2019 America East women's basketball tournament

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
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Maine † 15 – 1   .938 25 – 8   .758
Hartford 14 – 2   .875 23 – 11   .676
Stony Brook 11 – 5   .688 23 – 8   .742
Albany 9 – 7   .563 13 – 18   .419
Binghamton 7 – 9   .438 12 – 18   .400
Vermont 7 – 9   .438 11 – 18   .379
UMBC 3 – 13   .188 10 – 20   .333
UMass Lowell 3 – 13   .188 7 – 22   .241
New Hampshire 3 – 13   .188 6 – 24   .200
† 2019 America East tournament winner

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]

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 Maine 15–1 22–7 1 conference loss to Hartford.
#2 Hartford 14–2 21–9
#3 Stony Brook 11–5 22–7
#4 Albany 9–7 12–17
#5 Binghamton 7–9 12–17 1–1 vs. Vermont, 2–0 vs. UMass Lowell
#6 Vermont 7–9 11–17 1–1 vs. Binghamton, 1–1 vs. UMass Lowell
#7 UMBC 3–13 6–23 2–0 vs. UNH, 0–2 vs. UMass Lowell
#8 New Hampshire 3–13 6–23 2–0 vs. UMass Lowell, 0–2 vs. UMBC
DNQ UMass Lowell 3–13 7–22 0–2 vs. UNH, 0–2 vs. UMBC

Schedule

All tournament games are nationally televised on an ESPN network:

Game Time* Matchup# Television Attendance
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 6
1 7:00 pm #8 New Hampshire at #1 Maine ESPN+ 1,764
2 7:00 pm #7 UMBC at #2 Hartford 523
3 7:00 pm #6 Vermont at #3 Stony Brook 335
4 7:00 pm #5 Binghamton at #4 Albany 472
Semifinals – Sunday, March 10
5 1:00 pm #4 Albany at #1 Maine ESPN+ 1,233
6 2:00 pm #3 Stony Brook at #2 Hartford 742
Championship Game – Friday, March 15
7 5:00 pm #2 Hartford at #1 Maine ESPNU 3,234
*Game Times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket and Results

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
         
1 Maine 69
8 New Hampshire 36
1 Maine 66
4 Albany 51
4 Albany 61
5 Binghamton 56
1 Maine 68
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
2 Hartford 48
2 Hartford 65
7 UMBC 48
2 Hartford 64
3 Stony Brook 59
3 Stony Brook 69
6 Vermont 58

All times listed are Eastern

See also

References

  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.