. The second-seeded Albany Great Danes defeated the top seed Maine Black Bears in the tournament final to advance to the 2022 NCAA tournament, their seventh tournament appearance. All tournament games were played on the home arenas of the higher-seeded school.
Seeds Eight of the ten America East teams qualified for the tournament. Stony Brook was not eligible for the tournament due to a postseason ban imposed by the conference. The teams were seeded by record in conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. SeedSchoolAEC RecordTiebreaker1Maine15–32Albany13–51–1 vs. Vermont; 0–2 vs. Maine; 1–1 vs. Stony Brook3Vermont13–51–1 vs. Albany; 0–2 vs. Maine; 0–2 vs. Stony Brook4NJIT9–85UMass Lowell8–96Binghamton5–137New Hampshire4–128Hartford4–14
Schedule GameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevisionQuarterfinals – Saturday, March 5, 202211:00 pmNo. 8 Hartford at No. 1 Maine49–63ESPN+22:00 pmNo. 7 New Hampshire at No. 2 Albany44–4934:00 pmNo. 5 UMass Lowell at No. 4 NJIT33–4742:30 pmNo. 6 Binghamton at No. 3 Vermont63–71Semifinals – Tuesday, March 8, 202257:00 p.m.No. 4 NJIT at No. 1 Maine48-72ESPN+67:00 p.m.No. 3 Vermont at No. 2 Albany54-67Championship – Friday, March 11, 202275:00 pmNo. 1 Maine vs. No. 2 Albany47-56ESPN2*Game times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
See also
2022 America East men's basketball tournament America East Conference women's basketball tournament
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