2025 America East men's basketball tournament
{{Short description|American college basketball postseason tournament}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox NCAA Basketball Conference tournament
|Year=2025
|Conference=America East
|Division=I
|Gender=Men's
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|Teams=8
|Arena=Campus sites
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|FinalArena= Chace Athletic Center
|FinalCity= Smithfield, RI
|Champions=Bryant
|TitleCount=1st
|Coach=Phil Martelli Jr.
|CoachCount=1st
|MVP= Earl Timberlake
|MVPTeam=Bryant
|Attendance= 10,666 (total)
1,538 (championship)
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{{2024-25 America East Conference men's basketball standings}}
The 2025 America East Men's Basketball Conference tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the America East Conference. It was held March 8–15, 2025, at campus sites of the higher seeds. The winner, Bryant, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA Tournament.{{Cite web |title=2025 Jersey Mikes America East Men's Basketball Playoffs - America East Conference |url=https://americaeast.com/tournaments/?id=4312 |access-date=2025-01-25 |website=americaeast.com |language=en}} The tournament was sponsored by Jersey Mike's Subs and was officially known as the 2025 Jersey Mike's America East Men's Basketball Playoffs.{{Cite web |date=2022-11-30 |title=Jersey Mike’s Subs Named Title Sponsor of Men’s & Women’s Basketball Playoffs |url=https://americaeast.com/news/2022/11/30/JerseyMikes_AEPlayoffs.aspx |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=americaeast.com |language=en}}
Seeds
Eight of the nine America East teams qualified for the tournament. The teams were seeded by record in conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Seed !School !AEC Record !Tiebreaker |
| 1
| align="left" |Bryant |14–2 | |
| 2
| align="left" |Vermont |13–3 | |
| 3
| align="left" |Maine |10–6 | |
| 4
| align="left" |Albany |8–8 | |
| 5
| align="left" |Binghamton |7–9 | |
| 6
| align="left" |UMass Lowell |6–10 |NET Ranking of 237 |
| 7
| align="left" |New Hampshire |6–10 |NET Ranking of 351 |
| 8
| align="left" |UMBC |5–11 | |
| bgcolor=#bbbbbb
|DNQ |align=left|NJIT |3–13 | |
Schedule
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;text-align:center"
!Game !Time* !Matchup# !Score !Television |
| colspan="6" |Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 8 |
|---|
| 1
|3:00 p.m. |No. 7 New Hampshire at No. 2 Vermont |57–64 | rowspan="4" |ESPN+ |
| 2
|4:00 p.m. |No. 8 UMBC at No. 1 Bryant |74–85 |
| 3
|6:00 p.m. |No. 6 UMass Lowell at No. 3 Maine |64–72 |
| 4
|7:00 p.m. |No. 5 Binghamton at No. 4 Albany |66–69 |
| colspan="6" |Semifinals – Tuesday, March 11 |
| 5
|7:00 p.m. |No. 3 Maine at No. 2 Vermont |57–42 |ESPN+ |
| 6
|9:00 p.m. |No. 4 Albany at No. 1 Bryant |78–91 |
| colspan="6" |Championship – Saturday, March 15 |
| 7
|11:00 am |No. 3 Maine at No. 1 Bryant |59–77 | rowspan="1" |ESPN2 |
| colspan="6" |*Game times in EST for the quarterfinals and EDT for the semifinals and championship. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. |
Bracket
{{8TeamBracket-reseed
|RD1=Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 8, 2025
ESPN+
|RD2=Semifinals
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
ESPN2/ESPN+
|RD3=Championship
Saturday, March 15, 2025
ESPN2
| boldwinner=high
| RD1-seed01=1
| RD1-team01=Bryant
| RD1-score01=85
| RD1-seed02=8
| RD1-team02=UMBC
| RD1-score02=74
| RD1-seed03=4
| RD1-team03=Albany
| RD1-score03=69
| RD1-seed04=5
| RD1-team04=Binghamton
| RD1-score04=66
| RD1-seed05=2
| RD1-team05=Vermont
| RD1-score05=64
| RD1-seed06=7
| RD1-team06=New Hampshire
| RD1-score06=57
| RD1-seed07=3
| RD1-team07=Maine
| RD1-score07=72
| RD1-seed08=6
| RD1-team08=UMass Lowell
| RD1-score08=64
| RD2-seed01=1
| RD2-team01=Bryant
| RD2-score01=91
| RD2-seed02=4
| RD2-team02=Albany
| RD2-score02=78
| RD2-seed03=2
| RD2-team03=Vermont
| RD2-score03=42
| RD2-seed04=3
| RD2-team04=Maine
| RD2-score04=57
| RD3-seed01=1
| RD3-team01=Bryant
| RD3-score01=77
| RD3-seed02=3
| RD3-team02=Maine
| RD3-score02=59
}}
Game summaries
:All times are in Eastern Time (UTC−5 on March 8 and UTC−4 on March 11 and 15)
=Quarterfinals=
{{basketballbox
| bg = #e3e3e3
| date = March 8
| time = 3:00 p.m.
| report = [https://stats.ncaa.org/contests/6364650/box_score Box]
| team1 = No. 7 New Hampshire
| score1 = 57
| team2 = No. 2 Vermont
| score2 = 64
| overtime =
| H1 = 34–26
| H2 = 23–38
| OT =
| points1 = Badru 18
| rebounds1 = Okpomo 6
| assist1 = Poser, Pissis 3
| otherstat1 =
| points2 = Hurley 18
| rebounds2 = Ayo-Faleye 10
| assist2 = Fiorillo 4
| otherstat2 =
| place = Roy L. Patrick Gymnasium
Burlington, VT
| attendance = 2,102
| referee = Tommy Deneen, Carl Luciano, Adam Vandenburgh
| TV = ESPN+
| series = Vermont advances to the America East Semifinals
}}
{{basketballbox
|bg =
|date = March 8
|time = 4:00 p.m.
