The NCAA Tournament features 68 teams, with 32 securing automatic bids—these guaranteed spots go to the champions of various college basketball conference tournaments, earning their place in the madness.

America East play sees the UAlbany men play at home against NJIT and the UAlbany women play at NJIT this weekend

Jordon Lewis, a guard, is UMBC’s leading scorer at 11.4 points per game. As a team, UMBC ranks seventh in scoring in the America East, while UAlbany’s defense ranks first. Meanwhile, the Great Danes’ offense ranks second in the league behind NJIT.

Rafael Pinzon dropped his 3rd 30 point game of the season and Earl Timberlake had a double-double as the Bryant Bulldogs overcame a slow start in the first half and beat the Binghamton Bearcats by a final score of 83-69.

Bryant visits the UMBC Retrievers after Rafael Pinzon scored 30 points in the Bulldogs' 83-69 win over the Binghamton Bearcats

On the road at UMBC, the University at Albany women’s basketball program’s undefeated start to conference play came to a surprising close. Playing against a club that had not previously won an America East Conference game this season,

The reigning America East champions, the Binghamton Bearcats, were voted #1 in the 2025 Preseason Coaches Poll. Binghamton received 6 of 7 first place votes, and 36 total points in the preseason poll.

After claiming the program’s first championship since 2018, UAlbany has been picked first in the America East Softball Preseason Poll. The conference also released its inaugural

Led by Max Brooks' 22 points, the UMass-Lowell River Hawks defeated the New Hampshire Wildcats 97-80 on Saturday.

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Bryce Johnson had 26 points in UMBC's 80-63 victory against Vermont on Saturday.

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Over at USA TODAY Sports, Alabama moved up to a No. 1 seed, replacing the Tennessee Volunteers in the latest projections from the three-man panel of Eddie Timanus, Erick Smith and Paul Myerberg. The trio see Nate Oats’ team facing projected MAAC champion Marist in a first-round game.