2020 America East Men's Basketball Tournament


The 2020 America East Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the America East Conference, which was held on March 7, 10, and canceled before its scheduled conclusion on March 14, 2020. All tournament games were played on home arenas of the higher-seeded school. The winner would have received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, which itself was also cancelled to help curtail the spread of COVID-19.

Seeds

The top eight teams in the conference standings qualify for the tournament. The teams are seeded by record in conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
SeedSchoolAEC RecordTiebreaker
1Vermont14–2
2Stony Brook10–6
3Hartford9–7
4UMBC8–81–1 vs Vermont
5New Hampshire8–80–2 vs Vermont
6UMass Lowell7–91–1 vs Hartford
7Albany7–90–2 vs Hartford
8Maine5–11
DNQBinghamton4–12

Schedule

Bracket and results

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

Game summaries

Quarterfinals

Semifinals