2005 America East men's basketball tournament

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 #4 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 respectively.

2005 America East men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2004–05
Champions	Vermont (3rd title)
Winning coach	Tom Brennan (3rd title)
MVP	Taylor Coppenrath (Vermont)
America East men's basketball tournaments

2004–05 America East Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Vermont †	16	–	2		.889			25	–	7		.781
Northeastern	15	–	3		.833			21	–	10		.677
Boston University	14	–	4		.778			20	–	9		.690
Albany	9	–	9		.500			13	–	15		.464
Binghamton	8	–	10		.444			12	–	17		.414
Maine	8	–	10		.444			14	–	15		.483
Stony Brook	6	–	12		.333			12	–	17		.414
New Hampshire	5	–	13		.278			9	–	19		.321
UMBC	5	–	13		.278			11	–	18		.379
Hartford	4	–	14		.222			8	–	20		.286
† 2005 America East tournament winner

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	Albany	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 University	45
						6	Maine	47

See also

• America East Conference