America East field set, SBU top seed

AMERICA EAST TOURNAMENT

For the second time in three seasons, Stony Brook (20-8) won the regular season America East championship and earned a first-round bye. The Seawolves, who clinched the title after a 55-48 win over Maine on Sunday, will face the Binghamton-UMBC winner in a quarterfinal game on Saturday, March 3. Early-round games will be played at Hartford. The championship game will be played on the homecourt of the highest remaining seed.

First Round***
Thursday, March 1
#9 Binghamton (1-28) vs. #8 UMBC (4-25), 8:15 p.m. (Game 1)

Quarterfinals***
Saturday, March 3
#1 Stony Brook (20-8) vs. #9/#8, 12:05 p.m. (Game 2)
#4 Albany (18-13) vs. #5 New Hampshire (13-15), 2:15 p.m. (Game 3)
#7 Maine (12-16) vs. #2 Vermont (20-11), 6:05 p.m. (Game 4)
#3 Boston U (16-15) vs. #6 Hartford (8-12), 8:15 p.m. (Game 5)

Semifinals***
Sunday, March 4
Game 2 Winner vs. Game 3 Winner, 5:02 p.m.*
Game 4 Winner vs. Game 5 Winner, 7:15 p.m.*

Final#
Saturday, March 10
Semifinal Winners, 11:02 a.m.**

*Games to be televised on ESPN3
**Game will be televised on ESPN2
***Games played in Hartford
# Game played at homecourt of highest seed