2012 America East Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2012 America East Men's Basketball Tournament was held from March 1–4 at Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion in West Hartford, Connecticut,[1] with the final held March 10 between the Stony Brook Seawolves and the Vermont Catamounts. As per America East tournament regulations, the final took place at Stony Brook University Arena, on the campus of Stony Brook University, the top and highest remaining seed.[2] The Catamounts prevailed, 52-43, and earned an automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Tournament. All games except the play-in game was televised by the ESPN family of networks, including the Championship game on ESPN2.
| 2012 America East Men's Basketball Tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2011–12 |
| Teams | 9 |
| First round site | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion West Hartford, CT |
| Quarterfinals site | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion West Hartford, CT |
| Semifinals site | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion West Hartford, CT |
| Finals site | Stony Brook University Arena Stony Brook, NY |
| Champions | Vermont (5th title) |
| Winning coach | John Becker (1st title) |
| MVP | Brian Voelkel (Vermont) |
| Attendance | 4,423 |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stony Brook | 14 | – | 2 | .875 | 22 | – | 10 | .688 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vermont† | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 24 | – | 12 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boston University | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 16 | – | 16 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Albany | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 19 | – | 15 | .559 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hartford | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 9 | – | 22 | .290 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 13 | – | 16 | .448 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maine | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 12 | – | 17 | .414 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UMBC | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 4 | – | 26 | .133 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Binghamton | 1 | – | 15 | .063 | 2 | – | 29 | .065 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2012 America East Tournament winner As of March 16, 2012; Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bracket and Results
| First Round Thursday, March 1, 2012 |
Quarterfinals Saturday, March 3, 2012 ESPN3 |
Semifinals Sunday, March 4, 2012 ESPN3 |
Championship Game Saturday, March 10, 2012 ESPN2 |
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| 1 | Stony Brook | 78 | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Binghamton | 69 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | UMBC | 67 | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Binghamton | 73* | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Stony Brook | 57 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Albany | 55 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Albany | 63 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | New Hampshire | 45 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Stony Brook | 43 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Vermont | 51 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Vermont | 50 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Maine | 40 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Vermont | 77** | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Hartford | 73 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Boston U. | 49 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Hartford | 53 | ||||||||||||||||
Championship game hosted by Stony Brook
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See also
References
- "Basketball Championships to return to Hartford in 2012". americaeast.com. America East. June 8, 2011. Retrieved October 13, 2011.
- "2011–12 America East Men's Basketball Prospectus". americaeast.com. America East. October 2011. Retrieved October 13, 2011.
- "2012 America East Basketball Tournament Schedule". NCAATournamentBracket.org. NCAATournamentBracket.org. June 8, 2011. Archived from the original on August 30, 2011. Retrieved October 13, 2011.
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