The America East Conference is a collegiate
athletic conference
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affiliated with
NCAA Division I
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founded in 1979, whose members are located in the
Northeastern
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United States
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.
The conference has nine core members including eight
public
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research universities
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, three of which, the
University of Maine
The University of Maine (UMaine or UMO) is a public land-grant research university in Orono, Maine. It was established in 1865 as the land-grant college of Maine and is the flagship university of the University of Maine System. It is classifie ...
, the
University of New Hampshire
The University of New Hampshire (UNH) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Durham, New Hampshire. It was founded and incorporated in 1866 as a land grant college in Hanover in connection with Dartmouth College, m ...
, and the
University of Vermont
The University of Vermont (UVM), officially the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, is a public land-grant research university in Burlington, Vermont. It was founded in 1791 and is among the oldest universities in the United ...
, are the
flagship universities of their states. The two non-flagship university centers of the
State University of New York are in the conference: the
University at Albany
The State University of New York at Albany, commonly referred to as the University at Albany, UAlbany or SUNY Albany, is a public research university with campuses in Albany, Rensselaer, and Guilderland, New York. Founded in 1844, it is one ...
and
Binghamton University.
Bryant University is the only
private university
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among the core membership. Of the nine members, eight are located within the borders of 7 contiguous states. The ninth,
UMBC
The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) is a public research university in Baltimore County, Maryland. It has a fall 2022 enrollment of 13,991 students, 61 undergraduate majors, over 92 graduate programs (38 master, 25 doctoral, ...
, is the only institution outside this bloc of states. Bryant is the latest institution to join the conference in 2022, when Stony Brook University and the University of Hartford departed the conference.
The America East Conference sponsors 18 sports (8 men's and 10 women's). The conference is among the best in the country according to Graduation Success Rate (GSR) data released by the
NCAA
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges an ...
.
History
The America East Conference was founded as the Eastern College Athletic Conference-North, a men's basketball-only athletic conference in 1979. The conference was known as the
Eastern College Athletic Conference-North from 1979 to 1988 and the North Atlantic Conference from 1988 to 1996. The charter members were the
University of Rhode Island
The University of Rhode Island (URI) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Kingston, Rhode Island, United States. It is the flagship public research as well as the land-grant university of the state of Rhode Isla ...
, the
College of the Holy Cross,
Canisius College,
Niagara University,
Colgate University,
Northeastern University,
Boston University
Boston University (BU) is a Private university, 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 ...
, the
University of Maine
The University of Maine (UMaine or UMO) is a public land-grant research university in Orono, Maine. It was established in 1865 as the land-grant college of Maine and is the flagship university of the University of Maine System. It is classifie ...
, the
University of New Hampshire
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and the
University of Vermont
The University of Vermont (UVM), officially the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, is a public land-grant research university in Burlington, Vermont. It was founded in 1791 and is among the oldest universities in the United ...
.
The America East Conference made history during the
2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament on March 16, 2018, when No. 16 seed
UMBC
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defeated
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No. 1 seed
Virginia
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, marking the first time in men's tournament history that a No. 1 seed had lost to a No. 16 seed.
Many other events have occurred since its formation:
* Rhode Island left in 1980.
* Holy Cross left in 1983.
*
Siena College joined in 1984.
* The
University of Hartford
The University of Hartford (UHart) is a private university in West Hartford, Connecticut. Its main campus extends into neighboring Hartford and Bloomfield. The university attracts students from 48 states and 43 countries. The university and it ...
joined in 1985.
* Later, the conference became an all-sports conference, named as the North Atlantic Conference in the 1988–89 season, only for Canisius, Niagara and Siena to leave after the spring of 1989 to join the
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC, ) is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with NCAA Division I. Of its current 11 full members, 10 are located in three states of the northeastern United States: Connecticut, New Jersey, and ...
(MAAC).
* Colgate left in 1990 to join the
Patriot League.
* The
University of Delaware
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and
Drexel University joined in 1991.
*
Hofstra University joined in 1994.
