2009 America East Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2009 America East Men's Basketball Tournament was held from March 6–8 through at SEFCU Arena place on the University at Albany campus. The final was held on March 14 at the Events Center, the home court of the Binghamton Bearcats, who were the highest remaining seed.

2009 America East Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2008–09
First round siteSEFCU Arena
Albany, New York
Quarterfinals siteSEFCU Arena
Albany, New York
Semifinals siteSEFCU Arena
Albany, New York
Finals siteBinghamton University Events Center
Vestal, New York
ChampionsBinghamton (1st title)
Winning coachKevin Broadus (1st title)
MVPD.J. Rivera (Binghamton)
America East Men's Basketball Tournaments
2008–09 America East men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Binghamton†13–3 .813  23–9  .719
Vermont13–3 .813  24–9  .727
Boston University11–5 .688  17–13  .567
New Hampshire8–8 .500  14–16  .467
Stony Brook8–8 .500  16–14  .533
UMBC7–9 .438  15–17  .469
Albany6–10 .375  15–16  .484
Maine4–12 .250  9–21  .300
Hartford2–14 .125  7–26  .212
† America East Tournament winner
As of March 20, 2009; Rankings from AP Poll

The Bearcats earned their first ever trip to the NCAA Tournament, and were given the #15 seed in the East Regional. They played Duke in the first round of the Tournament, losing 86–62. Vermont gained a bid to the 2009 College Basketball Invitational, and won in the first round against Wisconsin-Green Bay 76–72, but would lose in the Quarter-Finals against Oregon State by a score of 71–70 in Overtime.

Bracket and Results
  First Round
Friday, March 6		 Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 7		 Semifinals
Sunday, March 8		 Final
Saturday, March 14
                                     
       
  1 Binghamton 73  
    9 Hartford 65  
8 Maine 56
9 Hartford 65  
  1 Binghamton 72  
  4 New Hampshire 67  
       
       
  4 New Hampshire 76
    5 Stony Brook 73  
     
       
  1 Binghamton 61
  6 UMBC 51
       
       
  3 Boston U. 75
    6 UMBC 79*  
     
       
  6 UMBC 64
  7 Albany 58  
       
       
  2 Vermont 52
    7 Albany 56*  
     

Asterisk denotes game ended in overtime

Controversy

One month after the SEFCU Arena site was announced, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference announced that they would be moving their 2009 Men's and Women's Tournament from the Sovereign Bank Arena in Trenton, New Jersey to the Times Union Center in Albany to be played on the same weekend as the America East.

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