2017 America East men's basketball tournament

The 2017 America East men's basketball tournament is the postseason men's basketball tournament for the America East Conference, which was held on March 1, 6, and 11, 2017. All games of the tournament were played on campus sites hosted by the higher-seeded school. Vermont, the No. 1 seed in the tournament defeated Albany in the championship game to win the tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.

2017 America East men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2016–17
Teams	8
Site	Campus sites
Champions	Vermont Catamounts (6th title)
Winning coach	John Becker (2nd title)
MVP	Payton Henson (Vermont)
Television	ESPN2
America East men's basketball tournaments

2016–17 America East Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Vermont †	16	–	0		1.000			29	–	6		.829
Stony Brook	12	–	4		.750			18	–	14		.563
Albany	10	–	6		.625			21	–	14		.600
New Hampshire	10	–	6		.625			20	–	12		.625
UMBC	9	–	7		.563			21	–	13		.618
UMass Lowell*	5	–	11		.313			11	–	20		.355
Hartford	4	–	12		.250			9	–	23		.281
Binghamton	3	–	13		.188			12	–	20		.375
Maine	3	–	13		.188			7	–	25		.219
* Ineligible for postseason during transition to Division I.
† 2017 America East tournament winner

Seeds

Only eight of the nine conference teams were eligible for the tournament (UMass Lowell was ineligible due to its transition to Division I). The teams were seeded by record in conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker
1	Vermont	16–0
2	Stony Brook	12–4
3	Albany	10–6	2–0 vs. UMBC
4	New Hampshire	10–6	1–1 vs. UMBC
5	UMBC	9–7
6	Hartford	4–12
7	Binghamton	3–13	1–1 vs. Stony Brook
8	Maine	3–13	0–2 vs. Stony Brook

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup	Score	Television	Attendance
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 1
1	7:00 pm	No. 8 Maine at No. 1 Vermont	41–86	ESPN3	3,266
2	7:00 pm	No. 7 Binghamton at No. 2 Stony Brook	60–70		2,750
3	7:30 pm	No. 6 Hartford at No. 3 Albany	71–100		1,693
4	7:30 pm	No. 5 UMBC at No. 4 New Hampshire	65–74		1,473
Semifinals – Monday, March 6
5	7:00 PM	No. 4 New Hampshire at No. 1 Vermont	41–74	ESPN3	3,266
6	7:30 PM	No. 3 Albany at No. 2 Stony Brook	63–56		4,009
Championship – Saturday, March 11
7	11:00 am	No. 3 Albany at No. 1 Vermont	53–56	ESPN2	3,266
*Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. All games hosted by higher-seeded team.

Bracket and results

Teams will reseed after each round with highest remaining seeds receiving home court advantage.

	Quarterfinals Wednesday, March 1, 2017 ESPN3					Semifinals Monday, March 6, 2017 ESPN3					Championship Saturday, March 11, 2017 ESPN2
	1	Vermont	86
	8	Maine	41
						1	Vermont	74
						4	New Hampshire	41
	4	New Hampshire	74
	5	UMBC	65
											1	Vermont	56
	(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
											3	Albany	53
	2	Stony Brook	70
	7	Binghamton	60
						2	Stony Brook	56
						3	Albany	63
	3	Albany	100
	6	Hartford	71

See also

• America East Conference
• 2017 America East women's basketball tournament