*
Towson University
Towson University (TU or Towson) is a public university in Towson, Maryland. Founded in 1866 as Maryland's first training school for teachers, Towson University is a part of the University System of Maryland. Since its founding, the university h ...
joined in 1995.
* On July 1, 1996, the conference's name changed to its present name, the America East Conference.
* During 2001, Delaware, Drexel, Hofstra and Towson left to join the
Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) while the
University at Albany
The State University of New York at Albany, commonly referred to as the University at Albany, UAlbany or SUNY Albany, is a public research university with campuses in Albany, Rensselaer, and Guilderland, New York. Founded in 1844, it is one ...
,
Binghamton University and
Stony Brook University replaced them.
* The
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) is a public research university in Baltimore County, Maryland. It has a fall 2022 enrollment of 13,991 students, 61 undergraduate majors, over 92 graduate programs (38 master, 25 doctoral, ...
(UMBC) soon joined in 2003.
* Northeastern left in 2005 to join the CAA.
* Boston University left to join the
Patriot League on July 1, 2013, while the
University of Massachusetts Lowell
The University of Massachusetts Lowell (UMass Lowell and UML) is a public research university in Lowell, Massachusetts, with a satellite campus in Haverhill, Massachusetts. It is the northernmost member of the University of Massachusetts public ...
joined from
Division II.
* In 2020,
New Jersey Institute of Technology
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, name = {{nowrap, New Jersey Institute of Technology
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(NJIT) joined from the
ASUN Conference.
* In March 2022,
Bryant University accepted an invitation to join the America East Conference, leaving the
Northeast Conference
The Northeast Conference (NEC) is a collegiate athletic conference whose schools are members of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Teams in the NEC compete in Division I for all sports; football competes in the Division I Foo ...
. This move took effect on July 1.
* Also on July 1, 2022,
Stony Brook University left to join the all-sports
Colonial Athletic Association; it had been a member of the CAA's technically separate football arm,
CAA Football, since 2013. Then-current field hockey associate
Monmouth left to join the CAA, whose all-sports league sponsors that sport.
* In 2022, the
University of Hartford
The University of Hartford (UHart) is a private university in West Hartford, Connecticut. Its main campus extends into neighboring Hartford and Bloomfield. The university attracts students from 48 states and 43 countries. The university and it ...
left the conference during its transition down to Division III. At the time this move was announced, the school's departure from the conference had been planned for 2023,
but this was eventually changed to 2022.
On May 6, 2021, Hartford's governing board voted to begin the process of transitioning the school from Division I to
NCAA Division III
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. Under the plan, Hartford would formally apply to the NCAA for reclassification in January 2022, stop awarding athletic scholarships to incoming students from 2022–23 forward, and join an as-yet-undetermined D-III conference in 2023 before becoming a full D-III member in 2025–26.
Several media reports indicated that Hartford's last year in the American East Conference would be the 2021–22 season.
This was confirmed on June 21, 2022, when the
Commonwealth Coast Conference
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(CCC) announced that it would be Hartford's partner in the school's reclassification process, with the Hawks joining that league effective in 2023–24. Hartford will play most of its sports in the 2022–23 season as a
D-I independent.
At the time, Hartford was the only private university in the conference; this status transferred to Bryant when it joined in July 2022.
On July 20, 2022,
Merrimack College
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was announced to join the conference as a men's lacrosse member for the 2022–23 season.
Members
Current members
Associate members
Five schools currently hold associate membership: three from California, one from Virginia and one from Massachusetts.
;Notes:
Former members
Former associate members
Five schools have had single-sport membership in the past. Three of these, Fairfield, Monmouth, and Providence, moved their America East sports into their all-sports conferences. Another such school, NJIT, left when it joined a conference that sponsored its America East sport, but returned as a full member in July 2020 (by which time the AmEast had dropped that sport). Pacific dropped its America East sport following the 2018–19 academic year due to budget cuts.
