2016 MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2016 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference for the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was held from March 3–7, 2016 at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York. No. 2 seed Iona upset No. 1 seed Monmouth 79–76 in the championship game and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Tournament.[1] It was the fourth consecutive championship game for Iona, and their conference leading ninth MAAC tournament championship.

2016 MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2015–16
Teams	11
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

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

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 Quinnipiac	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

[2]

	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

All-Championship Team

2017 MAAC Men's Basketball All-Championship Team [3]

Brett Bisping, Siena Jelon Hornbreak, Monmouth Justin Robinson, Monmouth Jordan Washington, Iona Isaiah Williams, Iona A.J. English^MVP, Iona

References

1. "Iona vs. Monmouth - Game Recap - March 7, 2016". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 14, 2019.
2. "2016 MAAC Basketball Championship Brackets" (PDF). maacsports.com. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
3. "Men's Basketball Championship History". MAACSports.com. Retrieved April 14, 2019.