2018 America East men's basketball tournament

The 2018 America East men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the America East Conference, which was held on March 3, 6, and 10, 2018. All tournament games were played on home arenas of the higher-seeded school. UMBC defeated regular-season champion Vermont in the championship game to win the tournament and receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. UMBC went on to defeat Virginia to become the first 16th-seeded team to beat the No. 1 seed in one of the biggest upsets in NCAA Tournament history.

2018 America East men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201718
Teams8
SiteCampus sites
ChampionsUMBC (2nd title)
Winning coachRyan Odom (1st title)
MVPJairus Lyles (UMBC)
Attendance17,062
TelevisionESPN3
ESPN2
2017–18 America East Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Vermont151 .938278  .771
UMBC124 .7502511  .694
Hartford115 .6881914  .576
Albany106 .6252210  .688
Stony Brook79 .4381319  .406
New Hampshire610 .3751021  .323
UMass Lowell610 .3751218  .400
Maine313 .188626  .188
Binghamton214 .1251120  .355
2018 America East tournament winner
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