Membership timeline
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bar:1 color:AssocF from:1979 till:1980 text:Rhode Island
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(1979–1980)
bar:1 shift:(120) color:OtherC1 from:1980 till:end text:A-10
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bar:2 color:AssocF from:1979 till:1983 text: Holy Cross (1979–1983)
bar:2 shift:(50) color:OtherC1 from:1983 till:1990 text: MAAC
bar:2 color:OtherC2 from:1990 till:end text:Patriot
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Patriot may also refer to:
Political and military groups United States
* Patriot (American Revolution), those who supported the cause of independence in the American Revolution
* Patriot m ...
bar:3 color:AssocF from:1979 till:1988 text: Canisius (1979–1989)
bar:3 color:FullxF from:1988 till:1989 text:
bar:3 color:OtherC1 from:1989 till:end text: MAAC
bar:4 color:AssocF from:1979 till:1988 text: Niagara (1979–1989)
bar:4 color:FullxF from:1988 till:1989 text:
bar:4 color:OtherC1 from:1989 till:end text: MAAC
bar:5 color:AssocF from:1979 till:1988 text: Colgate (1979–1990)
bar:5 color:FullxF from:1988 till:1990 text:
bar:5 color:OtherC1 from:1990 till:end text:Patriot
A patriot is a person with the quality of patriotism.
Patriot may also refer to:
Political and military groups United States
* Patriot (American Revolution), those who supported the cause of independence in the American Revolution
* Patriot m ...
bar:6 color:AssocF from:1979 till:1988 text:Northeastern
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(1979–2005)
bar:6 color:FullxF from:1988 till:2005 text:
bar:6 color:OtherC1 from:2005 till:end text:CAA
CAA may refer to:
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* Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 of India
** Citizenship Amendment Act protests, Protests regarding the Citizenship (Amendment) Act
* Copyright transfer agreement, Copyright assignment agreement, to transfer copyright to ...
bar:7 color:AssocF from:1979 till:1988 text:Boston University
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(1979–2013)
bar:7 color:FullxF from:1988 till:2013 text:
bar:7 color:OtherC1 from:2013 till:end text:Patriot
A patriot is a person with the quality of patriotism.
Patriot may also refer to:
Political and military groups United States
* Patriot (American Revolution), those who supported the cause of independence in the American Revolution
* Patriot m ...
bar:8 color:AssocF from:1979 till:1988 text:Maine
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(1979-present)
bar:8 color:FullxF from:1988 till:end text:
bar:9 color:AssocF from:1979 till:1988 text:New Hampshire
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(1979-present)
bar:9 color:FullxF from:1988 till:end text:
bar:10 color:AssocF from:1979 till:1988 text:Vermont
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(1979-present)
bar:10 color:FullxF from:1988 till:end text:
bar:11 color:OtherC1 from:1979 till:1981 text: Ind.
bar:11 color:OtherC2 from:1981 till:1984 text:NEC
is a Japanese multinational information technology and electronics corporation, headquartered in Minato, Tokyo. The company was known as the Nippon Electric Company, Limited, before rebranding in 1983 as NEC. It provides IT and network soluti ...
bar:11 color:AssocF from:1984 till:1988 text:Siena
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The city is historically linked to commercial and banking activities, having been a major banking center until the 13th and 14th centur ...
(1984–1989)
bar:11 color:FullxF from:1988 till:1989 text:
bar:11 color:OtherC1 from:1989 till:end text: MAAC
bar:12 color:OtherC1 from:1979 till:1984 text: D-II Ind.
bar:12 color:AssocF from:1984 till:1988 text:Hartford
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(1984–2022)
bar:12 color:FullxF from:1988 till:2022 text:
bar:12 color:OtherC1 from:2022 till:2023 text: Ind.
bar:12 color:OtherC2 from:2023 till:end text:CCC
CCC may refer to:
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* Canada's Capital Cappies, the Critics and Awards Program in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
* ''Capcom Classics Collection'', a 2005 compilation of arcade games for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox
* CCC, the pro ...
