2024–25 America East Conference men's basketball season
| 2024–25 America East men's basketball season | |
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| League | NCAA Division I |
| Sport | Men's basketball |
| Number of teams | 9 |
| Regular season | |
| Tournament | |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bryant | 9 | – | 1 | .900 | 15 | – | 10 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maine | 8 | – | 2 | .800 | 16 | – | 9 | .640 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vermont | 6 | – | 3 | .667 | 13 | – | 11 | .542 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UMass Lowell | 4 | – | 5 | .444 | 15 | – | 9 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Albany | 4 | – | 6 | .400 | 12 | – | 13 | .480 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Binghamton | 4 | – | 6 | .400 | 12 | – | 13 | .480 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire | 4 | – | 6 | .400 | 6 | – | 19 | .240 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UMBC | 3 | – | 7 | .300 | 11 | – | 14 | .440 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NJIT | 2 | – | 8 | .200 | 5 | – | 20 | .200 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2025 AmEast tournament winner As of February 8, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2024–25 America East men's basketball season began with practices in September 2024 and will end with the 2025 America East men's basketball tournament in March 2025. This is the 45th year of competition in men's basketball for the America East Conference.
Head coaches
[edit]| Team | Head coach | Previous job | Season | Overall record |
America East record |
NCAA Tournaments |
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| Albany | Dwayne Killings | Marquette (asst.) | 4th | 45–72 (.385) | 20–38 (.345) | 0 |
| Binghamton | Levell Sanders | Binghamton (asst.) | 4th | 52–63 (.452) | 27–33 (.450) | 0 |
| Bryant | Phil Martelli, Jr. | Bryant (asst.) | 2nd | 35–23 (.603) | 20–6 (.769) | 0 |
| Maine | Chris Markwood | Boston College (asst.) | 3rd | 44–43 (.506) | 22–20 (.524) | 0 |
| UMBC | Jim Ferry | Penn State | 4th | 58–63 (.479) | 28–32 (.467) | 0 |
| UMass Lowell | Pat Duquette | Northeastern (asst.) | 12th | 173–182 (.487) | 93–103 (.474) | 0 |
| New Hampshire | Nathan Davis | Bucknell | 2nd | 22–34 (.393) | 11–15 (.423) | 0 |
| NJIT | Grant Billmeier | Maryland (asst.) | 2nd | 12–41 (.226) | 5–21 (.192) | 0 |
| Vermont | John Becker | Vermont (asst.) | 14th | 321–131 (.710) | 186–34 (.845) | 6 |
Notes:
- Season and record numbers include 2024–25 season.
Preseason
[edit]Preseason coaches poll
[edit]| 2024–25 America East Preseason Coaches Poll[1] | ||
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| Rank | Team (First place votes) | Points |
| 1 | Vermont (8) | 64 |
| 2 | UMass Lowell (1) | 55 |
| 3 | Bryant | 52 |
| 4 | Maine | 39 |
| 5 | UMBC | 31 |
| 6 | Binghamton | 30 |
| 7 | UAlbany | 26 |
| 8 | NJIT | 15 |
| 9 | New Hampshire | 12 |
Preseason All-Conference Team
[edit]| First team[1] |
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| Marcus Banks, UMBC |
| Shamir Bogues, Vermont |
| Max Brooks, UMass Lowell |
| TJ Long, Vermont |
| Earl Timberlake, Bryant |
Regular season
[edit]Player of the Week awards
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Postseason
[edit]America East tournament
[edit]The conference tournament will be played from March 8 to March 15, 2025. All tournament games are hosted at the higher seed's campus site. Teams are reseeded after quarterfinals.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Men's #AEHoops Release Preseason Poll and Preseason All-Conference Team". americaeast.com. October 21, 2024. Retrieved February 10, 2025.