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Make the most of your 2009 America East Men's Basketball Championship experience with Fan Central.

Learn the ins-and-outs of traveling to Albany, staying in Albany and enjoying Albany as America East's nine-team tournament returns to New York.

Fan Central will be your source for the most recent information regarding the championship.


CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE
First Round :: Friday, March 6
Game 1: No. 8 Maine vs. No. 9 Hartford, 7:05 p.m.

Quarterfinals :: Saturday, March 7 
Game 2: No. 2 Vermont vs. No. 7 Albany, 12:07 p.m.
Game 3: No. 3 Boston U. vs. No. 6 UMBC, 2:30 p.m.*
Game 4: No. 1 Binghamton vs. Winner Game 1, 
6:07 p.m.
Game 5: No. 4 New Hampshire vs. No. 5 Stony Brook, 8:30 p.m.*

Semifinals :: Sunday, March 8 
Game 6: 2:04 p.m.
Game 7: 5:04 p.m.*

Title Game :: Saturday, March 14
at highest remaining seed 

Game 8: TBD, 11:02 a.m. (ESPN2)

*Tip-off approximately 30 minutes 
following first game of the session

America East: Best of U.
America East expects its student-athletes to be Shining Stars not only on the court but in the classroom and community as well. We invite you to catch the Shining Stars at the University at Albany SEFCU Arena from March 6-8.

America East has continued to see its basketball profile rise since Vermont's stunning upset of Syracuse in the first round of the NCAA Championship in 2005. In 2006-07, America East sent two teams to the postseason for the fourth time in five years as Albany participated in the NCAA Championship while Vermont was selected for the NIT.

This season, March Madness begins at SEFCU Arena where nine teams while compete for three days with one goal: Win the America East Championship and earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Championship.SEFCU Arena is a wonderful venue for college basketball. Don't miss your chance to catch a Shining Star.