(D-III)
bar:13 color:OtherC1 from:1979 till:1991 text: ECC
bar:13 color:FullxF from:1991 till:2001 text:Delaware
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(1991–2001)
bar:13 color:OtherC1 from:2001 till:end text:CAA
CAA may refer to:
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* Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 of India
** Citizenship Amendment Act protests, Protests regarding the Citizenship (Amendment) Act
* Copyright transfer agreement, Copyright assignment agreement, to transfer copyright to ...
bar:14 color:OtherC1 from:1979 till:1991 text: ECC
bar:14 color:FullxF from:1991 till:2001 text: Drexel (1991–2001)
bar:14 color:OtherC1 from:2001 till:end text:CAA
CAA may refer to:
Law
* Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 of India
** Citizenship Amendment Act protests, Protests regarding the Citizenship (Amendment) Act
* Copyright transfer agreement, Copyright assignment agreement, to transfer copyright to ...
bar:15 color:OtherC1 from:1979 till:1994 text: ECC
bar:15 color:FullxF from:1994 till:2001 text:Hofstra
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(1994–2001)
bar:15 color:OtherC1 from:2001 till:end text:CAA
CAA may refer to:
Law
* Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 of India
** Citizenship Amendment Act protests, Protests regarding the Citizenship (Amendment) Act
* Copyright transfer agreement, Copyright assignment agreement, to transfer copyright to ...
bar:16 color:OtherC1 from:1979 till:1981 text:CAA
CAA may refer to:
Law
* Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 of India
** Citizenship Amendment Act protests, Protests regarding the Citizenship (Amendment) Act
* Copyright transfer agreement, Copyright assignment agreement, to transfer copyright to ...
bar:16 shift:-1 color:OtherC2 from:1981 till:1982 text:NEC
is a Japanese multinational information technology and electronics corporation, headquartered in Minato, Tokyo. The company was known as the Nippon Electric Company, Limited, before rebranding in 1983 as NEC. It provides IT and network soluti ...
bar:16 shift:10 color:OtherC1 from:1982 till:1992 text: ECC
bar:16 color:OtherC2 from:1992 till:1995 text:Big South
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bar:16 color:FullxF from:1995 till:2001 text:Towson
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(1995–2001)
bar:16 color:OtherC1 from:2001 till:end text:CAA
CAA may refer to:
Law
* Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 of India
** Citizenship Amendment Act protests, Protests regarding the Citizenship (Amendment) Act
* Copyright transfer agreement, Copyright assignment agreement, to transfer copyright to ...
bar:17 color:OtherC1 from:1979 till:1987 text:SUNYAC
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bar:17 color:OtherC2 from:1987 till:1995 text: D-III Ind.
bar:17 color:OtherC1 from:1995 till:1999 text: NECC
bar:17 color:OtherC2 from:1999 till:2001 text: Ind.
bar:17 color:FullxF from:2001 till:end text: Albany (2001-present)
bar:18 color:OtherC1 from:1979 till:1997 text:SUNYAC
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bar:18 shift:-20 color:OtherC2 from:1997 till:1998 text: D-III Ind.
bar:18 color:OtherC1 from:1998 till:2000 text: NECC
bar:18 color:OtherC2 from:2000 till:2001 text: Ind.
bar:18 color:FullxF from:2001 till:end text:Binghamton
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(2001-present)
bar:19 color:OtherC1 from:1979 till:1989 text: D-III Ind.
bar:19 color:OtherC2 from:1989 till:1994 text:Skyline
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bar:19 shift:-20 color:OtherC1 from:1994 till:1995 text: D-III Ind.
bar:19 color:OtherC2 from:1995 till:1999 text: NECC
bar:19 color:OtherC1 from:1999 till:2001 text: Ind.
bar:19 color:FullxF from:2001 till:2022 text: Stony Brook (2001–2022)
bar:19 color:OtherC1 from:2022 till:end text:CAA
CAA may refer to:
Law
* Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 of India
** Citizenship Amendment Act protests, Protests regarding the Citizenship (Amendment) Act
* Copyright transfer agreement, Copyright assignment agreement, to transfer copyright to ...
bar:20 color:OtherC1 from:1979 till:1986 text: D-II Ind.
bar:20 color:OtherC2 from:1986 till:1990 text: Ind.
bar:20 color:OtherC1 from:1990 till:1992 text: ECC
bar:20 color:OtherC2 from:1992 till:1998 text:Big South
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bar:20 color:OtherC1 from:1998 till:2003 text:NEC
is a Japanese multinational information technology and electronics corporation, headquartered in Minato, Tokyo. The company was known as the Nippon Electric Company, Limited, before rebranding in 1983 as NEC. It provides IT and network soluti ...
bar:20 color:FullxF from:2003 till:end text:UMBC
The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) is a public research university in Baltimore County, Maryland. It has a fall 2022 enrollment of 13,991 students, 61 undergraduate majors, over 92 graduate programs (38 master, 25 doctoral, ...
