Year: | 2023 |
Conference: | America East |
Division: | I |
Gender: | Women's |
Teams: | 8 |
Arena: | Campus sites |
Champions: | Vermont |
Titlecount: | 7th |
Coach: | Alisa Kresge |
Coachcount: | 1st |
Mvp: | Emma Utterback |
Mvpteam: | Vermont |
Television: | ESPN+, ESPNU |
The 2023 America East Women's Basketball Conference tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the America East Conference that began on March 1, 2023 and ended on March 10, 2023. All tournament games were played on the home arenas of the higher-seeded school. By defeating the Albany Great Danes in the championship game, the Vermont Catamounts earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Tournament[1]
Eight of the nine America East teams will contest the tournament.
Tiebrekers will be applied as needed to determine seeding.
Seed | School | AEC Record | Tiebreaker 1 | Tiebreaker 2[2] | |||||
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1 | Vermont | 14–2 | 1–1 vs. Albany | 2–0 vs. Maine | |||||
2 | Albany | 14–2 | 1–1 vs. Vermont | 1–1 vs. Maine | |||||
3 | Maine | 11–5 | |||||||
4 | UMBC | 10–6 | |||||||
5 | NJIT | 8-8 | |||||||
6 | Binghamton | 6–10 | |||||||
7 | UMass Lowell | 4–12 | |||||||
8 | Bryant | 3–13 | |||||||
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Game[3] | Time* | Matchup# | Score | Television | ||
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Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 1, 2023 | ||||||
1 | 5:00PM | No. 8 Bryant at No. 1 Vermont | 49-56 | ESPN+ | ||
2 | 7:00 PM | No. 7 UMass Lowell at No. 2 Albany | 51-59 | |||
3 | 7:00 pm | No. 5 NJIT at No. 4 UMBC | 71-82 | |||
4 | 8:00 pm | No. 6 Binghamton at No. 3 Maine | 54-64 | |||
Semifinals – Sunday, March 5 | ||||||
5 | 1:00 pm | No. 4 UMBC at No. 1 Vermont | 63-75 | ESPN+ | ||
6 | 3:00 pm | No. 3 Maine at No. 2 Albany | 64-72 | |||
Championship – Friday, March 10, 2023 | ||||||
7 | 5:00 pm | No. 2 Albany at No. 1 Vermont | 36-38 | ESPNU | ||
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