2018 MAAC men's basketball tournament explained

Year:2018
Conference:MAAC
Division:I
Gender:Men's
Teams:11
Arena:Times Union Center
City:Albany, New York
Champions:Iona
Titlecount:11th
Coach:Tim Cluess
Coachcount:4th
Mvp:Zach Lewis
Mvpteam:Iona
Topscorer:Tyler Nelson
Topscorerteam:Fairfield
Points:100
Television:ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3

The 2018 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference for the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was held from March 1–5, 2018 at 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.

SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker
1Rider15–31–1 vs Canisius, 1–0 vs Niagara
2Canisius15–31–1 vs Rider, 1–1 vs Niagara
3Niagara12–6
4Iona11–7
5Manhattan9–92–0 vs Fairfield
6Fairfield9–90–2 vs Manhattan
7Quinnipiac7–111–0 vs Monmouth
8Monmouth7–110–1 vs Quinnipiac
9Saint Peter's6–12
10Siena4–141–1 vs Marist, 1–2 vs Rider/Canisius
11Marist4–141–1 vs Siena, 0–4 vs Rider/Canisius

Schedule

SessionGameTime* Matchup#ScoreTelevision
First round – Thursday, March 1
115:00 pmNo. 8 Monmouth vs No. 9 Saint Peter's58–60ESPN3
27:30 pmNo. 7 Quinnipiac vs No. 10 Siena67–58
310:00 pmNo. 6 Fairfield vs No. 11 Marist71–57
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 2
247:00 pmNo. 1 Rider vs No. 9 Saint Peter's55–66ESPN3
59:30 pmNo. 2 Canisius vs. No. 7 Quinnipiac69–72
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 3
367:00 pmNo. 3 Niagara vs No. 6 Fairfield 77–90ESPN3
79:30 pmNo. 4 Iona vs. No. 5 Manhattan72–60
Semifinals – Sunday, March 4
487:00 pmNo. 4 Iona vs No. 9 Saint Peter's65–62ESPN3
99:30 pmNo. 6 Fairfield vs No. 7 Quinnipiac74–64ESPNU
Championship – Monday, March 5
5107:00 pmNo. 4 Iona vs No. 6 Fairfield83–71ESPN
  • Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

[1]

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Official Website of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference . 2018-02-20 . 2018-02-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180220153730/http://maacsports.com/documents/2018/2/9//2018_Men_s_Basketball_Bracket.pdf . dead .
  2. Web site: 2018 MAAC Men's & Women's Basketball Championships - Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.