(2003-present)
bar:21 color:OtherC1 from:1979 till:1981 text: D-II Ind.
bar:21 color:OtherC2 from:1981 till:2000 text: NECC
bar:21 color:OtherC1 from:2000 till:2013 text: NE-10
bar:21 color:FullxF from:2013 till:end text:UMass Lowell
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(2013-present)
bar:22 color:OtherC1 from:1979 till:1990 text: D-III Ind.
bar:22 color:OtherC2 from:1990 till:1997 text:Skyline
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bar:22 color:OtherC1 from:1997 till:2000 text: ECC (D-II)
bar:22 color:OtherC2 from:2000 till:2006 text: CACC
bar:22 color:OtherC1 from:2006 till:2008 text: Ind.
bar:22 color:OtherC2 from:2008 till:2013 text: GWC
bar:22 shift:60 color:OtherC1 from:2015 till:2020 text: ASUN
bar:22 shift:-15 color:AssocOS from:2013 till:2015 text:(2013-2015; w. tennis)
bar:22 color:FullxF from:2020 till:end text:NJIT
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(2020-present)
bar:23 color:OtherC1 from:1979 till:1980 text: NAIA Ind.
bar:23 shift:45 color:OtherC2 from:1980 till:2008 text: NE-10
bar:23 color:OtherC1 from:2008 till:2022 text:NEC
is a Japanese multinational information technology and electronics corporation, headquartered in Minato, Tokyo. The company was known as the Nippon Electric Company, Limited, before rebranding in 1983 as NEC. It provides IT and network soluti ...
bar:23 color:FullxF from:2022 till:end text: Bryant (2022-present)
bar:24 color:AssocOS from:2007 till:2015 text: Fairfield (2007-2015; field hockey)
bar:25 color:AssocOS from:2010 till:2014 text:Providence
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* Divine providence, divinely ordained events and outcomes in Christianity
* Providence, Rhode Island, the capital of Rhode Island in the ...
(2010-2014; w. volleyball)
bar:26 color:AssocOS from:2015 till:end text: Stanford (2015-present; field hockey)
bar:27 color:AssocOS from:2015 till:end text: Cal (2015-present; field hockey)
bar:28 color:AssocOS from:2015 till:end text:UC Davis
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(2015-present; field hockey)
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(2015-2019; field hockey)
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Facilities
Sports sponsored
The America East Conference sponsors championship competition in eight men's and ten women's NCAA sanctioned sports. The most recent changes to the roster of America East sports were announced in 2016, with the dropping of women's tennis after the 2015–16 season due to a lack of sponsoring teams and the revival of men's swimming and diving effective in the 2017–18 school year.
Men's sports
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Women's sports
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NCAA team championships
No America East school has won a national title in a sport sponsored by the conference; however, member institutions have been national champions in non-America East sports.
Men's basketball
All-time school record by winning percentage
This list goes through the 2018–19 season.
List of regular season champions
List of tournament champions
No. 16 UMBC upset of No. 1 Virginia
During the
2018 NCAA tournament, UMBC became the
first No. 16 seed to defeat a No. 1 seed in the NCAA men's tournament, beating the Virginia Cavaliers 74–54.
Women's basketball
All-time school record by winning percentage
List of regular season champions
List of tournament champions
Lacrosse
Soccer
See also
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List of America East Conference champions
This article is a list of America East Conference champions.
Men's Cross Country
Women's Cross Country
Field Hockey
Currently, field hockey is the only America East sport conducted in a divisional format. This was introduced for the 201 ...
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America East Conference baseball tournament
References
External links
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Northeastern United States
Sports in the Eastern United States
Sports organizations established in 1979
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