Breaking down the MAAC basketball tournament schedule

The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Championship stretches from March 8-13, with all games played at Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, NJ. The tournament will include 11 teams, who will play single-elimination games with no reseeding.

All games through the semifinals will be broadcast on ESPN+, with the semifinals on ESPNews, and the Final on ESPNU.

The Siena Saints are the No. 1 seed, following a 12-4 conference record where they weren’t swept in any of the doubleheader series that made up the entire MAAC schedule this season.

March 8

Game 1: No. 11 Rider 78-76 over No. 6 Canisius

March 9

Game 2: No. 9 Iona 72-48 over No. 8 Quinnipiac
Game 3: No. 7 Fairfield 59-58 over No. 10 Manhattan

March 10

Game 4: No. 9 Iona 55-52 over No. 1 Siena
Game 5: No. 7 Fairfield 79-60 over No. 2 Monmouth

March 11

Game 6: No. 3 Saint Peter’s 75-60 over No. 11 Rider
Game 7: No. 5 Niagara 67-62 over No. 4 Marist

March 12

Game 8: No. 9 Iona 70-64 over No. 5 Niagara
Game 9: No. 7 Fairfield 52-47 over No. 3 Saint Peter’s

March 13 Championship Game

Game 10: No. 9 Iona 60-51 over No. 7 Fairfield

Iona advances to the NCAA Championship for the fifth-consecutive time with a MAAC win. As a school, they are 0-12 in the NCAA Tournament all-time.