2010 America East Men's Basketball Tournament

2009–10 America East men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Stony Brook	13	–	3	.813	22	–	10	.688
Vermont†	12	–	4	.750	25	–	10	.714
Maine	11	–	5	.688	19	–	11	.633
Boston University	11	–	5	.688	20	–	13	.606
Binghamton	8	–	8	.500	13	–	18	.419
Hartford	6	–	10	.375	8	–	22	.267
New Hampshire	6	–	10	.375	13	–	17	.433
UMBC	3	–	13	.188	4	–	26	.133
Albany	2	–	14	.125	7	–	25	.219

† 2010 America East Tournament winner As of March 19, 2010; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2010 America East Men's Basketball Tournament was held from March 4–7 at Chase Arena on the University of Hartford campus. The final was held at Patrick Gym in Burlington, VT on March 13. As winners, the Vermont Catamounts win an automatic berth to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament for the fourth time as a member of the America East conference, and first since 2005. Vermont was given the 16th seed in the West Regional of the NCAA Tournament and will face the #1 seed Syracuse Orange in a game played on March 19. As winners of the regular season championship the Stony Brook Seawolves claimed an automatic berth to the 2010 National Invitation Tournament, seeded at #8, the Seawolves took on #1 seeded Illinois Fighting Illini at home on March 17. The Boston University Terriers also gained a bid to the 2010 CBI, were given the #4 seed in the West Region, and faced the Oregon State Beavers on March 17 in Corvallis, OR.

Bracket and results

Quarterfinals Saturday, March 6			Semifinals Sunday, March 7			Finals Saturday, March 13


1	Stony Brook	68

8	Albany	59
			1	Stony Brook	63

			4	Boston University	70
4	Boston University	87

5	Hartford	46
						4	Boston University	70

						2	Vermont	83
3	Maine	57

6	New Hampshire	68
			6	New Hampshire	38

			2	Vermont	57
2	Vermont	76

7	UMBC	59

Asterisk denotes game ended in overtime

Binghamton was initially slated as the #5 seed in the tournament. However, due to a series of scandals surrounding the program, the Bearcats announced they would sit out the tournament. According to The New York Times, the conference's other members pressured Binghamton to sit out.^[1] Conference commissioner Patrick Nero, however, said the decision was Binghamton's alone.^[2] Therefore this led to the original #6 seed Hartford Hawks to become the #5 seed, the #7 seed New Hampshire Wildcats to become #6, and the cancellation of the first-round game between UMBC and Albany who become the #7 and #8 seeds in the tournament.
This was the first time in America East Conference history that the Men's and Women's basketball tournaments were held at the same arena over the same weekend.
It was also the first time the Women's Championship game was not held at a 'neutral site' and was played at the highest remaining seed's home arena.

America East Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

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