2023 America East Playoffs: Schedule, Bracket, Latest Historical past, TV/Streaming Data

Vermont gained the convention title by three video games over UMass Lowell, so naturally the perennial champs from Burlington are a heavy favourite but once more.

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  ChrisDobbertean
  
• on March 3, 2023 11:27 am

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Dates

• Saturday, March 4 (quarterfinals)
• Tuesday, March 7 (semifinals)
• Saturday, March 11 (championship)

Format

Conventional bracket with reseeding

Web site

The upper seeds host on campus.

Contributors

With the departure of Stony Brook (CAA) and Hartford (reclassifying to Division III) and the arrival of Bryant from the NEC, the America East has 9 members. Solely the highest eight superior to the playoffs, with ninth-place UAlbany (8-23, 3-13) ignored.

Quarterfinals (Sat., March 4)

ESPN+ ($) will stream all 4 video games.

Sport 1: (8) NJIT (7-22, 4-12) at (1) Vermont (20-10, 14-2), 7
The Catamounts swept the season sequence.
Sport 2: (7) Maine (13-16, 7-9) at (2) UMass Lowell (24-7, 11-5), 4
The season sequence was a house cut up.
Sport 3: (6) Bryant (17-12, 8-8) at (3) New Hampshire (14-14, 9-7), 1
The Bulldogs swept the season sequence.
Sport 4: (5) Binghamton (12-17, 8-8) at (4) UMBC (18-13, 8-8), 1
The Retrievers swept the season sequence, together with a highway win within the season finale.

Semifinals (Tues., March 7)

ESPN+ ($) will stream each video games.

Groups might be reseeded.

Sport 5: (4) at (1)
Sport 6: (3) at (2)

Championship (Sat., March 11)

Sport 7: Lowest-remaining seed at highest-remaining seed, 11 a.m. (ESPN2)

Information initially posted by Bob Vetrone Jr. on Twitter in 2020 with my very own additions for the seasons past.

Since 2011, one of many America East’s prime two seeds has gained the automated bid 9 instances, with the No. 1 proudly owning a 5-to-4 edge on the No. 2. Nevertheless, the No. 1 has gained 5 of the final seven tournaments, with the history-making UMBC squad successful as a 2 in 2018 and Hartford successful as a 4 seed in 2021.

• 1 seed (5): 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022
• 2 seed (4): 2011, 2012, 2013, 2018
• 4 seed (3): 2013, 2014, 2021

Years with an NCAA win are in daring.

• 13 seed (4): 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022
• 14 seed (1): 2015
• 15 seed (1): 2013
• 16 seed (5): 2011, 2012 (First 4), 2014 (First 4), 2018, 2021

Whereas the America East has three wins as a 16 seed previously decade, solely UMBC’s historic win over the Virginia Cavaliers got here in the principle draw. Given the standard of the regular-season champs above them, Vermont’s finest hope seems to be to be as a 14 seed, with another potential winner being slotted decrease.

Vermont: 2022 (13 seed, 1st Spherical)
Bryant: 2022 (16 seed, First 4, NEC member)
UMBC: 2018 (16 seed, 2nd Spherical)
Binghamton: 2009 (15 seed, Spherical of 64)

Precisely half the sector—Maine, New Hampshire, NJIT, and UMass Lowell—have by no means certified for the NCAAs. UAlbany, which was final a 14 seed in 2015 (Spherical of 64), might want to wait one other 12 months to return.

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