2014 Men & Women America East Championship
SEFCU Arena @ University at Albany - New York
The road to the NCAA starts now. Our Men and Ladies both finished fantastic regular seasons and as result earned 2nd seeds in their respective tourneys. The ladies are coming off a record breaking regular season with a 22-7, 13-3 America East record while our Men finished with a 21-9, 13-3 season both with big wins against the Danes to close the season.
The brackets are all set for the Championship:
MEN
Saturday, March 8 - Quarterfinals
#1 Vermont vs #8 New Hampshire, 12:00 p.m. - ESPN3
#4 Albany vs. #5 UMBC, 30 mins following. - ESPN3
#2 Stony Brook vs. #7 Maine, 6:00 p.m. - ESPN3
#3 Hartford vs. #6 Binghamton, 30 mins following - ESPN3
Sunday, March 9 - Semifinals
Semifinal #1, 5:00 p.m. - ESPN3
Semifinal #2, 30 mins following - ESPN3
Saturday, March 15 - Title Game
#2 Stony Brook vs. #4 Albany, 11:30 a.m. - ESPN2
WOMEN
2014 America East Championship presented by SEFCU
March 7-10 - SEFCU Arena - Albany, N.Y.
Friday, March 7 - Quarterfinals
#2 Stony Brook vs No. 7 UMBC, 12:00 p.m. - ESPN3
#3 New Hampshire vs. #6 Vermont, 2:00 p.m. - ESPN3
#1 Albany vs. No. 8 Binghamton, 6:00 p.m. - ESPN3
#4 Maine vs. #5 Hartford, 8:00 p.m. - ESPN3
Sunday, March 9 - Semifinals
Semifinal #1, 11:00 a.m. - ESPN3
Semifinal #2, 1:00 p.m. - ESPN3
Monday, March 10 - Title Game
#1 Albany vs. #2 Stony Brook , 4 p.m. - ESPNU
All M&W games to be broadcasted on ESPN3 and WatchESPN. From my understanding ESPN has decided to create an entire "virtual channel" on WatchESPN for 15 conferences across the nation to make content more readily available for the fans. This will be interesting. Additionally, for the first time ever both M&W Championship games will be broadcasted national TV M-ESPN2 W-ESPNU so that is great exposure for the Women teams that make it there.
Hoping that our Seawolves make a splash at Albany. As for myself, unfortunately I will most likely miss this championship at Albany this year (money/transportation issues) after having an awesome time there last year. But I will be there in spirit and promise to watch every single game on ESPN3. For those that are attending, I hope you enjoy it a bunch, watch a lot of basketball, support our M&W in their quest, enjoy your stay at our State's capital, and hopefully we are all rewarded with great victories.
Lastly,
promise me you will play this fantastic video for at least four times throughout the week. If you don't know the lyrics, learn them because you have to rock it on game time.
The Talk starts now!
GO STONY BROOK SEAWOLVES!!!!!