2018 MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2018 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference for the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was held from March 1–5, 2018 at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York. No. 4 seed Iona defeated No. 6 seed Fairfield in the championship game to receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. This was Iona's third consecutive MAAC tournament championship.

2018 MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2017–18
Teams	11
Site	Times Union Center Albany, New York
Champions	Iona (11th title)
Winning coach	Tim Cluess (4th title)
MVP	Zach Lewis (Iona)
Top scorer	Tyler Nelson (Fairfield) (100 points)
Television	ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3
MAAC Men's Basketball Tournaments

2017–18 MAAC men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Rider	15	–	3		.833			22	–	10		.688
Canisius	15	–	3		.833			21	–	12		.636
Niagara	12	–	6		.667			19	–	14		.576
Iona †	11	–	7		.611			20	–	14		.588
Manhattan	9	–	9		.500			14	–	17		.452
Fairfield	9	–	9		.500			17	–	16		.515
Quinnipiac	7	–	11		.389			12	–	21		.364
Monmouth	7	–	11		.389			11	–	20		.355
Saint Peter's	6	–	12		.333			14	–	18		.438
Siena	4	–	14		.222			8	–	24		.250
Marist	4	–	14		.222			6	–	25		.194
† 2018 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	Rider	15–3	1–1 vs Canisius, 1–0 vs Niagara
2	Canisius	15–3	1–1 vs Rider, 1–1 vs Niagara
3	Niagara	12–6
4	Iona	11–7
5	Manhattan	9–9	2–0 vs Fairfield
6	Fairfield	9–9	0–2 vs Manhattan
7	Quinnipiac	7–11	1–0 vs Monmouth
8	Monmouth	7–11	0–1 vs Quinnipiac
9	Saint Peter's	6–12
10	Siena	4–14	1–1 vs Marist, 1–2 vs Rider/Canisius
11	Marist	4–14	1–1 vs Siena, 0–4 vs Rider/Canisius

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Score	Television
First round – Thursday, March 1
1	1	5:00 pm	No. 8 Monmouth vs No. 9 Saint Peter's	58–60	ESPN3
	2	7:30 pm	No. 7 Quinnipiac vs No. 10 Siena	67–58
	3	10:00 pm	No. 6 Fairfield vs No. 11 Marist	71–57
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 2
2	4	7:00 pm	No. 1 Rider vs No. 9 Saint Peter's	55–66	ESPN3
	5	9:30 pm	No. 2 Canisius vs. No. 7 Quinnipiac	69–72
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 3
3	6	7:00 pm	No. 3 Niagara vs No. 6 Fairfield	77–90	ESPN3
	7	9:30 pm	No. 4 Iona vs. No. 5 Manhattan	72–60
Semifinals – Sunday, March 4
4	8	7:00 pm	No. 4 Iona vs No. 9 Saint Peter's	65–62	ESPN3
	9	9:30 pm	No. 6 Fairfield vs No. 7 Quinnipiac	74–64	ESPNU
Championship – Monday, March 5
5	10	7:00 pm	No. 4 Iona vs No. 6 Fairfield	83–71	ESPN
*Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

[1]

	First round Thursday, March 1 ESPN3					Quarterfinals Friday, March 2 ESPN3					Semifinals Sunday, March 4 ESPN3/ESPNU					Championship Monday, March 5 ESPN
						1	Rider	55
						9	Saint Peter's	66
	8	Monmouth	58
	9	Saint Peter's	60
											9	Saint Peter's	62
										4	Iona	65
						4	Iona	72
						5	Manhattan	60
																4	Iona	83
																6	Fairfield	71
						2	Canisius	69
						7	Quinnipiac	72
	7	Quinnipiac	67
	10	Siena	58
											7	Quinnipiac	64
										6	Fairfield	74
						3	Niagara	77
						6	Fairfield	90
	6	Fairfield	71
	11	Marist	57

All-Championship Team

2018 MAAC Men's Basketball All-Championship Team [2]

Nick Griffin, Saint Peter's – 13.0 ppg, 3.7 rpg Cameron Young, Quinnipiac – 18.3 ppg, 9.7 rpg, 1.7 spg Tyler Nelson, Fairfield – 25.0 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 3.3 apg Jerome Segura, Fairfield – 5.8 ppg, 3.8 apg, 2.3 spg Schadrac Casimir, Iona – 15.7 ppg Roland Griffin, Iona – 13.0 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 1.3 bpg Zach Lewis^MVP, Iona – 18.3 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 3.3 apg

See also

• 2018 MAAC Women's Basketball Tournament

References

1. http://maacsports.com/documents/2018/2/9//2018_Men_s_Basketball_Bracket.pdf
2. https://maacsports.com/tournaments/?id=1521