2024 MAAC men's basketball tournament

The 2024 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament will be the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference for the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The tournament will be played March 12–16, 2024, at the Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, for the fifth year in a row.[1][2] The tournament winner will receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.

2024 MAAC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season202324
Teams11
SiteJim Whelan Boardwalk Hall
Atlantic City, New Jersey
ChampionsSaint Peter's (5th title)
Winning coachBashir Mason (1st title)
TelevisionESPN+, ESPNEWS, ESPNU
2023–24 MAAC men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Quinnipiac155 .7502410  .706
Fairfield146 .7002413  .649
Marist128 .6001813  .581
Rider128 .6001517  .469
Saint Peter's128 .6001914  .576
Niagara119 .5501616  .500
Iona1010 .5001617  .485
Mount St. Mary's911 .4501319  .406
Canisius812 .4001418  .438
Manhattan416 .200723  .233
Siena317 .150428  .125
2024 MAAC tournament winner

Seeds

All 11 teams in the conference are scheduled participated in the Tournament. The top five teams will receive byes to the quarterfinals. Teams will be seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

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

Schedule

Session Game Time* Matchup Score Television
First round – Tuesday, March 12
1 1 5:15 pm No. 8 Mount St. Mary's vs No. 9 Canisius 61–77 ESPN+
2 7:30 pm No. 7 Iona vs No. 10 Manhattan 59–57
3 9:45 pm No. 6 Niagara vs No. 11 Siena 67–65
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 13
2 4 6:30 pm No. 1 Quinnipiac vs No. 9 Canisius 76–52 ESPN+
5 9:00 pm No. 2 Fairfield vs No. 7 Iona 68–63
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 14
3 6 6:30 pm No. 3 Marist vs No.6 Niagara 65–59 ESPN+
7 9:00 pm No. 4 Rider vs No. 5 Saint Peter's 48–50
Semifinals – Friday, March 15
4 8 6:30 pm No. 1 Quinnipiac vs No. 5 Saint Peter's 60–62 ESPNEWS
9 9:00 pm No. 2 Fairfield vs No. 3 Marist 65–61
Championship – Saturday, March 16
5 10 7:30 pm No. 5 Saint Peter's vs No. 2 Fairfield 68–63 ESPNU
*Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

First round
Tuesday, March 12
Quarterfinals
Wednesday & Thursday,
March 13/14
Semifinals
Friday, March 15
Championship
Saturday, March 16
1 Quinnipiac 76
8 Mount St. Mary's 61 9 Canisius 52
9 Canisius 77 1 Quinnipiac 60
5 Saint Peter's 62
4 Rider 48
5 Saint Peter's 50
5 Saint Peter's 68
2 Fairfield 63
2 Fairfield 68
7 Iona 59 7 Iona 63
10 Manhattan 57 2 Fairfield 65
3 Marist 61
3 Marist 65
6 Niagara 67 6 Niagara 59
11 Siena 65

Source:[3]

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