Men's Basketball

UMBC Earns #1 Seed, Men's #AEPlayoffs Picture Comes Into Focus

There's just one day left in the men's #AEHoops regular season and six of the nine seeds for the #AEPlayoffs are set. The final three will be settled on Saturday.

UMBC earned the top seed on Friday with its win over Vermont. The Retrievers are regular-season champions for the second time in league history and the first time since the 2007-08 season. The Catamounts also earned a share of the regular-season crown, their fifth in the row, and will be the #2 seed.

UMBC and Vermont will have byes until the #AEPlayoffs semifinals. The revised #AEPlayoffs format was announced last week: Read More

New Hampshire and Hartford will host the playoff pods as the #3 and #4 seeds, respectively. The Wildcats will play the winner of the #6-#7 matchup, which takes place Saturday. Hartford earned the #4 seed by virture of UAlbany's loss. The Hawks will face #9 Binghamton with the winner facing the winner of the #5-#8 matchup.

The winner of UAlbany-Stony Brook contest Sunday will be the #5 seed, while UMass Lowell is locked into the sixth spot. NJIT will be #7 with a win over Binghamton and #8 with a loss. The loser of UAlbany-Stony Brook will be #7 or #8 pending how the Highlanders fare. 

The full #AEPlayoffs bracket will be unveiled Sunday afternoon. Follow @AEHoopsNews on Twitter to stay up-to-date with the latest #AEHoops news.