2019 America East Women's Basketball Tournament

The 2019 America East 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
ClassificationDivision I
Season2018–19
Teams8
SiteCampus Sites
ChampionsMaine (9th title)
Winning coachAmy Vachon (2nd title)
MVPBlanca Millán (Maine)
Attendance8,303
TelevisionESPNU/ESPN+
2018–19 America East Conference women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Maine †15–1 .938  25–8  .758
Hartford14–2 .875  23–11  .676
Stony Brook11–5 .688  23–8  .742
Albany9–7 .563  13–18  .419
Binghamton7–9 .438  12–18  .400
Vermont7–9 .438  11–18  .379
UMBC3–13 .188  10–20  .333
UMass Lowell3–13 .188  7–22  .241
New Hampshire3–13 .188  6–24  .200
† 2019 America East Tournament winner

Seeds

Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed School Conf Overall Tiebreaker
#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

All tournament games are nationally televised on an ESPN network:

Game Time* Matchup# Television Attendance
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

Teams 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
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)   1 Maine 68
  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

References
  1. https://americaeast.com/tournaments/?id=2240
  2. Writer, Mike LoweStaff (2019-03-15). "UMaine women back in NCAA tournament with win in America East title game". Press Herald. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
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