# 2024–25 America East Conference men's basketball season

The 2024–25 America East men's basketball season began with practices in September 2024 and will end with the 2025 America East men's basketball tournament in March 2025. This is the 45th year of competition in men's basketball for the America East Conference.

## Head coaches

| Team | Head coach | Previous job | Season | Overall record | America East record | NCAA Tournaments |
| Albany | Dwayne Killings | Marquette (asst.) | 4th | 45–72 (.385) | 20–38 (.345) | 0 |
| Binghamton | Levell Sanders | Binghamton (asst.) | 4th | 52–63 (.452) | 27–33 (.450) | 0 |
| Bryant | Phil Martelli, Jr. | Bryant (asst.) | 2nd | 35–23 (.603) | 20–6 (.769) | 0 |
| Maine | Chris Markwood | Boston College (asst.) | 3rd | 44–43 (.506) | 22–20 (.524) | 0 |
| UMBC | Jim Ferry | Penn State | 4th | 58–63 (.479) | 28–32 (.467) | 0 |
| UMass Lowell | Pat Duquette | Northeastern (asst.) | 12th | 173–182 (.487) | 93–103 (.474) | 0 |
| New Hampshire | Nathan Davis | Bucknell | 2nd | 22–34 (.393) | 11–15 (.423) | 0 |
| NJIT | Grant Billmeier | Maryland (asst.) | 2nd | 12–41 (.226) | 5–21 (.192) | 0 |
| Vermont | John Becker | Vermont (asst.) | 14th | 321–131 (.710) | 186–34 (.845) | 6 |
Notes:
* Season and record numbers include 2024–25 season.

## Preseason
### Preseason coaches poll

2024–25 America East Preseason Coaches Poll :
| Rank | Team (First place votes) | Points |
| 1 | Vermont (8) | 64 |
| 2 | UMass Lowell (1) | 55 |
| 3 | Bryant | 52 |
| 4 | Maine | 39 |
| 5 | UMBC | 31 |
| 6 | Binghamton | 30 |
| 7 | UAlbany | 26 |
| 8 | NJIT | 15 |
| 9 | New Hampshire | 12 |

### Preseason All-Conference Team

* First team
* Marcus Banks, UMBC
* Shamir Bogues, Vermont
* Max Brooks, UMass Lowell
* TJ Long, Vermont
* Earl Timberlake, Bryant

## Regular season
### Player of the Week awards

| Week | Player of the Week | Rookie of the Week |
| 1 | Quinton Mincey, UMass Lowell | Martin Somerville, UMass Lowell |
| 2 | Justin Neely, UAlbany | Amir Lindsey, UAlbany |
| 3 | Quinton Mincey (2), UMass Lowell | Martin Somerville (2), UMass Lowell |
| 4 | Kellen Tynes, Maine | Martin Somerville (3), UMass Lowell |
| 5 | Chris Walker, Binghamton | Martin Somerville (4), UMass Lowell |
| 6 | Max Brooks, UMass Lowell | Martin Somerville (5), UMass Lowell |
| 7 | Max Brooks (2), UMass Lowell | Martin Somerville (6), UMass Lowell |
| 8 | Marcus Banks, UMBC | Martin Somerville (7), UMass Lowell |
| 9 | Gavin Walsh, Binghamton | Quentin Duncan, NJIT |
| 10 | Kellen Tynes (2), Maine | Ari Fulton, NJIT |
| 11 | Earl Timberlake, Bryant | Khalil Badru, New Hampshire |
| 12 | Quion Burns, Maine | Martin Somerville (8), UMass Lowell |
| 13 | Gavin Walsh (2), Binghamton | Martin Somerville (9), UMass Lowell |
| 14 | AJ Lopez, Maine | Khalil Badru (2), New Hampshire |
| 15 | Earl Timberlake (2), Bryant | Khalil Badru (3), New Hampshire |
| 16 | T.J. Hurley. Vermont | Quentin Duncan (2), NJIT Martin Somerville (10), UMass Lowell |
| 17 | Earl Timberlake (3), Bryant | Martin Somerville (11), UMass Lowell |
| School | POTW | ROTW |
| Albany | 1 | 1 |
| Binghamton | 3 | 0 |
| Bryant | 3 | 0 |
| Maine | 4 | 0 |
| UMBC | 1 | 0 |
| UMass Lowell | 4 | 11 |
| New Hampshire | 0 | 3 |
| NJIT | 0 | 3 |
| Vermont | 1 | 0 |

## Postseason
### America East tournament

The conference tournament will be played from March 8 to March 15, 2025. All tournament games are hosted at the higher seed's campus site. Teams are reseeded after quarterfinals.

### NCAA Tournament

As the conference champion, Bryant received an automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.
| Seed | Region | School | First Four | First round | Second round | Sweet Sixteen | Elite Eight | Final Four | Championship |
| 15 | South | Bryant | — | vs. (2) Michigan State - (Cleveland) | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― |

## Conference awards

2025 America East Men's Basketball Individual Awards :
| Award | Recipient(s) |
| Player of the Year | Earl Timberlake, Bryant |
| Coach of the Year | Phil Martelli Jr., Bryant |
| Defensive Player of the Year | Kellen Tynes, Maine |
| Sixth Man of the Year | Justin Neely, Albany |
| Rookie of the Year | Martin Somerville, UMass Lowell |
| Newcomer of the Year | Barry Evans, Bryant |
| Reference: ||||
2025 America East Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams :
| First Team | Second Team | Third Team | Defensive Team | Rookie Team |
| Shamir Bogues, Vermont Max Brooks, UMass Lowell TJ Hurley, Vermont Rafael Pinzon, Bryant Earl Timberlake, Bryant | Tymu Chenery, Binghamton Barry Evans, Bryant AJ Lopez, Maine Quinton Mincey, UMass Lowell Kellen Tynes, Maine | Ileri Ayo-Faleye, Vermont Nick Fiorillo, Vermont Byron Joshua, Albany Sami Pissis, New Hampshire Gavin Walsh, Binghamton | Ileri Ayo-Faleye, Vermont Shamir Bogues, Vermont Max Brooks, UMass Lowell Earl Timberlake, Bryant Kellen Tynes, Maine | Khalil Badru, New Hampshire Sean Blake, Vermont Ari Fulton, NJIT Amir Lindsey, Albany Martin Somerville, UMass Lowell |