MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament

MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament
Conference Basketball Championship
Sport	College basketball
Conference	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Number of teams	10
Format	Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium	Times Union Center
Current location	Albany, New York
Played	1982–present
Last contest	2016
Current champion	Iona Gaels
Most championships	Iona Gaels (9)
Official website	MAACSports.com Men's Basketball

The MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament determines the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference champion and the winner of the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Seeding

Seeds in the MAAC tournament are linked to teams' conference records. Non-conference games are not a factor. The team with the overall best record in the conference is seeded "1", the next best conference record "2", and so on.

Teams from 1 to 6 receive a bye in the first round.

Tournament champions by year

Year	MAAC Champion	Score	Runner-up	Most Valuable Player	Venue (and city)
1982	Iona	66–61 (OT)	St. Peter's	Rory Grimes, Iona	Campus Sites – First Round Meadowlands Arena (East Rutherford, New Jersey) – Semifinals and Finals
1983	Fordham	54–53	Iona	Mark Murphy, Fordham	Campus Sites – First Round Meadowlands Arena (East Rutherford, New Jersey) – Semifinals and Finals
1984	Iona	72–61	Fordham	Steve Burtt, Sr., Iona	New Haven Coliseum (New Haven, Connecticut) – First Round Meadowlands Arena (East Rutherford, New Jersey) – Semifinals and Finals
1985	Iona	57–54	Fordham	Tony Hargraves, Iona	Meadowlands Arena (East Rutherford, New Jersey)
1986	Fairfield	67–64	Holy Cross	Jim McCaffrey, Holy Cross	Meadowlands Arena (East Rutherford, New Jersey)
1987	Fairfield	73–70 (OT)	Iona	Kevin Houston, Army	Meadowlands Arena (East Rutherford, New Jersey)
1988	La Salle	79–70	Fordham	Rich Tarr, La Salle	Campus Sites – First Round Meadowlands Arena (East Rutherford, New Jersey) – Semifinals and Finals
1989	La Salle	71–58	St. Peter's	Lionel Simmons, La Salle	Campus Sites – First Round Meadowlands Arena (East Rutherford, New Jersey) – Semifinals and Finals
1990	La Salle	71–61	Fordham	Lionel Simmons, La Salle	Knickerbocker Arena (Albany, New York)
1991	St. Peter's	64–58	Iona	Marvin Andrews, St. Peter's	Knickerbocker Arena (Albany, New York)
1992	La Salle	79–78	Manhattan	Randy Woods, La Salle	Knickerbocker Arena (Albany, New York)
1993	Manhattan	68–67	Niagara	Keith Bullock, Manhattan	Knickerbocker Arena (Albany, New York)
1994	Loyola	80–75	Manhattan	Tracy Bergan, Loyola	Knickerbocker Arena (Albany, New York)
1995	St. Peter's	80–78 (OT)	Manhattan	Randy Holmes, St. Peter's	Knickerbocker Arena (Albany, New York)
1996	Canisius	52–46	Fairfield	Michael Meeks, Canisius	Knickerbocker Arena (Albany, New York)
1997	Fairfield	78–72	Canisius	Greg Francis, Fairfield	Marine Midland Arena (Buffalo, New York)
1998	Iona	90–75	Siena	John McDonald, Iona	Pepsi Arena (Albany, New York)
1999	Siena	82–67	St. Peter's	Marcus Faison, Siena	Marine Midland Arena (Buffalo, New York)
2000	Iona	84–80	Siena	Dyree Wilson, Iona	Pepsi Arena (Albany, New York)
2001	Iona	74–67	Canisius	Nakiea Miller, Iona	Marine Midland Arena (Buffalo, New York)
2002	Siena	92–77	Niagara	Dwayne Archbold, Siena	Pepsi Arena (Albany, New York)
2003	Manhattan	69–54	Fairfield	Luis Flores, Manhattan	Sovereign Bank Arena (Trenton, New Jersey)
2004	Manhattan	62–61	Niagara	Luis Flores, Manhattan	Pepsi Arena (Albany, New York)
2005	Niagara	81–59	Rider	Juan Mendez, Niagara	HSBC Arena (Buffalo, New York)
2006	Iona	80–61	St. Peter's	Steve Burtt, Jr., Iona	Pepsi Arena (Albany, New York)
2007	Niagara	83–79	Siena	Tyrone Lewis, Niagara	Arena at Harbor Yard (Bridgeport, Connecticut)
2008	Siena	74–53	Rider	Kenny Hasbrouck, Siena	Times Union Center (Albany, New York)
2009	Siena	77–70	Niagara	Kenny Hasbrouck, Siena	Times Union Center (Albany, New York)
2010	Siena	72–65 (OT)	Fairfield	Alex Franklin, Siena	Times Union Center (Albany, New York)
2011	St. Peter's	62–57	Iona	Jeron Belin, St. Peter's	Webster Bank Arena (Bridgeport, Connecticut)
2012	Loyola	48–44	Fairfield	Erik Etherly, Loyola University	MassMutual Center (Springfield, Massachusetts)^[1]
2013	Iona	60–57	Manhattan	Lamont Jones, Iona	MassMutual Center (Springfield, Massachusetts)^[2]
2014	Manhattan	71–68	Iona	George Beamon, Manhattan	MassMutual Center (Springfield, Massachusetts)^[3]
2015	Manhattan	79–69	Iona	Ashton Pankey, Manhattan	Times Union Center (Albany, New York)
2016	Iona	79–76	Monmouth	A. J. English, Iona	Times Union Center (Albany, New York)

