2011 America East men's basketball tournament
Appearance
2011 America East men's basketball tournament | |
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2011 America East tournament logo | |
Classification | Division I |
Season | 2010–11 |
First round site | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion West Hartford, CT |
Quarterfinals site | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion West Hartford, CT |
Semifinals site | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion West Hartford, CT |
Finals site | Agganis Arena Boston, MA |
Champions | Boston University Terriers (6th title) |
Winning coach | Patrick Chambers (1st title) |
MVP | John Holland (Boston University) |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vermont | 13 | - | 3 | .813 | 23 | - | 9 | .719 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boston University† | 12 | - | 4 | .750 | 21 | - | 14 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maine | 9 | - | 7 | .563 | 15 | - | 15 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albany | 9 | - | 7 | .563 | 16 | - | 16 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stony Brook | 8 | - | 8 | .500 | 15 | - | 17 | .469 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hartford | 7 | - | 9 | .438 | 11 | - | 20 | .355 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Hampshire | 6 | - | 10 | .375 | 12 | - | 18 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Binghamton | 4 | - | 12 | .250 | 8 | - | 23 | .258 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UMBC | 4 | - | 12 | .250 | 5 | - | 25 | .167 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2011 America East tournament winner As of March 18, 2011 Rankings from AP Poll |
The 2011 America East men's basketball tournament was held from March 3–6, 2011 at the Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion in West Hartford, Connecticut. The tournament final was held on March 12 at Agganis Arena. Boston University, the highest remaining seed, defeated Stony Brook by a score of 56–54 to win its sixth America East men's basketball title. Boston U also earned an automatic bid into the 2011 NCAA tournament, where it lost in the first round to number one seed Kansas.
Bracket and Results
First round Thursday, March 3 | Quarterfinals Saturday, March 5 | Semifinals Sunday, March 6 | Championship Game Saturday, March 12 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Vermont | 57 | |||||||||||||||||
9 | Binghamton | 46 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | UMBC | 65 | |||||||||||||||||
9 | Binghamton | 91 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Vermont | 47 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Stony Brook | 69 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Albany | 61 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Stony Brook | 67 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Stony Brook | 54 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Boston U | 56 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Boston U | 69 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | New Hampshire | 60 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Boston U | 55 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Hartford | 49 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Maine | 63 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Hartford | 66 |
Asterisk denotes game ended in overtime
Recap
Opening-Round
- Binghamton vs UMBC: Binghamton played an impressive opening round game against UMBC in which the team made 17 three-pointers, breaking the record for the most three's in the America East tournament.[1] Binghamton took the lead early on in the game and kept a point deferential of at least 12 points for most of the game, they went on to win by 91–65 score with a 51% FG percentage, 53% from the arc. Greer Wright led the game with 31 points, while Laurence Jolicoeur led UMBC with 11.
Quarter-finals
- Stony Brook vs Albany:
- Vermont vs Binghamton:
- Boston.U vs New Hampshire:
- Hartford vs Maine:
See also
References
- ^ "Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). America East Conference. 2018. p. 12. Retrieved April 29, 2022.