The 2019 America East Conference women's basketball tournament began on March 6 and concluded with the championship game on March 15.[1] Maine won the championship game over Hartford to earn the automatic bid to the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.[2]
2019 America East women's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 2018–19 |
Teams | 8 |
Site | Campus Sites |
Champions | Maine (9th title) |
Winning coach | Amy Vachon (2nd title) |
MVP | Blanca Millán (Maine) |
Attendance | 8,303 |
Television | ESPNU/ESPN+ |
America East women's basketball tournaments |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maine † | 15 | – | 1 | .938 | 25 | – | 8 | .758 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hartford | 14 | – | 2 | .875 | 23 | – | 11 | .676 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stony Brook | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 23 | – | 8 | .742 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albany | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 13 | – | 18 | .419 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Binghamton | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 12 | – | 18 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vermont | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 11 | – | 18 | .379 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UMBC | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 10 | – | 20 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UMass Lowell | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 7 | – | 22 | .241 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Hampshire | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 6 | – | 24 | .200 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2019 America East tournament winner |
Seeds
editTeams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
Seed | School | Conf | Overall | Tiebreaker |
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#1 | Maine | 15–1 | 22–7 | 1 conference loss to Hartford. |
#2 | Hartford | 14–2 | 21–9 | |
#3 | Stony Brook | 11–5 | 22–7 | |
#4 | Albany | 9–7 | 12–17 | |
#5 | Binghamton | 7–9 | 12–17 | 1–1 vs. Vermont, 2–0 vs. UMass Lowell |
#6 | Vermont | 7–9 | 11–17 | 1–1 vs. Binghamton, 1–1 vs. UMass Lowell |
#7 | UMBC | 3–13 | 6–23 | 2–0 vs. UNH, 0–2 vs. UMass Lowell |
#8 | New Hampshire | 3–13 | 6–23 | 2–0 vs. UMass Lowell, 0–2 vs. UMBC |
DNQ | UMass Lowell | 3–13 | 7–22 | 0–2 vs. UNH, 0–2 vs. UMBC |
Schedule
editAll tournament games are nationally televised on an ESPN network:
Game | Time* | Matchup# | Television | Attendance | ||
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Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 6 | ||||||
1 | 7:00 pm | #8 New Hampshire at #1 Maine | ESPN+ | 1,764 | ||
2 | 7:00 pm | #7 UMBC at #2 Hartford | 523 | |||
3 | 7:00 pm | #6 Vermont at #3 Stony Brook | 335 | |||
4 | 7:00 pm | #5 Binghamton at #4 Albany | 472 | |||
Semifinals – Sunday, March 10 | ||||||
5 | 1:00 pm | #4 Albany at #1 Maine | ESPN+ | 1,233 | ||
6 | 2:00 pm | #3 Stony Brook at #2 Hartford | 742 | |||
Championship Game – Friday, March 15 | ||||||
7 | 5:00 pm | #2 Hartford at #1 Maine | ESPNU | 3,234 | ||
*Game Times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. |
Bracket and Results
editTeams are reseeded after each round with highest remaining seeds receiving home court advantage.
Quarterfinals Wednesday, March 6, 2019 ESPN+ | Semifinals Sunday, March 10, 2019 ESPN+ | Championship Game Friday, March 15, 2019 ESPNU | ||||||||||||
1 | Maine | 69 | ||||||||||||
8 | New Hampshire | 36 | ||||||||||||
1 | Maine | 66 | ||||||||||||
4 | Albany | 51 | ||||||||||||
4 | Albany | 61 | ||||||||||||
5 | Binghamton | 56 | ||||||||||||
1 | Maine | 68 | ||||||||||||
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | ||||||||||||||
2 | Hartford | 48 | ||||||||||||
2 | Hartford | 65 | ||||||||||||
7 | UMBC | 48 | ||||||||||||
2 | Hartford | 64 | ||||||||||||
3 | Stony Brook | 59 | ||||||||||||
3 | Stony Brook | 69 | ||||||||||||
6 | Vermont | 58 |
All times listed are Eastern
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "2019 America East Women's Basketball Playoffs - America East Conference".
- ^ Lowe, Mike (March 15, 2019). "UMaine women back in NCAA tournament with win in America East title game". Press Herald. Retrieved March 16, 2019.