America East Championship scenarios

Below are the possible scenarios for the seeding of the America East Tournament (March 6-8 in Albany) as forwarded from the league office.

2009 America East Men’s Basketball Championship
*Listed in parenthesis are the remaining games for each team

Binghamton (13-3, None)
Locked up 1 seed (Won season series over UVM 2-0)

Vermont (12-3, at Maine)
Locked up 2 seed (Can be only team with 12 wins)

Boston U. (10-5, vs Hartford)
Locked up 3 seed (Can be only team with 10 wins)

Stony Brook (8-7, at UNH)
a. Will finish 4 with WIN at UNH (Can be only team with 9 wins)
b. Will be 5 seed with LOSS vs UNH (Both teams finish 8-8, lost season series to UNH 2-0)

New Hampshire (7-8, vs SBU)
a. Will be 4 seed with WIN vs SBU (Both teams finish 8-8, won season series over SBU 2-0)
b. Will be 5 seed with LOSS vs SBU AND Albany WIN vs UMBC (Both teams finish 7-9, won season series over Albany 2-0)
c. Will be 6 seed with LOSS vs SBU AND UMBC WIN vs Albany (Both teams finish 7-9, split season series, UMBC wins tiebreak due to win over Binghamton)

Albany (6-9, at UMBC)
a. Will be 6 seed with WIN at UMBC (See UNH scenario b)
b. Will be 7 seed with LOSS at UMBC (Only team with 6 wins)

UMBC (6-9, vs Albany)
a. Will be 5 seed with WIN and SBU WIN at UNH (UMBC and UNH both finish 7-9, split season series, UMBC wins tiebreak due to win over Binghamton)
b. Will be 6 seed with WIN and UNH WIN vs SBU(Only team with 7 wins)
c. Will be 7 seed with LOSS (Only team with 6 wins)

Maine (4-11, vs Vermont)
Locked up 8 seed (Cannot catch Albany or UMBC)

Hartford (2-13, Boston U.)
Locked up 9 seed (Cannot catch Maine)

Here's how Saturday's bracket is shaping up thus far:

Saturday, March 7

12 p.m. – University of Vermont vs No. 7
2:30 p.m. – Boston University vs. No. 6
6 p.m. – Binghamton University vs University of Maine/University of Hartford
8:30 p.m. – No. 4 vs No. 5