|report = [https://stats.ncaa.org/contests/6364649/box_score Box]
|team1 = No. 8 UMBC
|score1 = 74
|team2 = No.1 Bryant
|score2 = 85
|overtime =
| H1 = 31–41
| H2 = 43–44
| OT =
| points1 = Banks 24
| rebounds1 = Banks 9
| assist1 = Valentine 3
| otherstat1 =
| points2 = Pinzon 22
| rebounds2 = Cramer 12
| assist2 = Timberlake 8
| otherstat2 =
| place = Chace Athletic Center
Smithfield, RI
| attendance = 1,005
| referee = Brandon Cruz, Ryan Corbett, Mike Nardone
| TV = ESPN+
| series = Bryant advances to the America East Semifinals
}}
{{basketballbox
| bg = #e3e3e3
| date = March 8
| time = 6:00 p.m.
| report = [https://stats.ncaa.org/contests/6364651/box_score Box]
| team1 = No. 6 UMass Lowell
| score1 = 64
| team2 = No. 3 Maine
| score2 = 72
| overtime =
| H1 = 29–34
| H2 = 35–38
| OT =
| points1 = Brooks 25
| rebounds1 = Brooks 10
| assist1 = Covington 4
| otherstat1 =
| points2 = Tynes 20
| rebounds2 = Tynes 5
| assist2 = Tynes 6
| otherstat2 =
| place = Cross Insurance Center
Bangor, ME
| attendance = 1,282
| referee = Mike Evans, John Cahill Jr., Vasili Mallios
| TV = ESPN+
| series = Maine advances to the America East Semifinals
}}
{{basketballbox
|bg =
|date = March 8
|time = 7:00 p.m.
|report = [https://stats.ncaa.org/contests/6364652/box_score Box]
|team1 = No. 5 Binghamton
|score1 = 66
|team2 = 'No. 4 Albany
|score2 = '69
|overtime =
| H1 = 30–39
| H2 = 36–30
| OT =
| points1 = Benson 19
| rebounds1 = Walsh 9
| assist1 = Walsh 4
| otherstat1 =
| points2 = Marshall 20
| rebounds2 = Langford Jr. 11
| assist2 = Lindsey 3
| otherstat2 =
| place = Broadview Center
Albany, NY
| attendance = 1,667
| referee = Dan Basile, Jason Bradwell, Will Flowers
| TV = ESPN+
| series = Albany advances to the America East Semifinals
}}
=Semifinals=
{{basketballbox
|bg = #e3e3e3
|date = March 11
|time = 7:00 p.m.
|report = [https://stats.ncaa.org/contests/6365245/box_score Box]
|team1 = No. 3 Maine
|score1 = 57
|team2 = No. 2 Vermont
|score2 = 42
|overtime =
| H1 = 27–19
| H2 = 30–23
| OT =
| points1 = Lopez 14
| rebounds1 = Tynes 13
| assist1 = Clayton, Burns, Carey 2
| otherstat1 =
| points2 = Ayo-Faleye 14
| rebounds2 = Alamutu 21
| assist2 = Alamutu 3
| otherstat2 =
| place = Roy L. Patrick Gymnasium
Burlington, VT
| attendance = 2,071
| referee = Tim Smith, Jason Bradwell, Ryan Corbett
| TV = ESPN+
| series = Maine advances to the America East Finals
}}
{{basketballbox
|bg =
|date = March 11
|time = 9:00 p.m.
|report = [https://stats.ncaa.org/contests/6365243/box_score Box]
|team1 = No. 4 Albany
|score1 = 71
|team2 = No. 1 Bryant
|score2 = 91
|overtime =
| H1 = 33-39
| H2 = 45-52
| OT =
| points1 = Marshall 23
| rebounds1 = Klaczek 12
| assist1 = Joshua, Klaczek 3
| otherstat1 =
| points2 = Timberlake, Mitchell 21
| rebounds2 = Mitchell 13
| assist2 = Withers 9
| otherstat2 =
| place = Chace Athletic Center
Smithfield, RI
| attendance = 1,001
| referee = Will Flowers, John Cahill Jr., Nathan Hall
| TV = ESPN2
| series = Bryant advances to the America East Finals
}}
=Finals=
{{basketballbox
| bg = #e3e3e3
| date = March 15
| time = 11:00 a.m.
| report = [https://stats.ncaa.org/contests/6365871/box_score Box]
| team1 = No. 3 Maine
| score1 = 59
| team2 = No. 1 Bryant
| score2 = 77
| overtime =
| H1 = 27–38
| H2 = 32–39
| OT =
| points1 = Lopez 20
| rebounds1 = Steele 8
| assist1 = Tynes 6
| otherstat =
| points2 = Evans 19
| rebounds2 = Mitchell 12
| assist2 = Withers, Timberlake 5
| otherstat2 =
| place = Chace Athletic Center
Smithfield, RI
| attendance = 1,538
| referee = Mike Evans, Adam Vandenburgh, Vasili Mallios
| TV = ESPN2
| series = Bryant wins America East Finals
}}
See also
References
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{{America East men's basketball tournament navbox}}
{{2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament navbox}}
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