2019 MAAC Women's Basketball Tournament

The 2019 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference for the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. It was held from March 7–11, 2019 at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York.[1] Top seeded Quinnipiac defeated #3 seed Marist 81–51 for their third straight MAAC Tournament championship.[2]

2019 MAAC Women's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2018–19
Teams11
SiteTimes Union Center
Albany, New York
ChampionsQuinnipiac (5th title)
Winning coachTricia Fabbri (5th title)
MVPJen Fay (Quinnipiac)
Top scorersGrace Vander Weide – 52 (Marist)
Jen Fay – 49 (Quinnipiac)
TelevisionESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3
2018–19 MAAC women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Quinnipiac †18–0 1.000  26–7  .788
Rider14–4 .778  19–13  .594
Marist13–5 .722  23–10  .697
Monmouth9–9 .500  14–17  .452
Canisius9–9 .500  11–19  .367
Manhattan9–9 .500  12–19  .387
Siena8–10 .444  12–18  .400
Niagara8–10 .444  12–19  .387
Fairfield7–11 .389  11–20  .355
Iona3–15 .167  5–26  .161
Saint Peter's1–17 .056  6–24  .200
† 2019 MAAC Tournament winner
As of March 23, 2019; Rankings from AP Poll

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. [3]

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker
1 Quinnipiac 18–0
2 Rider 14–4
3 Marist 13–5
4 Monmouth 9–9 2–1 vs Can/Man
5 Canisius 9–9 2–2 vs Mon/Man
6 Manhattan 9–9 1–2 vs Mon/Can
7 Siena 8–10 1–0 vs Niagara
8 Niagara 8–10 0–1 vs Siena
9 Fairfield 7–11
10 Iona 3–15
11 Saint Peter's 1–17

Schedule
Session Game Time* Matchup Score Television
First round – Thursday, March 7
1 1 9:30 a.m. (8) Niagara vs (9) Fairfield 69–74 ESPN3
2 11:30 a.m (7) Siena vs (10) Iona 64–75
3 1:30 p.m. (6) Manhattan vs (11) Saint Peter's 62–41
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 8
2 4 1:00 p.m. (1) Quinnipiac vs (9) Fairfield 63–48 ESPN3
5 3:30 p.m. (2) Rider vs (10) Iona 54–46
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 9
3 6 12:00 p.m. (3) Marist vs (6) Manhattan 65–51 ESPN3
7 2:30 p.m. (4) Monmouth vs (5) Canisius 64–53
Semifinals – Sunday, March 10
4 8 11:00 a.m. (1) Quinnipiac vs (4) Monmouth 80–42 ESPN3
9 1:30 p.m. (2) Rider vs (3) Marist 52–62 ESPN3
Championship – Monday, March 11
5 10 2:30 p.m. (1) Quinnipiac vs (3) Marist 81–51 ESPNU
*Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

[4]

  First round
Thursday, March 7
ESPN3		 Quarterfinals
Friday/Saturday, March 8/9
ESPN3		 Semifinals
Sunday, March 10
ESPN3		 Championship
Monday, March 11
ESPNU
                                     
       
  1 Quinnipiac 63  
    9  Fairfield 48  
8 Niagara 69
9 Fairfield 74  
  1 Quinnipiac 80  
  4 Monmouth 42  
       
       
  4 Monmouth 64
    5 Canisius 53  
     
       
  1 Quinnipiac 81
  3 Marist 51
       
       
  2 Rider 54
    10 Iona 46  
7 Siena 64
10 Iona 75  
   2 Rider 52
  3 Marist 62  
       
       
  3 Marist 65
    6  Manhattan 51  
6 Manhattan 62
11 Saint Peter's 41  
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See also

References
  1. "2019 MAAC Men's & Women's Basketball Championships". Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  2. "Quinnipiac Claims Third Straight MAAC Women's Basketball Title". maacsports.com.
  3. "2019 MAAC Women's Basketball Seed Possibilities and Tiebreakers". maacsports.com.
  4. "2019 Women's Basketball Bracket (PDF) - Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference" (PDF). maacsports.com.
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