The 2020–21 America East Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2020, followed by the start of the

2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season The 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 25, 2020 and concluded on March 14, 2021. The 2021 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament culminated the season and began on March 18 and concluded on April 5. Season ...

in November 2020. Conference play began in December and concluded with the

2021 America East men's basketball tournament The 2021 America East Men's Basketball Conference tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the America East Conference that began February 27, 2021 and ended March 13, 2021. Starting in the semifinals, all tournament games ...

. The America East expanded from 9 teams to 10 with the arrival of NJIT on July 1, 2020.

Preseason

The America East announced its preseason honors and polls on November 11, 2020.

Preseason Poll

Preseason All-Conference Team

Regular season

Conference matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Each team is scheduled to play all other conference teams twice.

Postseason

America East tournament

The

took place following the end of the conference regular season.

NCAA tournament

National Invitation tournament

References

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