2025 MAAC men's basketball tournament
2025 MAAC men's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 2024–25 |
Teams | 10 |
Site | Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall Atlantic City, New Jersey |
Champions | Mount St. Mary's (1st title) |
Winning coach | Donny Lind (1st title) |
Television | ESPN+, ESPNEWS, ESPNU |
Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Quinnipiac | 15 | – | 5 | .750 | 20 | – | 13 | .606 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Merrimack | 14 | – | 6 | .700 | 18 | – | 15 | .545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marist | 13 | – | 7 | .650 | 20 | – | 10 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iona | 12 | – | 8 | .600 | 17 | – | 17 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manhattan | 12 | – | 8 | .600 | 17 | – | 14 | .548 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mount St. Mary's † | 12 | – | 8 | .600 | 23 | – | 13 | .639 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sacred Heart | 10 | – | 10 | .500 | 15 | – | 18 | .455 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rider | 9 | – | 11 | .450 | 14 | – | 19 | .424 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Siena | 9 | – | 11 | .450 | 14 | – | 18 | .438 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fairfield | 8 | – | 12 | .400 | 12 | – | 20 | .375 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saint Peter's | 7 | – | 13 | .350 | 12 | – | 16 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Niagara | 6 | – | 14 | .300 | 11 | – | 20 | .355 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Canisius | 3 | – | 17 | .150 | 3 | – | 28 | .097 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2025 MAAC tournament winner |
The 2025 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference for the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The tournament was played March 11–15, 2025, at the Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, for the sixth year in a row.[1] The tournament winner, Mount St. Mary's, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.
Seeds
[edit]The top 10 teams in the conference standings qualified for the tournament, marking the first time in the history of the conference that not every team participated in the event.[2] The top six 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 |
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1 | Quinnipiac | 15–5 | |
2 | Merrimack | 14–6 | |
3 | Marist | 13–7 | |
4 | Iona | 12–8 | 2–1 vs. Manhattan/Mount St. Mary's |
5 | Manhattan | 12–8 | 2–2 vs. Iona/Mount St. Mary's |
6 | Mount St. Mary's | 12–8 | 1–2 vs. Iona/Manhattan |
7 | Sacred Heart | 10–10 | |
8 | Rider | 9–11 | 1–0 vs. Siena |
9 | Siena | 9–11 | 0–1 vs. Rider |
10 | Fairfield | 8–12 | |
DNQ | Saint Peter's | 7–13 | |
DNQ | Niagara | 6–14 | |
DNQ | Canisius | 3–17 |
Schedule
[edit]Session | Game | Time* | Matchup | Score | Attendance | Television |
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First round – Tuesday, March 11 | ||||||
1 | 1 | 6:00 pm | No. 8 Rider vs No. 9 Siena | 78–76 | 1,928 | ESPN+ |
2 | 8:30 pm | No. 7 Sacred Heart vs No. 10 Fairfield | 71–58 | |||
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 12 | ||||||
2 | 3 | 6:00 pm | No. 1 Quinnipiac vs No. 8 Rider | 78–64 | ESPN+ | |
4 | 8:30 pm | No. 2 Merrimack vs No. 7 Sacred Heart | 66–62OT | |||
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 13 | ||||||
3 | 5 | 6:00 pm | No. 4 Iona vs No. 5 Manhattan | 77–65 | ESPN+ | |
6 | 8:30 pm | No. 3 Marist vs No. 6 Mount St. Mary's | 58–62 | |||
Semifinals – Friday, March 14 | ||||||
4 | 7 | 6:00 pm | No. 1 Quinnipiac vs No. 4 Iona | 73–81 | ESPNews | |
8 | 8:30 pm | No. 2 Merrimack vs No. 6 Mount St. Mary's | 55–57 | |||
Championship – Saturday, March 15 | ||||||
5 | 9 | 7:30 pm | No. 6 Mount St. Mary's vs No. 4 Iona | 63–49 | ESPNU | |
*Game times in EDT. Rankings denote tournament seeding. |
Bracket
[edit]First round March 11, 2025 ESPN+ | Quarterfinals March 12–13, 2025 ESPN+ | Semifinals March 14, 2025 | Championship March 15, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Quinnipiac | 78 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Rider | 78 | 8 | Rider | 64 | ||||||||||||||
9 | Siena | 76 | 1 | Quinnipiac | 73 | ||||||||||||||
4 | Iona | 81 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Iona | 77 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Manhattan | 65 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Iona | 49 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Mount St. Mary's | 63 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Merrimack | 66OT | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Sacred Heart | 71 | 7 | Sacred Heart | 62 | ||||||||||||||
10 | Fairfield | 58 | 2 | Merrimack | 55 | ||||||||||||||
6 | Mount St. Mary's | 57 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Marist | 58 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Mount St. Mary's | 62 |
Source:[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "2025 Hercules Tires MAAC Men's and Women's Basketball Championships - Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference". maacsports.com. Retrieved December 27, 2024.
- ^ "MAAC Announces New Format for the 2025 Hercules Tires Men's and Women's Basketball Championships". maacsports.com. October 3, 2024. Retrieved December 27, 2024.
- ^ "2025 Hercules Tires MAAC Men's Basketball Championship - Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference". maacsports.com. Retrieved December 27, 2024.