2012–13 America East Conference men's basketball season

2012–13 American East Conference men's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Duration	November 2012 – March 2013
Number of teams	9
Regular Season
Season champions	Stony Brook Seawolves
Runners-up	Vermont Catamounts Boston University Terriers
Season MVP	Tommy Brenton (Stony Brook)
Top scorer	Justin Edwards (Maine) 16.7
Tournament
Champions	Albany Great Danes
Runners-up	Vermont Catamounts
Finals MVP	Mike Black (Albany)

2012–13 America East men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Stony Brook	14	–	2		.875			25	–	8		.758
Vermont	11	–	5		.688			21	–	12		.636
Boston University*	11	–	5		.688			17	–	13		.567
Hartford	10	–	6		.625			17	–	14		.548
Albany †	9	–	7		.563			24	–	11		.686
Maine	6	–	10		.375			11	–	19		.367
New Hampshire	5	–	11		.313			9	–	20		.310
UMBC	5	–	11		.313			8	–	23		.258
Binghamton	1	–	15		.063			3	–	27		.100
† 2013 America East tournament winner As of March 22, 2013 Rankings from AP Poll *Ineligible for conference tournament due to changing conferences in 2013

The 2012–13 America East men's basketball season began with practices in October 2012, followed by the start of the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November.

Conference play began in early-January 2013, and concluded in March with the 2013 America East men's basketball tournament first two rounds being held at the University of Albany, and the final held at the University of Vermont.

Preseason Poll

Rank	Team(First Place Votes)	Votes
1	Vermont(5)	60
2	Stony Brook(4)	58
3	Boston University	49
4	Albany	38
5	Maine	35
6	New Hampshire	34
7	Hartford	26
8	UMBC	15
9	Binghamton	9

Preseason Poll at AmericaEast.com

Awards

Preseason All-Conference

First Team
*Mike Black (Albany)
D. J. Irving (Boston University)
Alasdair Fraser (Maine)
Chase Plummer (UMBC)
*Tommy Brenton (Stony Brook)
Brian Voelkel (Vermont)

Asterisk denotes unanimous selection

Preseason All-Conference at AmericaEast.com

All-Conference Teams

First Team
Mike Black (Albany)
*D. J. Irving (Boston University)
*Mark Nwakamma (Hartford)
*Tommy Brenton (Stony Brook)
Brian Voelkel (Vermont)

Second Team
Justin Edwards (Maine)
Alasdair Fraser (Maine)
Ryan Cook (UMBC)
Jameel Warney (Stony Brook)
Clancy Rugg (Vermont)

Third Team
Jordan Reed (Binghamton)
Dom Morris (Boston University)
Maurice Watson Jr. (Boston University)
Dave Coley (Stony Brook)
Sandro Carissimo (Vermont)

• denotes unanimous selection

All-Defensive Team

First Team
Mike Allison (Maine)
*Tommy Brenton (Stony Brook)
Dave Coley (Stony Brook)
Jameel Warney (Stony Brook)
*Brian Voelkel (Vermont)

• denotes unanimous selection

All-Freshmen Team

First Team
Peter Hooley (Albany)
*Jordan Reed (Binghamton)
*John Papale (Boston University)
*Maurice Watson Jr. (Boston University)
*Jameel Warney (Stony Brook)

• denotes unanimous selection

All-Academic Team

First Team
Jacob Iati (Albany)
Sam Rowley (Albany)
Scott Morris (New Hampshire)
Luke Apfeld (Vermont)
Sandro Carissimo (Vermont)

Player of the Year

Tommy Brenton of Stony Brook was awarded Player of the Year honors in the 2012-2013 season.

Coach of the Year

Steve Pikiell of Stony Brook was awarded Coach of the Year honors in the 2012-2013 season.

Defensive Player of the Year

Tommy Brenton of Stony Brook was awarded Defensive Player of the Year honors in the 2012-2013 season.

Freshmen of the Year

Jameel Warney of Stony Brook was awarded Freshmen of the year honors in the 2012-2013 season.

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