2024 MAAC men's basketball tournament explained

Year:2024
Conference:MAAC
Division:I
Gender:Men's
Teams:11
Arena:Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall
City:Atlantic City, New Jersey
Champions:Saint Peter's
Titlecount:5th
Coach:Bashir Mason
Coachcount:1st
Television:ESPN+, ESPNEWS, ESPNU

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.

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.

SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker
1Quinnipiac15–5
2Fairfield14–6
3Marist12–83–1 vs. Rider/Saint Peter's
4Rider12–82–2 vs. Marist/Saint Peter's
5Saint Peter's12–81–3 vs. Marist/Rider
6Niagara11–9
7Iona10–10
8Mount St. Mary's9–11
9Canisius8–12
10Manhattan4–16
11Siena3–17

Schedule

SessionGameTime*MatchupScoreTelevision
First round – Tuesday, March 12
115:15 pmNo. 8 Mount St. Mary's vs No. 9 Canisius61–77ESPN+
27:30 pmNo. 7 Iona vs No. 10 Manhattan59–57
39:45 pmNo. 6 Niagara vs No. 11 Siena67–65
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 13
246:30 pmNo. 1 Quinnipiac vs No. 9 Canisius76–52ESPN+
59:00 pmNo. 2 Fairfield vs No. 7 Iona68–63
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 14
366:30 pmNo. 3 Marist vs No.6 Niagara65–59ESPN+
79:00 pmNo. 4 Rider vs No. 5 Saint Peter's48–50
Semifinals – Friday, March 15
486:30 pmNo. 1 Quinnipiac vs No. 5 Saint Peter's60–62ESPNEWS
99:00 pmNo. 2 Fairfield vs No. 3 Marist65–61
Championship – Saturday, March 16
5107:30 pmNo. 5 Saint Peter's vs No. 2 Fairfield68–63ESPNU
  • Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

Source:[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: MAAC Announces One-Year Extension for Basketball Championships at Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall. maacsports.com. 2022-05-14.
  2. Web site: 2024 Hercules Tires MAAC Men's Basketball Championship – Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference . 2024-01-05 . maacsports.com . en.
  3. Web site: 2024 Men's Basketball Championship Bracket 11-16 (PDF) – Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference . 2024-01-06 . maacsports.com . en.