America East Championship 2012: Vermont Wins, Advances To NCAA Tournament

The second seeded Vermont Catamounts defeated the number one seed, Stony Brook Seawolves, in the 2012 America East Tournament Championship Game on Saturday by a final score of 51 to 43, earning an automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament.

Vermont was led by Four McGlynn, who poured in a game-high 14 points off the bench, converting four shots from beyond the arch. Forward Brian Voelkel also turned in a stellar performance for the Catamounts by grabbing 15 rebounds, dishing out seven assists and scoring five points on just one shot attempt.

Stony Brook shot just 29 percent from the field, led by a 2-12 shooting performance from Bryan Dougher and a 4-16 performance from Dave Coley. Together the two shot an atrocious 21 percent from the floor

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America East Championship 2012, Vermont Vs. Stony Brook Game Time, TV Schedule And More

It's No. 1 vs. No. 2 for the America East title.

The top-seeded Stony Brook Seawolves meet second-seeded Vermont on Saturday morning at Stony Brook Arena at 11 a.m. (ESPN 2), with the conference's automatic NCAA tournament berth on the line.

Stony Brook advanced to the finals by edging Albany 57-55 in the semifinals on March 4. Dallis Joyner scored a tip-in as time expired to finish the victory, which was Stony Brook's fifth straight and 13th in its last 14 outings.

Vermont's conference tournament began last Saturday with a comfortable win against Maine and continued the following day with a 77-73 double overtime win against Hartford. The Catamounts have also won 13 out of 14.

The two foes spit their regular season series with each team winnings at home. Vermont leads the all-time series 18-6.

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America East Basketball Tournament 2012: Sunday's Scores And Results

Stony Brook and Vermont won their semifinal games in exciting fashion Sunday to advance to the America East Tournament Championship Game next Saturday. The two teams split their two regular season meetings.

Dallis Joyner tipped in a missed Dave Coley jumper as time expired to give top-seeded Stony Brook the win over 4-seed Albany. The Great Danes tied the game at 55 apiece on a Jacob Iati 3-pointer with 37 seconds left in the game to potentially send the game into overtime. Gerardo Suero had 17 points to put the Seawolves one win away from a 2012 NCAA Tournament bid.

Vermont needed two overtimes to finally take out the Hartford Hawks. The 2-seed Catamounts were seemingly heavy favorites over the 9-22 Hawks, but they got everything they could handle Sunday. Vermont gave up an 8-point halftime lead, scoring just 24 points in the second half. Sandro Carissimo reinvigorated the Catamounts off the bench, scoring 18 points in 41 minutes on the floor.

The championship game will take tip off at 11:02 a.m. ET next Saturday on ESPN2.

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America East Tournament 2012: Day Three Schedule, Bracket And TV Coverage

A pair of New York schools, Stony Brook and UAlbany, will meet in one of the two semifinal games Sunday in America East Conference men's basketball tournament action. Stony Brook and Ulbany meet at 5 p.m., while Vermont and Hartford meet at 7:15 p.m.

Games are being played at the University of Hartford and will be shown on ESPN3. Sunday's winners meet Saturday, March 10 in the championship game. That game will be played on the home floor of the highest seed, and will be shown on ESPN2 live beginning at 11 a.m.

Stony Brook (21-8) is the tournament's top seed. Albany (19-13) is the fourth seed. Stony Brook won both regular-season meetings between the two teams.

In the second game, second-seeded Vermont enters with a 21-11 record. Sixth-seeded Hartford enters with a woeful 9-21 record after upsetting Boston University in the opening round.

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America East Tournament 2012: Day Two Results

The semifinals are set for the 2012 America East conference tournament after an action packed Saturday that saw top-seeded Stony Brook fight harder than it likely expected to against Binghamton, who finished the regular season with just two wins.

Stony Brook advanced after defeating the Bearcats 78-69, setting up a semifinals matchup with Albany, who defeated New Hampshire on Saturday, 63-45. The Great Danes were led by Gerardo Suero, who finished with 24 points.

On the other side of the bracket, second-seeded Vermont held Maine to just 18 second half points in a 50-40 win, and they'll go on to face Hartford, who upset Boston University 53-49. The Hawks benefited from playing in front of their home crowd, as Hartford was the site of all of Saturday's games.

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America East Tournament 2012: Day Two Schedule, Bracket And TV Coverage

Day two of the 2012 America East Tournament is underway with a four-game slate scheduled for Saturday. One game has already been played, one game is currently underway and two more games will be played.

The one seed, Stony Brook, defeated Birmingham – who won Thursday's play-in game – on Saturday morning by a final score of 78 to 69. The four and five seeds – New Hampshire and Albany – are currently underway. Seven seed Maine will play two seed Vermont at 6:05 EST and six seed Hartford will play the third seed, Boston at 8:15 EST.

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The semi-finals will be played on Sunday, with both games broadcast on ESPN3. Stony Brook awaits the winner of New Hampshire and Albany, while the winners of Hartford/Boston U and Maine/Vermont will face off in the other semi-final.

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America East Tournament 2012: Day One Schedule, Bracket And TV Coverage

First round play begins Thursday in the America East 2012 conference tournament, with just one game on the slate.

Binghamton and UMBC, the conference's bottom two teams during the regular season, will square off at the University of Hartford -- which will host each game up until the finals -- with the winner to take on top-seeded Stony Brook in the quarterfinals on Saturday.

Both Binghamton and UMBC struggled through the regular season, but Binghamton fans will be quick to point to their lone win of the season, which was against Vermont, the conference's second best regular season team.

All four of the quarterfinals match-ups will be played on Satudrday, and are listed below (all times Eastern):

1. Stony Brook Vs. 8. UMBC/9. BInghamton, 12:05 p.m.

2. Vermont Vs. 7. Maine, 6:05 p.m.

3. Boston University Vs. Hartford, 8:15 p.m.

4. Albany Vs. 5. New Hampshire, 2:15 p.m.

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Television coverage of the event will begin in the semi-finals on Sunday, which will be broadcast on ESPN3.

The winner of the tournament will automatically qualify for the NCAA tournament.

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America East Tournament 2012: Stony Brook Basketball Earns No. 1 Seed

On Sunday, the Stony Brook Seawolves cemented the America East Conference men's basketball regular-season crown and earned the No. 1-overall seed for the league tournament, which begins Thursday, March 1.