The 2021–22 America East Conference men's basketball season started non-conference play on November 9, 2021, and began conference play on January 2, 2022. The regular season ended on March 1, 2022, followed by the
2022 America East men's basketball tournament
The 2022 America East Men's Basketball Conference Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the America East Conference that began on March 6, 2022 and ended on March 12, 2022. All tournament games were played on the home arenas ...
held March 6–12, 2022. The
Vermont Catamounts
The Vermont Catamounts are the varsity intercollegiate athletic programs of the University of Vermont, based in Burlington, Vermont, United States. The school sponsors 18 athletic programs (8 men's, 10 women's), most of which compete in the NCAA ...
finished atop conference standings and also won the conference tournament.
Conference Schedule
Each team is scheduled to play 18 conference games. Each team will play every team twice, once at home and once on the road.
Head Coaches
Coach Changes
Albany hired
Dwayne Killings
Dwayne Killings (born April 4, 1981) is an American basketball player and current head coach for the Albany Great Danes men's basketball team.
Playing career
Killings was a walk-on player at UMass from 1999 to 2001, before transferring to Hampt ...
after
Will Brown left to become head coach and general manager of the
Albany Patroons
The Albany Patroons are a professional basketball team that plays in The Basketball League (TBL). Previously, the team competed in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) and in the United States Basketball League (USBL). The Patroons won ...
.
Binghamton named
Levell Sanders interim head coach after
Tommy Dempsey's contract was not renewed.
UMBC hired
Jim Ferry
James A. Ferry Jr. (born July 9, 1967) is an American college basketball coach who is the current head coach of the UMBC Retrievers men's basketball team. He formerly served as interim head coach for the 2020–2021 season at Penn State and the he ...
after
Ryan Odom
Robert Ryan Odom (born July 11, 1974) is an American men's college basketball coach who is currently the head coach of the VCU Rams men's basketball team. He was previously the head coach of the Lenoir–Rhyne Bears, the UMBC Retrievers, and the ...
left to become the head coach at
Utah State
Utah State University (USU or Utah State) is a public land-grant research university in Logan, Utah. It is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. With nearly 20,000 students living on or near campus, USU is Utah's ...
.
Coaches
''Notes:''
* Year at school includes 2021–22 season.
* Overall and America East records are from the time at current school and are through the end of the 2020–21 season.
* NCAA Tournament appearances are from the time at current school only.
*Interim Head Coach for 2021-22 Season
Preseason Awards
The Preseason America East Conference men's basketball polls was released on October 21, 2021.
Preseason men's basketball poll
''First Place Votes in Parentheses''
# Stony Brook (5) - 77
# Vermont (4) - 71
# New Hampshire (1) - 64
# Hartford - 56
# UMBC - 49
# UMass Lowell - 43
# Albany - 34
# NJIT - 23
# Maine - 16
# Binghamton - 14
Preseason Honors
Regular season
Conference standings
Conference Matrix
Players of the Week
Records against other conferences
Conference tournament
The top 8 teams from the America East qualify for the conference tournament. The higher seed hosts each game.
References
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