2016 America East Women's Basketball Tournament

The 2016 America East Women's Basketball Tournament is a tournament that began March 5 and concluded with the championship game on March 11 at SEFCU Arena. Albany defeated Maine in the championship to win their 5th consecutive American East Tournament title and earn an automatic trip NCAA Women's Tournament.

2016 America East Women's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201516
Teams8
Quarterfinals siteBinghamton University Events Center
Binghamton, NY
Semifinals siteBinghamton University Events Center
Binghamton, NY
Finals siteSEFCU Arena
Albany, NY
ChampionsAlbany (5th title)
Winning coachKatie Abrahamson-Henderson (5th title)
MVPShereesha Richards (Albany)
Attendance6,503
TelevisionESPNU/ESPN3
America East Women's Basketball Tournaments
2015–16 America East Conference women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Albany151 .938  285  .848
Maine151 .938  269  .743
UMBC88 .500  1814  .563
Stony Brook88 .500  1715  .531
Binghamton88 .500  1417  .452
Hartford79 .438  1119  .367
New Hampshire610 .375  1218  .400
Vermont412 .250  921  .300
UMass Lowell*115 .063  424  .143
2016 America East Tournament winner
As of March 20, 2016
*ineligible for postseason play due to Div. I transitions; Rankings from AP Poll

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 Albany 15–1 (24–4) 1–1 vs. Maine; higher RPI
#2 Maine 15–1 (24–7) 1–1 vs. Albany
#3 Stony Brook 8–8 (16–13) 2–2 vs. Binghamton, UMBC; 2–0 vs. Hartford
#4 UMBC 8–8 (17–12) 2–2 vs. Binghamton, Stony Brook; 4–4 in conference away games
#5 Binghamton 8–8 (13–15) 2–2 vs. UMBC, Stony Brook; 3–5 in conference away games
#6 Hartford 7–9 (11–18)
#7 New Hampshire 6–10 (12–17)
#8 Vermont 4–12 (9–20)

Schedule

All tournament games are nationally televised on an ESPN network:

Session Game Time* Matchup# Television Attendance
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 5
1
1
12:00 PM
#2 Maine vs. #7 New Hampshire
ESPN3
2,080
2
2:15 PM
#3 Stony Brook vs. #6 Hartford
2
3
6:00 PM
#1 Albany vs. #8 Vermont
4
8:15 PM
#4 UMBC vs. #5 Binghamton
Semifinals – Sunday, March 6
3
5
2:00 PM
#2 Maine vs. #3 Stony Brook
ESPN3
2,904
6
4:15 PM
#1 Albany vs. #5 Binghamton
Championship Game – Friday, March 11
4
7
4:30 PM
#1 Albany vs. #2 Maine
ESPNU
1,519
*Game Times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket and Results

Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 5, 2016
ESPN3
Semifinals
Sunday, March 6, 2016
ESPN3
Championship Game
Friday, March 11, 2016
ESPNU
         
3 Stony Brook 60
6 Hartford 42
3 Stony Brook 48
2 Maine 51
2 Maine 57
7 New Hampshire 48
2 Maine 58
1 Albany 59
1 Albany 95
8 Vermont 43
1 Albany 79
5 Binghamton 43
4 UMBC 41
5 Binghamton 49

All times listed are Eastern

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