The 2010 America East men's basketball tournament was held from March 4–7 at Chase Arena on the

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campus. The final was held at Patrick Gym in

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on March 13. As winners, the

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win an automatic berth to the

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for the fourth time as a member of the America East conference, and first since 2005. Vermont was given the 16th seed in the West Regional of the NCAA Tournament and will face the #1 seed

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in a game played on March 19. As winners of the regular season championship the Stony Brook Seawolves claimed an automatic berth to the

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, seeded at #8, the Seawolves took on #1 seeded

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at home on March 17. The

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also gained a bid to the 2010 CBI, were given the #4 seed in the West Region, and faced the

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on March 17 in

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Bracket and results

Asterisk denotes game ended in overtime

Trivia

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was initially slated as the #5 seed in the tournament. However, due to a series of scandals surrounding the program, the Bearcats announced they would sit out the tournament. According to ''

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'', the conference's other members pressured Binghamton to sit out. Conference commissioner Patrick Nero, however, said the decision was Binghamton's alone.Mangan, Mike
Binghamton University players stunned

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, 2010-03-03. Therefore this led to the original #6 seed Hartford Hawks to become the #5 seed, the #7 seed New Hampshire Wildcats to become #6, and the cancellation of the first-round game between UMBC and Albany who become the #7 and #8 seeds in the tournament. *This was the first time in

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history that the Men's and Women's basketball tournaments were held at the same arena over the same weekend. *It was also the first time the Women's Championship game was not held at a 'neutral site' and was played at the highest remaining seed's home arena.

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