Men's Tournament Championships by School

School	# of Tournament Championships	# of times Runner-Up	Last Tournament Championship
Iona	9	6	2016
Siena	5	3	2010
Manhattan	5	4	2015
La Salle^†	4	0	1992
Fairfield	3	4	1997
Saint Peter's	3	4	2011
Loyola^†	2	0	2012
Niagara	2	4	2007
Fordham^†	1	4	1983
Canisius	1	2	1996
Monmouth	0	1

^†Former member of the MAAC

NCAA Tournament Appearances

**NCAA Tournament**
Year	MAAC Rep.	Opponent	Result
1984	(10) Iona	(7) Virginia	L 57-58
1985	(13) Iona	(4) Loyola-IL	L 58-59
1986	(13) Fairfield	(4) Illinois	L 51-75
1987	(16) Fairfield	(1) Indiana	L 58-92
1988	(13) La Salle	(4) Kansas St.	L 53-66
1989	(8) La Salle	(9) Louisiana Tech	L 74-83
1990	(4) La Salle	(13) So. Mississippi (5) Clemson	W 79-63 L 75-79
1991	(12) Saint Peter's	(5) Texas	L 65-73
1992	(13) La Salle	(4) Seton Hall	L 76-78
1993	(11) Manhattan	(6) Virginia	L 66-78
1994	(15) Loyola-MD	(2) Arizona	L 55-81
1995	(15) Saint Peter's (13) Manhattan	(2) Massachusetts (4) Oklahoma (5) Arizona St.	L 51-68 W 77-67 L 54-64
1996	(13) Canisius	(4) Utah	L 43-72
1997	(16) Fairfield	(1) North Carolina	L 74-82
1998	(12) Iona	(5) Syracuse	L 61-63
1999	(13) Siena	(4) Arkansas	L 80-94
2000	(14) Iona	(3) Maryland	L 59-74
2001	(14) Iona	(3) Mississippi	L 70-72
2002	(65) Siena (16) Siena	(64) Alcorn St. (1) Maryland	W 81-77 L 70-85
2003	(14) Manhattan	(3) Syracuse	L 65-76
2004	(12) Manhattan	(5) Florida (4) Wake Forest	W 75-60 L 80-84
2005	(14) Niagara	(3) Oklahoma	L 67-84
2006	(13) Iona	(4) LSU	L 64-80
2007	(65) Niagara (16) Niagara	(64) Florida A&M (1) Kansas	W 77-69 L 67-107
2008	(13) Siena	(4) Vanderbilt (12) Villanova	W 83-62 L 72-84
2009	(9) Siena	(8) Ohio State (1) Louisville	W 74-72 L 72-79
2010	(13) Siena	(4) Purdue	L 64-72
2011	(14) Saint Peter's	(3) Purdue	L 43-65
2012	(15) Loyola (14) Iona	(2) Ohio State (14) BYU	L 59-78 L 72-78
2013	(15) Iona	(2) Ohio State	L 70-95
2014	(13) Manhattan	(4) Louisville	L 64-71
2015	(67) Manhattan	(68) Hampton	L 64-74

Television

Main article: MAAC Men's Tournament Finals broadcasters

References

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball

Teams	Canisius Golden Griffins Fairfield Stags Iona Gaels Manhattan Jaspers Marist Red Foxes Monmouth Hawks Niagara Purple Eagles Quinnipiac Bobcats Rider Broncs Siena Saints Saint Peter's Peacocks

Tournament & awards	MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament Player of the Year

Seasons	1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

NCAA men's college basketball tournaments (United States)

Division I

Pre-season	2K Sports Classic AdvoCare Invitational Barclays Center Classic Battle 4 Atlantis Cancún Challenge Cayman Islands Classic CBE Hall of Fame Classic Charleston Classic Corpus Christi Coastal Classic Diamond Head Classic Emerald Coast Classic Great Alaska Shootout Gulf Coast Showcase Hall of Fame Tip Off Las Vegas Classic Las Vegas Invitational Legends Classic Maui Invitational Men Who Speak Up Main Event NIT Season Tip-Off Paradise Jam Puerto Rico Tip-Off Savannah Invitational Wooden Legacy

Conference postseason	ACC America East The American American South American West Atlantic 10 Atlantic Sun Big 12 Big East Big Eight Big Sky Big South Big Ten Big West CAA Conference USA East Coast Great Midwest Great West Horizon Ivy League MAAC MEAC Metro Mid-American Missouri Valley Mountain West Northeast Ohio Valley Pac-12 Patriot SEC Southern Southland Southwest SWAC Sun Belt Summit WAC West Coast

Postseason	NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament National Invitation Tournament Vegas 16 College Basketball Invitational CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament National Commissioners Invitational Tournament 1922 National Intercollegiate Basketball Tournament

Division II

Conference postseason	CCAA GNAC Heartland Northern Sun RMAC

Postseason	NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Championship ECAC Tournaments

Division III

Postseason	NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Championship

MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament

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