2023 America East women's basketball tournament

The 2023 America East Women's Basketball Conference tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the America East Conference that began on March 1, 2023 and ended on March 10, 2023. All tournament games were played on the home arenas of the higher-seeded school. By defeating the Albany Great Danes in the championship game, the Vermont Catamounts earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Tournament^[1]

2023 America East women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2022–23
Teams	8
Site	Campus sites
Champions	Vermont (7th title)
Winning coach	Alisa Kresge (1st title)
MVP	Emma Utterback (Vermont)
Television	ESPN+, ESPNU
America East women's basketball tournaments ← 2022 2024 →

2022–23 America East Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Vermont†	14	–	2		.875			25	–	7		.781
Albany	14	–	2		.875			22	–	12		.647
Maine	11	–	5		.688			16	–	14		.533
UMBC	10	–	6		.625			14	–	15		.483
NJIT	8	–	8		.500			13	–	16		.448
Binghamton	6	–	10		.375			13	–	17		.433
UMass Lowell	4	–	12		.250			5	–	22		.185
Bryant	3	–	13		.188			9	–	21		.300
New Hampshire	2	–	14		.125			7	–	21		.250
† 2023 AmEast Tournament winner As of March 17, 2023

Seeds

Eight of the nine America East teams will contest the tournament.

Tiebrekers will be applied as needed to determine seeding.

Seed	School	AEC Record	Tiebreaker 1	Tiebreaker 2^[2]
1	Vermont	14–2	1–1 vs. Albany	2–0 vs. Maine
2	Albany	14–2	1–1 vs. Vermont	1–1 vs. Maine
3	Maine	11–5
4	UMBC	10–6
5	NJIT	8-8
6	Binghamton	6–10
7	UMass Lowell	4–12
8	Bryant	3–13
9 (DNQ)	New Hampshire	2–14

Schedule

Game^[3]	Time*	Matchup^#	Score	Television
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 1, 2023
1	5:00PM	No. 8 Bryant at No. 1 Vermont	49-56	ESPN+
2	7:00 PM	No. 7 UMass Lowell at No. 2 Albany	51-59
3	7:00 pm	No. 5 NJIT at No. 4 UMBC	71-82
4	8:00 pm	No. 6 Binghamton at No. 3 Maine	54-64
Semifinals – Sunday, March 5
5	1:00 pm	No. 4 UMBC at No. 1 Vermont	63-75	ESPN+
6	3:00 pm	No. 3 Maine at No. 2 Albany	64-72
Championship – Friday, March 10, 2023
7	5:00 pm	No. 2 Albany at No. 1 Vermont	36-38	ESPNU
*Game times in EST. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Wednesday, March 1, 2023 ESPN+					Semifinals Sunday, March 5, 2023 ESPN+					Championship Friday, March 10, 2023 ESPNU
	1	Vermont	56
	8	Bryant	49
						1	Vermont	75
						4	UMBC	63
	4	UMBC	82
	5	NJIT	71
											1	Vermont	38
	(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
											2	Albany	36
	3	Maine	64
	6	Binghamton	54
						3	Maine	64
						2	Albany	72
	2	Albany	59
	7	UMass Lowell	51

See also

• 2023 America East men's basketball tournament
• America East Conference women's basketball tournament

References

1. "2023 Jersey Mike's America East Women's Basketball Championship". americaeast.com. America East Conference. February 26, 2023. Retrieved February 26, 2023.
2. url=https://americaeast.com/news/2023/2/25/2023-wbb-aeplayoffs.aspx
3. "2023 Women's Basketball Championship Schedule". americaeast.com. America East Conference. February 26, 2023. Retrieved February 26, 2023.