1997 America East Men's Basketball Tournament
| 1997 America East Men's Basketball Tournament | |||||
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| Classification | Division I | ||||
| Champions | Boston University (4 title) | ||||
| Winning coach | Dennis Wolff (1 title) | ||||
| MVP | Tunji Awojobi (Boston U.) | ||||
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The 1997 America East Men's Basketball Tournament was hosted by the Delaware Blue Hens at Bob Carpenter Center . The final was held at Case Gym on the campus of Boston University. Boston gained its fourth overall America East Conference Championship and an automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament with its win over Drexel. Boston University was given the 12th seed in the Midwest Regional of the NCAA Tournament and lost in the first round to Tulsa 81–52. Drexel University gained a bid to the NIT and lost in the first round to Bradley 66–53.
Bracket and Results
| First round | Second round | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Boston U. | 67 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Maine | 49 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Maine | 76 | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | New Hampshire | 47 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Boston U. | 69 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Delaware | 65 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Hofstra | 73 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Delaware | 86 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Boston U. | 68 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Drexel | 61 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Drexel | 78 | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Towson | 75 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Northeastern | 62 | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Towson | 79 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Drexel | 75 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Hartford | 69 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Hartford | 70 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Vermont | 44 | ||||||||||||||||
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