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• Binghamton
  Binghamton Bearcats
  The Binghamton Bearcats are an NCAA Division I athletics program at Binghamton University. They are one of four Division I programs in the SUNY system and a member of the America East Conference.-History:...
  
   was initially slated as the #5 seed in the tournament. However, due to a series of scandals surrounding the program, the Bearcats announced they would sit out the tournament. According to The New York Times
  The New York Times
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  , the conference's other members pressured Binghamton to sit out. Conference commissioner Patrick Nero, however, said the decision was Binghamton's alone. Therefore this led to the original #6 seed Hartford Hawks to become the #5 seed, the #7 seed New Hampshire Wildcats to become #6, and the cancellation of the first-round game between UMBC and Albany who become the #7 and #8 seeds in the tournament.
• This was the first time in America East Conference
  America East Conference
  The America East Conference is a NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose members are located mainly in the northeastern United States. The conference was known as the ECAC North from 1979 to 1988 and the North Atlantic Conference from the fall semester of 1988 to the end of the spring...
  
   history that the Men's and Women's
  America East Women's Basketball Tournament
  The America East Conference Women's Basketball Tournament is the annual concluding tournament for the NCAA college basketball in the America East Conference...
  
  basketball tournaments were not held at the same arena over the same weekend.
• It was also the first time the Women's Championship game was not held at a 'neutral site' and was played at the highest remaining seed's home arena.