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2010 America East men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2009–10
First round siteChase Arena
West Hartford, Connecticut
Quarterfinals siteChase Arena
West Hartford, Connecticut
Semifinals siteChase Arena
West Hartford, Connecticut
Finals sitePatrick Gym
Burlington, VT
ChampionsVermont (4th title)
Winning coachMike Lonergan (1st title)
MVPMarqus Blakely (Vermont)
America East men's basketball tournaments← 20092011 →
2009–10 America East men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Stony Brook 13 – 3   .813 22 – 10   .688
Vermont † 12 – 4   .750 25 – 10   .714
Maine 11 – 5   .688 19 – 11   .633
Boston University 11 – 5   .688 21 – 14   .600
Binghamton 8 – 8   .500 13 – 18   .419
Hartford 6 – 10   .375 8 – 22   .267
New Hampshire 6 – 10   .375 13 – 17   .433
UMBC 3 – 13   .188 4 – 26   .133
Albany 2 – 14   .125 7 – 25   .219
† 2010 America East tournament winner
As of March 19, 2010
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2010 America East men's basketball tournament was held from March 4–7 at Chase Arena on the University of Hartford campus. The final was held at Patrick Gym in Burlington, VT on March 13. As winners, the Vermont Catamounts won an automatic berth to the 2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament for the fourth time as a member of the America East conference, and first since 2005. Vermont was given the 16th seed in the West Regional of the NCAA Tournament and faced the #1 seed Syracuse Orange in a game played on March 19. As winners of the regular season championship the Stony Brook claimed an automatic berth to the 2010 National Invitation Tournament, seeded at #8, the Seawolves took on #1 seeded Illinois Fighting Illini at home on March 17. The Boston University also gained a bid to the 2010 CBI, were given the #4 seed in the West Region, and faced the Oregon State Beavers on March 17 in Corvallis, OR.

Bracket and results

Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 6 		Semifinals
Sunday, March 7 		Finals
Saturday, March 13
         
1 Stony Brook 68
8 Albany 59
1 Stony Brook 63
4 Boston University 70
4 Boston University 87
5 Hartford 46
4 Boston University 70
2 Vermont 83
3 Maine 57
6 New Hampshire 68
6 New Hampshire 38
2 Vermont 57
2 Vermont 76
7 UMBC 59

Trivia

  • Binghamton was initially slated as the #5 seed in the tournament. However, due to a series of scandals surrounding the program, the Bearcats announced they would sit out the tournament. According to The New York Times, the conference's other members pressured Binghamton to sit out. Conference commissioner Patrick Nero, however, said the decision was Binghamton's alone. Therefore this led to the original #6 seed Hartford Hawks to become the #5 seed, the #7 seed New Hampshire Wildcats to become #6, and the cancellation of the first-round game between UMBC and Albany who become the #7 and #8 seeds in the tournament.
  • This was the first time in America East Conference history that the Men's and Women's basketball tournaments were held at the same arena over the same weekend.
  • It was also the first time the Women's Championship game was not held at a 'neutral site' and was played at the highest remaining seed's home arena.

See also

References

  1. Thamel, Pete (March 2, 2010). "Binghamton Skips Conference Tournament". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  2. Mangan, Mike. Binghamton University players stunned. Elmira Star-Gazette, 2010-03-03.
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