2016 America East women's basketball tournament

2016 America East women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2015–16
Teams	8
Quarterfinals site	Binghamton University Events Center Binghamton, NY
Semifinals site	Binghamton University Events Center Binghamton, NY
Finals site	SEFCU Arena Albany, NY
Champions	Albany (5th title)
Winning coach	Katie Abrahamson-Henderson (5th title)
MVP	Shereesha Richards (Albany)
Attendance	6,503
Television	ESPNU/ESPN3
America East women's basketball tournaments

2015–16 America East Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Albany †	15	–	1		.938			28	–	5		.848
Maine	15	–	1		.938			26	–	9		.743
UMBC	8	–	8		.500			18	–	14		.563
Stony Brook	8	–	8		.500			17	–	15		.531
Binghamton	8	–	8		.500			14	–	17		.452
Hartford	7	–	9		.438			11	–	19		.367
New Hampshire	6	–	10		.375			12	–	18		.400
Vermont	4	–	12		.250			9	–	21		.300
UMass Lowell*	1	–	15		.063			4	–	24		.143
† 2016 America East Tournament winner As of March 20, 2016 *ineligible for postseason play due to Div. I transitions; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 America East women's basketball tournament is a tournament that began March 5 and concluded with the championship game on March 11 at SEFCU Arena. Albany defeated Maine in the championship game to win their fifth consecutive American East tournament title and earn an automatic trip NCAA women's tournament.

Seeds

Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed	School	Conf (Overall)	Tiebreaker
#1	Albany	15–1 (24–4)	1–1 vs. Maine; higher RPI
#2	Maine	15–1 (24–7)	1–1 vs. Albany
#3	Stony Brook	8–8 (16–13)	2–2 vs. Binghamton, UMBC; 2–0 vs. Hartford
#4	UMBC	8–8 (17–12)	2–2 vs. Binghamton, Stony Brook; 4–4 in conference away games
#5	Binghamton	8–8 (13–15)	2–2 vs. UMBC, Stony Brook; 3–5 in conference away games
#6	Hartford	7–9 (11–18)
#7	New Hampshire	6–10 (12–17)
#8	Vermont	4–12 (9–20)

Schedule

All tournament games are nationally televised on an ESPN network:

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup#	Television	Attendance
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 5
1	1	12:00 PM	#2 Maine vs. #7 New Hampshire	ESPN3	2,080
	2	2:15 PM	#3 Stony Brook vs. #6 Hartford
2	3	6:00 PM	#1 Albany vs. #8 Vermont
	4	8:15 PM	#4 UMBC vs. #5 Binghamton
Semifinals – Sunday, March 6
3	5	2:00 PM	#2 Maine vs. #3 Stony Brook	ESPN3	2,904
	6	4:15 PM	#1 Albany vs. #5 Binghamton
Championship Game – Friday, March 11
4	7	4:30 PM	#1 Albany vs. #2 Maine	ESPNU	1,519
*Game Times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket and Results

	Quarterfinals Saturday, March 5, 2016 ESPN3					Semifinals Sunday, March 6, 2016 ESPN3					Championship Game Friday, March 11, 2016 ESPNU
	3	Stony Brook	60
	6	Hartford	42
						3	Stony Brook	48
						2	Maine	51
	2	Maine	57
	7	New Hampshire	48
											2	Maine	58
											1	Albany	59
	1	Albany	95
	8	Vermont	43
						1	Albany	79
						5	Binghamton	43
	4	UMBC	41
	5	Binghamton	49

All times listed are Eastern

See also

• America East Conference
• 2016 America East men's basketball tournament