2018 MAAC men's basketball tournament

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2018 MAAC men's basketball tournament
Classification
ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3
2017–18 MAAC men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Rider 15 – 3   .833 22 – 10   .688
Canisius 15 – 3   .833 21 – 12   .636
Niagara 12 – 6   .667 19 – 14   .576
Iona † 11 – 7   .611 20 – 14   .588
Manhattan 9 – 9   .500 14 – 17   .452
Fairfield 9 – 9   .500 17 – 16   .515
Quinnipiac 7 – 11   .389 12 – 21   .364
Monmouth 7 – 11   .389 11 – 20   .355
Saint Peter's 6 – 12   .333 14 – 18   .438
Siena 4 – 14   .222 8 – 24   .250
Marist 4 – 14   .222 6 – 25   .194
† 2018 MAAC tournament winner


The 2018 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the

Times Union Center in Albany, New York. No. 4 seed Iona defeated No. 6 seed Fairfield in the championship game to receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament
. This was Iona's third consecutive MAAC tournament championship, while also being their MAAC-record leading sixth straight championship game appearance.

Seeds

All 11 teams in the conference participated in the Tournament. The top five teams received byes to the quarterfinals. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker
1 Rider 15–3 1–1 vs Canisius, 1–0 vs Niagara
2 Canisius 15–3 1–1 vs Rider, 1–1 vs Niagara
3 Niagara 12–6
4 Iona 11–7
5 Manhattan 9–9 2–0 vs Fairfield
6 Fairfield 9–9 0–2 vs Manhattan
7 Quinnipiac 7–11 1–0 vs Monmouth
8 Monmouth 7–11 0–1 vs Quinnipiac
9
Saint Peter's
 6–12
10 Siena 4–14 1–1 vs Marist, 1–2 vs Rider/Canisius
11 Marist 4–14 1–1 vs Siena, 0–4 vs Rider/Canisius

Schedule

Session Game Time* Matchup# Score Television
First round – Thursday, March 1
1 1 5:00 pm No. 8 Monmouth vs No. 9 Saint Peter's 58–60 ESPN3
2 7:30 pm No. 7 Quinnipiac vs No. 10 Siena 67–58
3 10:00 pm No. 6 Fairfield vs No. 11 Marist 71–57
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 2
2 4 7:00 pm No. 1 Rider vs No. 9 Saint Peter's 55–66 ESPN3
5 9:30 pm No. 2 Canisius vs. No. 7 Quinnipiac 69–72
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 3
3 6 7:00 pm No. 3 Niagara vs No. 6 Fairfield 77–90 ESPN3
7 9:30 pm No. 4 Iona vs. No. 5 Manhattan 72–60
Semifinals – Sunday, March 4
4 8 7:00 pm No. 4 Iona vs No. 9 Saint Peter's 65–62 ESPN3
9 9:30 pm No. 6 Fairfield vs No. 7 Quinnipiac 74–64 ESPNU
Championship – Monday, March 5
5 10 7:00 pm No. 4 Iona vs No. 6 Fairfield 83–71 ESPN
*Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

[1]

First round
Thursday, March 1
ESPN3 		Quarterfinals
Friday, March 2
ESPN3 		Semifinals
Sunday, March 4
ESPN3/ESPNU 		Championship
Monday, March 5
ESPN
            
1 Rider 55
9 Saint Peter's 66
8 Monmouth 58
9 Saint Peter's 60
9 Saint Peter's 62
4 Iona 65
4 Iona 72
5 Manhattan 60
4 Iona 83
6 Fairfield 71
2 Canisius 69
7 Quinnipiac 72
7 Quinnipiac 67
10 Siena 58
7 Quinnipiac 64
6 Fairfield 74
3 Niagara 77
6 Fairfield 90
6 Fairfield 71
11 Marist 57

All-Championship Team

2018 MAAC Men's Basketball All-Championship Team [2]
  • Nick Griffin, Saint Peter's – 13.0 ppg, 3.7 rpg
  • Cameron Young, Quinnipiac – 18.3 ppg, 9.7 rpg, 1.7 spg
  • Tyler Nelson, Fairfield – 25.0 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 3.3 apg
  • Jerome Segura, Fairfield – 5.8 ppg, 3.8 apg, 2.3 spg
  • Schadrac Casimir, Iona – 15.7 ppg
  • Roland Griffin, Iona – 13.0 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 1.3 bpg
  • Zach LewisMVP, Iona – 18.3 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 3.3 apg

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Official Website of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 20, 2018. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
  2. ^ "2018 MAAC Men's & Women's Basketball Championships - Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference".
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