1984 MAAC men's basketball tournament

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1984 MAAC men's basketball tournament
Classification Division I
Season 198384
Teams8
First round site New Haven Coliseum
New Haven, Connecticut
Finals site Meadowlands Arena
East Rutherford, New Jersey
Champions Iona (2nd title)
Winning coach Pat Kennedy (2nd title)
MVP Steve Burtt (Iona)
  1983
1985  
1983–84 MAAC men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
La Salle 113 .7862011  .645
Saint Peter's 113 .786236  .793
Iona113 .786238  .742
Fordham 77 .5001915  .559
Fairfield 59 .3571018  .357
Holy Cross 59 .3571218  .400
Army 410 .2861117  .393
Manhattan 212 .143919  .321
1984 MAAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll [1]

The 1984 MAAC men's basketball tournament was held March 8–10 with the quarterfinal round held at the New Haven Coliseum in New Haven, Connecticut and the semifinals and championship game held at the Meadowlands Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey. [2]

Contents

Iona defeated Fordham in the championship game, 72–61, to win their second MAAC men's basketball tournament in three years.

The Gaels received a bid to the 1984 NCAA tournament where they were beaten by Virginia in the opening round, 57–56.

Format

All eight of the conference's members participated in the tournament field. They were seeded based on regular season conference records, with all teams starting play in the quarterfinal round. An additional third place game was also played on the last day of the tournament.

Quarterfinal games were played at the New Haven Coliseum in New Haven, Connecticut. All remaining games were played at a neutral site at the Meadowlands Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Friday, March 8
Semifinals
Saturday, March 9
Championship
Sunday, March 10
         
1 La Salle 76
8 Manhattan 60
1 La Salle 60
4 Fordham62
4 Fordham 80
5 Fairfield 69
4 Fordham 61
3 Iona72
3 Iona 73
6 Holy Cross 66
3 Iona59Third Place Sunday, March 10
2 St. Peter's 56
2 Saint Peter's 691 La Salle 63
7 Army 41 2 St. Peter's65

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References

  1. sports-reference.com 1983-84 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Season Summary
  2. "1983-84 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference . Retrieved January 30, 2022.