Sport College basketball Current location Best seed arena | Number of teams 8 Played 1980–present | |
Conference America East Conference Format Single-elimination tournament | ||
The America East Men's Basketball Tournament is the annual concluding tournament for the NCAA college basketball in the America East Conference. The winner of the annual tournament gains an automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship.
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Format and hosts
As of 2013, the first rounds take place at a single location, usually the home arena of one of the conference schools, but the championship game is hosted the next weekend by the higher remaining seed. The 2013 and 2014 Tournament preliminary rounds were hosted by the University at Albany. Beginning in 2015, the format was changed from a single location in the first rounds to multiple locations. For every round, including the finals the higher seeded team in each game hosts. After the first round, teams are reseeded to account for upsets that may have occurred.
Championships by School
Maine, Hartford, New Hampshire, and UMass Lowell are the only remaining teams in the conference to have never won a title. Stony Brook recently won their first title in 2016, after losing in their four previous title game appearances.