The 2011 America East men's basketball tournament was held from March 3–6, 2011 at the
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion
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in
West Hartford, Connecticut
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The town's popular downtown area is colloquially known as "West Hartford Center," or simply "The C ...
. The tournament final was held on March 12 at
Agganis Arena.
Boston University
Boston University (BU) is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. The university is nonsectarian, but has a historical affiliation with the United Methodist Church. It was founded in 1839 by Methodists with its original campu ...
, the highest remaining seed, defeated
Stony Brook by a score of 56–54 to win its
sixth America East men's basketball title. Boston U also earned an automatic bid into the
2011 NCAA tournament, where it lost in the first round to number one seed
Kansas
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.
Bracket and Results
Recap
Opening-Round
*Binghamton vs UMBC: Binghamton played an impressive opening round game against UMBC in which the team made 17 three-pointers, breaking the record for the most three's in the America East tournament.
Binghamton took the lead early on in the game and kept a point deferential of at least 12 points for most of the game, they went on to win by 91–65 score with a 51% FG percentage, 53% from the arc. Greer Wright led the game with 31 points, while Laurence Jolicoeur led UMBC with 11.
Quarter-finals
*Stony Brook vs Albany:
*Vermont vs Binghamton:
*Boston.U vs New Hampshire:
*Hartford vs Maine:
See also
*
America East Conference
References
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America East Conference men's basketball tournament
2010–11 America East Conference men's basketball season