2016 MAAC Women's Basketball Tournament

2016 MAAC Women's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2015–16
Teams 11
Site Times Union Center
Albany, NY
Champions Iona (1st title)
Winning coach Billi Godsey (1st title)
MVP Marina Lizarazu (Iona)
Television ESPNU/ESPN3
MAAC Women's Basketball Tournaments
«2015  2017»
2015–16 MAAC women's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Quinnipiac 17 – 3   .850     24 – 8   .750
Iona † 16 – 4   .800     23 – 11   .676
Marist 14 – 6   .700     16 – 16   .500
Fairfield 11 – 9   .550     16 – 14   .533
Manhattan 11 – 9   .550     14 – 16   .467
Monmouth 11 – 9   .550     14 – 17   .452
Siena 10 – 10   .500     14 – 18   .438
Canisius 8 – 12   .400     13 – 17   .433
Niagara 5 – 15   .250     8 – 22   .267
Rider 5 – 15   .250     8 – 22   .267
St. Peter's 2 – 18   .100     4 – 26   .133
† 2016 MAAC Tournament winner
As of March 6, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was held from March 3–7 at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York. Iona defeated Quinnipiac to win their first MAAC Tournament to earn their first automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament in school history.

Seeds

Teams are seeded by conference record, with a ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion, if necessary.

Seed School Conf (Overall) Tiebreaker
#1 Quinnipiac 17–3 (22–7)
#2 Iona 16–4 (20–11)
#3 Marist 14–6 (15–15)
#4 Fairfield 11–9 (16–13) 3–1 vs. Monmouth, Manhattan
#5 Monmouth 11–9 (13–16) 2–2 vs. Manhattan, Fairfield
#6 Manhattan 11–9 (14–15) 1–3 vs. Fairfield, Monmouth
#7 Siena 10–10 (13–17)
#8 Canisius 8–12 (13–16)
#9 Niagara 5–15 (8–21) 1–1 vs. Rider
#10 Rider 5–15 (7–22) 1–1 vs. Niagara
#11 St. Peter's 2–18 (4–25)

Schedule

Game Time* Matchup# Television Attendance
First round – Thursday, March 3
1
 9:30 am
#8 Canisius vs. #9 Niagara
2
 11:30 am
#7 Siena vs. #10 Rider
3
 1:30 pm
#6 Manhattan vs. #11 St. Peter's
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 4 & Saturday, March 5
4
 Noon
#1 Quinnipiac vs. #9 Niagara
2,844
5
 2:30 pm
#4 Fairfield vs. #5 Monmouth
6
 12:00 pm
#3 Marist vs. #6 Manhattan
7
 2:30 pm
#2 Iona vs. #7 Siena
Semifinals – Sunday, March 6
8
 11:00 am
#1 Quinnipiac vs. #5 Monmouth
ESPN3
9
 1:30 pm
#3 Marist vs. #2 Iona
Championship – Monday, March 7
10
 2:30 pm
#1 Quinnipiac vs. #2 Iona
ESPNU
1,534
*Game Times in Eastern Time Zone. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket and Results

[1]

  First Round
Thursday, March 3		 Quarterfinals
Friday, March 4
Saturday, March 5		 Semifinals
Sunday, March 6
ESPN3		 Championship Game
Monday, March 7
ESPNU
                                     
        
  1  Quinnipiac 74  
    9  Niagara 51  
8  Canisius 64
9  Niagara 65  
  1  Quinnipiac 66  
  5  Monmouth 59  
        
        
  4  Fairfield 46
    5  Monmouth 64  
      
        
  1  Quinnipiac 41
  2  Iona 57
        
        
  2  Iona 64
    7  Siena 47  
7  Siena 79OT
10  Rider 76  
  2  Iona 57
  3  Marist 53  
        
        
  3  Marist 70
    6  Manhattan 58  
6  Manhattan 60
11  St. Peter's 43  

All times listed are Eastern

See also

External links

References

  1. ↑ "2016 MAAC Women's Basketball Tie Breaker Scenarios" (PDF). maacsports.com. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
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