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Breaking down the America East Conference basketball tournament schedule

Taking a look at who, where and when for the America East Conference Championship, which will be hosted between UNH and Hartford.

By kate.magdziuk Updated
American East Conference logo on the floor before a college basketball game between the Vermont Catamounts and the UMBC Retrievers at the Event Center on February 21, 2019 in Catsonsville, Maryland. Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images

The America East Conference Championship stretches from February 27th to March 13th this year. The conference announced a new seeding format for 2021 where the semifinalists will be decided with pod play with games taking place at UNH and Hartford. The conference championship game will then take place at the highest remaining seed’s home court on March 13.

The tournament will include nine teams and kick off with a series of pod games to determine the four semifinalists. Each round will see the advancing teams reseeded with the highest seed matching up against the lowest remaining seed. UMBC and Vermont have secured their spots in the semifinal round, having each secured a first-round bye.

The America East tournament will air across the ESPN network of channels. ESPN3 and ESPN+ will air the first three rounds of the tournament, up through the semifinals. ESPN2 will air the championship game.

UMBC and Vermont split the regular-season conference title finishing out as the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds, respectively. They both finished the year with a 10-4 record, finishing the season with a two-game series against one another. They split the series and each won a bid to the semi-finals of the America East Conference tournament. UMBC currently ranks No. 156 in Ken Pomeroy’s ratings and No. 126 in the NCAA’s NET rankings. Vermont ranks No. 120 in the Pomeroy ratings and No. 101 in the NET rankings.

Saturday, February 27

Pod game 1: No. 6 UMass Lowell defeated No. 7 Stony Brook 64-62
Pod game 2: No. 4 Hartford defeated No. 9 Binghamton 77-60
Pod game 3: No. 5 Albany defeated No. 8 NJIT 66

Sunday, February 28

Pod game 4: No. 6 UMass Lowell defeated No. 3 UNH 72-64
Pod game 5: No. 4 Hartford defeated No. 5 Albany 83-77

Saturday, March 6

Semifinal 1: No. 6 UMass-Lowell 79-77 over No. 1 UMBC
Semifinal 2: No. 4 Hartford 71-65 over No. 2 Vermont

Saturday, March 13

Championship: No. 4 Hartford 64-50 over No. 6 UMass-Lowell

Hartford wins the 2021 America East Championship and the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

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