2016 America East Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2016 America East Men's Basketball Tournament took place on March 2, 7, and 12, 2016. The entire tournament took place on campus sites with the higher-seeded school hosting each game throughout the championship. The winner of the championship game earned an automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Tournament.
Seeds
Teams were seeded by conference record, with ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion, if necessary.| Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker |
| 1 | Stony Brook | 14–2 | |
| 2 | Albany | 13–3 | |
| 3 | Vermont | 11–5 | 2–0 vs. New Hampshire |
| 4 | New Hampshire | 11–5 | 0–2 vs. Vermont |
| 5 | Binghamton | 5–11 | |
| 6 | Maine | 4–12 | 1–1 vs. Hartford, 1–1 vs. Albany |
| 7 | Hartford | 4–12 | 1–1 vs. Maine, 0–2 vs. Albany |
| 8 | UMBC | 3–13 |