Women's #AETourney Begins Saturday

Women's #AETourney Begins Saturday

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#7 New Hampshire vs. #2 Maine - Noon
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Tournament Series: Maine, 7-1

  • This is the 9th all-time tournament meeting between the longtime rivals. It is the most played tournament matchup between current conference teams.
  • It is the first time the teams have met since 2010 when No. 9 New Hampshire beat No. 8 Maine in a first round matchup.
  • Maine beat UNH in the 2004, which is the last quarterfinal matchup between the two teams. The Black Bears won all seven contests between the teams before 2004.

#3 Stony Brook vs. #6 Hartford- 2:15 PM
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Tournament Series: Hartford, 4-0

  • This is the fifth tournament meeting between the two teams, with the last coming in the 2010 semifinals when Hartford topped Stony Brook in West Hartford.
  • Hartford also topped the Seawolves the last time they met in the quarterfinals in 2009, 68-53. Other wins came in the 2008 quarterfinals and 2002 title game.
  • Stony Brook swept the season series this year and is facing the Hawks as the higher seed for the first time in program history.

#1 Albany vs. #8 Vermont
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Tournament Series: Albany, 2-1

  • This is the fourth meeting between the Great Danes and the Catamounts and all four have come since 2010.
  • In 2010, No. 2 UVM topped No. 7 Albany, 61-36. The Catamounts went on to win the title, the last one for Vermont.
  • No. 2 Albany beat No. 7 Vermont, 74-61, in the 2012 quarterfinals. The Great Danes went on to win their first of four-straight titles.
  • No. 2 Albany also defeated No. 7 Vermont last season in Binghamton, 63-33

#4 UMBC vs. #5 Binghamton
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Tournament Series: Binghamton, 2-0

  • Binghamton is 2-0 all-time vs. UMBC in the America East Championship.
  • The Bearcats beat the Retrievers in the 2009 quarterfinals, 66-54, and in the 2006 quarterfinals, 72-66, in overtime.
  • Both times the teams met previously in the tournament, Binghamton was the four seed and UMBC was the five seed.

Tournament facts

  • The No. 1 seed in the America East Championship is 63-12 (.840) all-time, advancing to the championship game 24 of 30 times
  • The No. 1 seed has advanced to the semifinals 10-straight years and in 22 of the 24 years since the tournament expanded beyond six teams.
  • The No. 2 seed has advanced to the America East finals for six-straight years, winning three of those.
  • The No. 3 seed has been eliminated in the quarterfinal round in three of the last four seasons (2012, '13 & '15). The No. 3 seed is 17-7 overall vs. the No. 6 seed.
  • The No. 4 seed has lost in the quarterfinal round in four-straight seasons after winning nine-straight quarterfinal matchups prior to that.
  • Overall, the No. 5 seed is 13-25 (.342) in championship play, but has upset the No. 4 seed in four-straight seasons. 
  • The No. 7 seed is the lowest seed to win an America East Championship in any sport when UMBC completed the task in 2007. the last time the tournament was in Binghamton.
  • The No. 8 seed is 15-23 (.395) all-time in the America East Championship with one appearance in the finals coming in 2005 when Boston U. upset No. 1 Maine and No. 4 Vermont before falling to No. 2 Hartford in the title game.