America East Tournament Week is Here; Brackets Announced

The seeds and brackets have been set for the 2011 America East Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championship presented by Newman’s Own, which will take place from Thursday, March 3, to Sunday, March 6, right here on campus, at Chase Arena in the Reich Family Pavilion.

The fourth-seeded Hartford women will play No. 5 Albany on Friday at approximately 8:15 p.m., and the sixth-seeded Hartford men will play No. 3 Maine on Saturday, also at about 8:15 p.m.

See the bracket for the women's tournament.

See the bracket for the men's tournament.

Individual session tickets went on sale this morning (Feb. 28) through the University of Hartford Athletics Box Office. Individual session tickets (which include admission to two games) are $25 for chairback seats, $15 for bleachers, and $75 for VIP seating, which includes food and beverages. All-session ticket packages, which include all 14 men's and women's games, are $75.

To purchase tickets, visit the Malcolm and Brenda Berman Athletics Box Office in the Sports Center; call the box office at 860.768.HAWK (4295); or order tickets online.

A limited number of tickets will be available for University of Hartford students with valid ID to attend all Hartford Hawks games free of charge, courtesy of President Walter Harrison and Vice President for Student Affairs Lee Peters. Bring your student ID to Chase Arena shortly before the start of the game to get your free ticket.

The 2011 America East Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championship presented by Newman’s Own will once again bring players, coaches, and fans from throughout the Northeast to the University of Hartford campus.

The University of Hartford hosted last year’s championship, which marked the first time in America East history that the men’s and women’s tournaments were combined at the same venue. Based on the success of the 2010 championship, the conference athletic directors voted to bring the combined tournament back to Hartford in 2011.

Using the format adopted for the 2010 championship, the University of Hartford will once again host the men's and women's first round, quarterfinal and semifinal games. The men’s and women’s title games will take place on Saturday, March 12, on the campuses of the highest remaining seeds.

The America East Conference is made up of nine schools: the University at Albany; Binghamton University; Boston University; University of Hartford; University of Maine; University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC); University of New Hampshire; Stony Brook University; and the University of Vermont.