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The 2020–21 America East Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2020, followed by the start of the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November 2020. Conference play began in December and concluded with the 2021 America East men's basketball tournament. The America East expanded from 9 teams to 10 with the arrival of NJIT on July 1, 2020.[1]
2020-21 America East Conference Men's Basketball Season | |
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League | NCAA Division I |
Sport | Basketball |
Number of teams | 10 |
TV partner(s) | ESPN+, ESPNU, ESPN3, Regional Networks |
2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season | |
Season champions | UMBC, Vermont |
Season MVP | Ryan Davis, Vermont |
America East Conference tournament | |
Champions | Hartford |
Runners-up | UMass Lowell |
Finals MVP | Austin Williams, Hartford |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UMBC | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 14 | – | 6 | .700 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vermont | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 10 | – | 5 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Hampshire | 9 | – | 6 | .600 | 10 | – | 9 | .526 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hartford † | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 15 | – | 9 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albany | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UMass Lowell | 7 | – | 8 | .467 | 11 | – | 12 | .478 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stony Brook | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 9 | – | 14 | .391 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NJIT | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 7 | – | 12 | .368 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Binghamton | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maine | 2 | – | 6 | .250 | 2 | – | 7 | .222 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maine suspended its season on February 13, 2021. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2021 AmEast tournament winner |
The America East announced its preseason honors and polls on November 11, 2020.[2]
Rank | Team | Points |
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1 | Vermont | 80 (8) |
2 | UMBC | 72 (2) |
3 | New Hampshire | 66 |
4 | Albany | 51 |
5 | Stony Brook | 44 |
6 | Hartford | 43 |
7 | UMass Lowell | 38 |
8 | NJIT | 28 |
T9 | Binghamton | 14 |
T9 | Maine | 14 |
(first place votes in parentheses) |
Award | Recipients |
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All-Conference Team | Zach Cooks (NJIT) Nick Guadarrama (New Hampshire) Cam Healy (Albany) Obadiah Noel (UMass Lowell) Stef Smith (Vermont) |
This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Each team is scheduled to play all other conference teams twice.[3]
Albany | Binghamton | Hartford | Maine | New Hampshire | NJIT | Stony Brook | UMass Lowell | UMBC | Vermont | |
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vs. Albany | – | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
vs. Binghamton | 0–0 | – | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
vs. Hartford | 0–0 | 0–2 | – | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
vs. Maine | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | – | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
vs. New Hampshire | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | – | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
vs. NJIT | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | – | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
vs. Stony Brook | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | – | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
vs. UMass Lowell | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | – | 0–0 | 1–1 |
vs. UMBC | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | – | 1–1 |
vs. Vermont | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | – |
Total | 6–6 | 4–10 | 8–6 | 2–6 | 9–6 | 6–10 | 7–9 | 7–8 | 10–4 | 10–4 |
The 2021 America East men's basketball tournament took place following the end of the conference regular season.[3]
Seed | Region | School | First Four | 1st Round | 2nd Round | Sweet 16 | Elite Eight | Final Four | Championship |
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16 | South | Hartford | N/A | defeated by (1) Baylor |
Seed | Bracket | School | 1st Round | 2nd Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Championship |
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