The 2026 America East Women's Basketball Conference tournament was the 2026 postseason women's basketball tournament for the America East Conference. It was held March 5–13, 2026 at the campus sites of the higher seeds. The winner received the conference's automatic bid to the 2026 NCAA tournament. The tournament is sponsored by the United States Air Force Reserve and is officially known as the 2026 Air Force Reserve America East Women's Basketball Playoffs.
Seeds Eight of the nine America East teams qualified for the tournament. The teams are seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
SeedSchoolAmEast RecordTiebreaker1 Vermont13–32 Maine12–43 Binghamton10–6Better non-conference record4 UMBC10–65 NJIT9–76 Bryant8–87 New Hampshire4–122–0 against Albany8 Albany4–120–2 against New Hampshire UMass Lowell2–14
Schedule GameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevisionQuarterfinals – Thursday, March 5, 2026 1 6:00 p.m. No. 8 Albany at No. 1 Vermont40–55ESPN+ 2 6:00 p.m. No. 7 New Hampshire at No. 2 Maine58–77 3 6:07 p.m. No. 6 Bryant at No. 3 Binghamton44–45 4 6:30 p.m. No. 5 NJIT at No. 4 UMBC65–66Semifinals – Monday, March 9, 2026 5 6:00 p.m. No. 4 UMBC at No. 1 Vermont65–682OTESPN+ 6 6:00 p.m. No. 3 Binghamton at No. 2 Maine56–60Championship – Friday, March 13, 2026 7 5:00 p.m. No. 2 Maine at No. 1 Vermont43–61 ESPNU*Game times in EST for the quarter finals and EDT for the semifinals and championship.#-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
* denotes overtime period
See also 2026 America East men's basketball tournament
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