2023 MAAC men's basketball tournament

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2023 MAAC men's basketball tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2022–23
Teams11
Site Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Champions Iona (14th title)
Winning coach Rick Pitino (2nd title)
Television ESPNews, ESPNU, ESPN+
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2022–23 MAAC men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Iona †17–3 .85027–8  .771
Rider 13–7 .65016–14  .533
Quinnipiac 11–9 .55020–12  .625
Siena 11–9 .55017–15  .531
Niagara 10–10 .50016–15  .516
Manhattan 10–10 .50012–18  .400
Fairfield 9–11 .45013–18  .419
Mount St. Mary's 8–12 .40013–20  .394
Canisius 8–12 .40010–20  .333
Saint Peter's 7–13 .35014–18  .438
Marist 6–14 .30013–20  .394
† 2023 MAAC tournament winner

The 2023 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference for the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The tournament was played March 7–11, 2023, at the Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, for the fourth year in a row. [1] The tournament winner received the conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. The defending champions were the Saint Peter's Peacocks. [2]

Contents

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 1Tiebreaker 2
1 Iona 17–3
2 Rider 13–7
3 Quinnipiac 11–91–1 vs. Siena2–0 vs. Rider
4 Siena 11–91–1 vs. Quinnipiac1–1 vs. Rider
5 Niagara 10–101–1 vs. Manhattan1–1 vs. Rider
6 Manhattan 10–101–1 vs. Niagara0–2 vs. Rider
7 Fairfield 9–11
8 Mount St. Mary's 8–122–0 vs. Canisius
9 Canisius 8–120–2 vs. Mount St. Mary's
10 Saint Peter's 7–13
11 Marist 6–14

Schedule

SessionGameTime*MatchupScoreAttendanceTelevision
First round – Tuesday, March 7
115:00 pmNo. 8 Mount St. Mary's vs No. 9 Canisius67–66OT ESPN+
27:00 pmNo. 7 Fairfield vs No. 10 Saint Peter's52–70
39:00 pmNo. 6 Manhattan vs No. 11 Marist50–61
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 8
247:00 pmNo. 1 Iona vs No. 8 Mount St. Mary's74–54ESPN+
59:30 pmNo. 2 Rider vs No. 10 Saint Peter's62–70
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 9
367:00 pmNo. 3 Quinnipiac vs No. 11 Marist59–75ESPN+
79:30 pmNo. 4 Siena vs No. 5 Niagara65–71
Semifinals – Friday, March 10
486:00 pmNo. 1 Iona vs No. 5 Niagara71–59 ESPNEWS
98:30 pmNo. 11 Marist vs No. 10 Saint Peter's69–57
Championship – Saturday, March 11
5107:30 pmNo. 1 Iona vs No. 11 Marist76–55 ESPNU
*Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

First round
Tuesday, March 7 		Quarterfinals
Wednesday & Thursday,
March 8/9 		Semifinals
Friday, March 10 		Championship
Saturday, March 11
1 Iona74
8 Mount St. Mary's67*8 Mount St. Mary's 54
9 Canisius 66 1 Iona71
5 Niagara 59
4 Siena 65
5 Niagara71
1 Iona76
11 Marist 55
2 Rider 62
7 Fairfield 52 10 Saint Peter's70
10 Saint Peter's7010 Saint Peter's 57
11 Marist69
3 Quinnipiac 59
6 Manhattan 50 11 Marist75
11 Marist61

* denotes number of overtimes

Game summaries

First round

Team and tournament leaders

Team leaders

All-championship team

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "MAAC Announces One-Year Extension for Basketball Championships at Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall". maacsports.com. Retrieved May 14, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Edert leads St. Peter's to MAAC title, 60-54 over Monmouth". ESPN.com. Retrieved May 13, 2022.
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