2019 America East women's basketball tournament

The 2019 America East Conference women's basketball tournament began on March 6 and concluded with the championship game on March 15.[1] Maine won the championship game over Hartford to earn the automatic bid to the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.[2]

2019 America East women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2018–19
Teams8
SiteCampus Sites
ChampionsMaine (9th title)
Winning coachAmy Vachon (2nd title)
MVPBlanca Millán (Maine)
Attendance8,303
TelevisionESPNU/ESPN+
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2018–19 America East Conference women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Maine151 .938258 .758
Hartford142 .8752311 .676
Stony Brook115 .688238 .742
Albany97 .5631318 .419
Binghamton79 .4381218 .400
Vermont79 .4381118 .379
UMBC313 .1881020 .333
UMass Lowell313 .188722 .241
New Hampshire313 .188624 .200
2019 America East tournament winner

Seeds

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Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

SeedSchoolConfOverallTiebreaker
#1Maine15–122–71 conference loss to Hartford.
#2Hartford14–221–9
#3Stony Brook11–522–7
#4Albany9–712–17
#5Binghamton7–912–171–1 vs. Vermont, 2–0 vs. UMass Lowell
#6Vermont7–911–171–1 vs. Binghamton, 1–1 vs. UMass Lowell
#7UMBC3–136–232–0 vs. UNH, 0–2 vs. UMass Lowell
#8New Hampshire3–136–232–0 vs. UMass Lowell, 0–2 vs. UMBC
DNQUMass Lowell3–137–220–2 vs. UNH, 0–2 vs. UMBC

Schedule

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All tournament games are nationally televised on an ESPN network:

GameTime*Matchup#TelevisionAttendance
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 6
17:00 pm#8 New Hampshire at #1 MaineESPN+1,764
27:00 pm#7 UMBC at #2 Hartford523
37:00 pm#6 Vermont at #3 Stony Brook335
47:00 pm#5 Binghamton at #4 Albany472
Semifinals – Sunday, March 10
51:00 pm#4 Albany at #1 MaineESPN+1,233
62:00 pm#3 Stony Brook at #2 Hartford742
Championship Game – Friday, March 15
75:00 pm#2 Hartford at #1 MaineESPNU3,234
*Game Times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket and Results

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Teams are reseeded after each round with highest remaining seeds receiving home court advantage.

Quarterfinals
Wednesday, March 6, 2019
ESPN+
Semifinals
Sunday, March 10, 2019
ESPN+
Championship Game
Friday, March 15, 2019
ESPNU
         
1Maine69
8New Hampshire36
1Maine66
4Albany51
4Albany61
5Binghamton56
1Maine68
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
2Hartford48
2Hartford65
7UMBC48
2Hartford64
3Stony Brook59
3Stony Brook69
6Vermont58

All times listed are Eastern

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2019 America East Women's Basketball Playoffs - America East Conference".
  2. ^ Lowe, Mike (March 15, 2019). "UMaine women back in NCAA tournament with win in America East title game". Press Herald. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
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