2005 America East Men's Basketball Tournament

2005 America East Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2004–05
Champions	Vermont (3 title)
Winning coach	Tom Brennan (3 title)
MVP	Taylor Coppenrath (Vermont)
America East Men's Basketball Tournaments «2004  2006»

The 2005 America East Men's Basketball Tournament was held from March 4–6 at the Binghamton University Events Center. The final was held on March 12, at Patrick Gym on the campus of the University of Vermont. Vermont gained its third consecutive berth to the NCAA Tournament with its win over Northeastern. Vermont was given the 13th seed in the Austin Regional of the NCAA Tournament and lost in the second round to Michigan State 72–61, after upsetting #3 Syracuse 60–57 in overtime. Both Boston University and Northeastern gained a bid to the NIT and lost in the first round to Georgetown and Memphis respectivelty.

Bracket and Results

	First Round Friday, March 4					Quarterfinals Saturday, March 5					Semifinals Sunday, March 6					Final Monday, March 12
						1	Vermont	76
						9	UMBC	61
	8	New Hampshire	73
	9	UMBC	78
											1	Vermont	76
										5	Binghamton	65
						4	UAlbany	70
						5	Binghamton	76
																1	Vermont	80
																2	Northeastern	57
						2	Northeastern	90
						7	Stony Brook	79
	7	Stony Brook	66
	10	Hartford	46
											2	Northeastern	86
										6	Maine	73
						3	Boston U.	45
						6	Maine	47

See also

• America East Conference

References