2019 America East Women's Basketball Tournament

The 2019 America East Women's Basketball Tournament began on March 6 and concluded with the championship game on March 15.[1] Maine won the championship game over Hartford to earn the automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament.[2]

2019 America East Women's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2018–19
Teams	8
Site	Campus Sites
Champions	Maine (9th title)
Winning coach	Amy Vachon (2nd title)
MVP	Blanca Millán (Maine)
Attendance	8,303
Television	ESPNU/ESPN+
America East Women's Basketball Tournaments

2018–19 America East Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Maine †	15	–	1		.938			25	–	8		.758
Hartford	14	–	2		.875			23	–	11		.676
Stony Brook	11	–	5		.688			23	–	8		.742
Albany	9	–	7		.563			13	–	18		.419
Binghamton	7	–	9		.438			12	–	18		.400
Vermont	7	–	9		.438			11	–	18		.379
UMBC	3	–	13		.188			10	–	20		.333
UMass Lowell	3	–	13		.188			7	–	22		.241
New Hampshire	3	–	13		.188			6	–	24		.200
† 2019 America East Tournament winner

Seeds

Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed	School	Conf	Overall	Tiebreaker
#1	Maine	15–1	22–7	1 conference loss to Hartford.
#2	Hartford	14–2	21–9
#3	Stony Brook	11–5	22–7
#4	Albany	9–7	12–17
#5	Binghamton	7–9	12–17	1–1 vs. Vermont, 2–0 vs. UMass Lowell
#6	Vermont	7–9	11–17	1–1 vs. Binghamton, 1–1 vs. UMass Lowell
#7	UMBC	3–13	6–23	2–0 vs. UNH, 0–2 vs. UMass Lowell
#8	New Hampshire	3–13	6–23	2–0 vs. UMass Lowell, 0–2 vs. UMBC
DNQ	UMass Lowell	3–13	7–22	0–2 vs. UNH, 0–2 vs. UMBC

Schedule

All tournament games are nationally televised on an ESPN network:

Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Television	Attendance
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 6
1	7:00 pm	#8 New Hampshire at #1 Maine	ESPN+	1,764
2	7:00 pm	#7 UMBC at #2 Hartford		523
3	7:00 pm	#6 Vermont at #3 Stony Brook		335
4	7:00 pm	#5 Binghamton at #4 Albany		472
Semifinals – Sunday, March 10
5	1:00 pm	#4 Albany at #1 Maine	ESPN+	1,233
6	2:00 pm	#3 Stony Brook at #2 Hartford		742
Championship Game – Friday, March 15
7	5:00 pm	#2 Hartford at #1 Maine	ESPNU	3,234
*Game Times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket and Results

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

	Quarterfinals Wednesday, March 6, 2019 ESPN+					Semifinals Sunday, March 10, 2019 ESPN+					Championship Game Friday, March 15, 2019 ESPNU
	1	Maine	69
	8	New Hampshire	36
						1	Maine	66
						4	Albany	51
	4	Albany	61
	5	Binghamton	56
		(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)									1	Maine	68
											2	Hartford	48
	2	Hartford	65
	7	UMBC	48
						2	Hartford	64
						3	Stony Brook	59
	3	Stony Brook	69
	6	Vermont	58

All times listed are Eastern

See also

• 2019 America East Men's Basketball Tournament

References

1. https://americaeast.com/tournaments/?id=2240
2. Writer, Mike LoweStaff (2019-03-15). "UMaine women back in NCAA tournament with win in America East title game". Press Herald. Retrieved 2019-03-16.

External links

• 2019 America East Women's Basketball Championship