2016 MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament

Classification

Division I

Season

2015–16

Teams

Site

Times Union Center
Albany, New York

Champions

Iona (9th title)

Winning coach

Tim Cluess (2nd title)

MVP

A. J. English (Iona)

Television

ESPN, ESPN3

MAAC Men's Basketball Tournaments
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2015–16 MAAC men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Monmouth	17	–	3	.850	28	–	8	.778
Iona †	16	–	4	.800	22	–	11	.667
Siena	13	–	7	.650	21	–	13	.618
Fairfield	12	–	8	.600	19	–	14	.576
Saint Peter's	12	–	8	.600	14	–	16	.467
Manhattan	9	–	11	.450	13	–	18	.419
Canisius	8	–	12	.400	14	–	19	.424
Rider	8	–	12	.400	13	–	20	.394
Quinnipiac	6	–	14	.300	9	–	21	.300
Niagara	5	–	15	.250	7	–	25	.219
Marist	4	–	16	.200	7	–	23	.233


† 2016 MAAC Tournament winner

The 2016 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 3–7 at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York. Iona won the tournament and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Tournament.

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.

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker
1	Monmouth	17–3
2	Iona	14–6
3	Siena	13–7
4	Saint Peter's	12–8	2–0 vs. Fairfield
5	Fairfield	12–8	0–2 vs. Saint Peter's
6	Manhattan	9–11
7	Canisius	8–12	1–1 vs. Rider. 1–1 vs. Monmouth
8	Rider	8–12	1–1 vs. Canisius, 0–2 vs. Monmouth
9	Quinnipiac	6–14
10	Niagara	5–15
11	Marist	4–16

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Final score	Television
First Round – Thursday, March 3
1	5:00 pm	#8 Rider vs. #9 Quinnipac	60–57
2	7:00 pm	#7 Canisius vs. #10 Niagara	102–97^3OT
3	9:00 pm	#6 Manhattan vs. #11 Marist	81–63
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 4
4	7:00 pm	#1 Monmouth vs. #8 Rider	59–48	ESPN3
5	9:30 pm	#2 Iona vs. #7 Canisius	73–55	ESPN3
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 5
6	7:00 pm	#3 Siena vs. #6 Manhattan	89–76	ESPN3
7	9:30 pm	#4 Saint Peter's vs. #5 Fairfield	55–64	ESPN3
Semifinals – Sunday, March 6
8	4:30 pm	#1 Monmouth vs. #5 Fairfield	76–63	ESPN3
9	7:00 pm	#2 Iona vs. #3 Siena	81–70	ESPN3
Championship – Monday, March 7
10	7:00 pm	#1 Monmouth vs. #2 Iona	76–79	ESPN
*Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

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First round Thursday, March 3			Quarterfinals Friday, March 4 Saturday, March 5 ESPN3			Semifinals Sunday, March 6 ESPN3			Championship Monday, March 7 ESPN


			1	Monmouth	59

			8	Rider	48
8	Rider	60

9	Quinnipiac	57
						1	Monmouth	76

						5	Fairfield	63



			4	Saint Peter's	55

			5	Fairfield	64



									1	Monmouth	76

									2	Iona	79



			2	Iona	73

			7	Canisius	55
7	Canisius	102^3OT

10	Niagara	97
						2	Iona	81

						3	Siena	70



			3	Siena	89

			6	Manhattan	76
6	Manhattan	81

11	Marist	63

References

↑ "2016 MAAC Basketball Championship Brackets" (PDF). maacsports.com. Retrieved December 4, 2015.

External links

2016 MAAC Men's Basketball Championship

2016 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournaments

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Postseason	NCAA NIT CBI CIT Vegas 16

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