2017 America East Men's Basketball Tournament


The 2017 America East Men's Basketball Tournament is the postseason men's basketball tournament for the America East Conference, which was held on March 1, 6, and 11, 2017. All games of the tournament were played on campus sites hosted by the higher-seeded school. Vermont, the No. 1 seed in the tournament defeated Albany in the championship game to win the tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Seeds

Only eight of the nine conference teams were eligible for the tournament. The teams were seeded by record in conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker
1Vermont16–0
2Stony Brook12–4
3Albany10–62–0 vs. UMBC
4New Hampshire10–61–1 vs. UMBC
5UMBC9–7
6Hartford4–12
7Binghamton3–131–1 vs. Stony Brook
8Maine3–130–2 vs. Stony Brook

Schedule

Bracket and results

Teams will reseed after each round with highest remaining seeds receiving home court advantage.