1986 America East Men's Basketball Tournament

Infobox NCAA Basketball Conference Tournament
Year = 1986
Conference = America East
Gender = Men's


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Champions = Northeastern
TitleCount = 5
Coach = Jim Calhoun
CoachCount = 5
MVP = Wess Fuller
MVPTeam = Northeastern
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The 1986 America East Men's Basketball Tournament was hosted by the higher seeds in head-to-head matchups. The final was held at Matthews Arena on the campus of the Northeastern University. Only the top-8 schools made it to the 1986 tournament, therefore excluding both Colgate and Hartford. Northeastern gained it's third consecutive and fifth overall America East Conference Championship and an automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament with it's win over Boston University. Northeastern was given the 13th seed in the East Regional of the NCAA Tournament and lost in the first round to Oklahoma 80-74. Boston University gained a bid to the NIT and lost in the first round to Providence 72-69.

Bracket and Results

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RD1-seed1=1
RD1-team1=Northeastern
RD1-score1=82
RD1-seed2=8
RD1-team2=Vermont
RD1-score2=61

RD1-seed3=4
RD1-team3=Siena
RD1-score3=82
RD1-seed4=5
RD1-team4=Niagara
RD1-score4=70

RD1-seed5=3
RD1-team5=Boston U.
RD1-score5=69
RD1-seed6=6
RD1-team6=New Hampshire
RD1-score6=51

RD1-seed7=2
RD1-team7=Canisius
RD1-score7=89
RD1-seed8=7
RD1-team8=Maine
RD1-score8=76

RD2-seed1=1
RD2-team1=Northeastern
RD2-score1=89
RD2-seed2=4
RD2-team2=Siena
RD2-score2=75

RD2-seed3=3
RD2-team3=Boston U.
RD2-score3=62
RD2-seed4=2
RD2-team4=Canisius
RD2-score4=61

RD3-seed1=1
RD3-team1=Northeastern
RD3-score1=63
RD3-seed2=3
RD3-team2=Boston U.
RD3-score2=54

ee also

*America East Conference

References