Jump to content

2025 MAAC men's basketball tournament

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2025 MAAC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2024–25
Teams10
SiteJim Whelan Boardwalk Hall
Atlantic City, New Jersey
ChampionsMount St. Mary's (1st title)
Winning coachDonny Lind (1st title)
TelevisionESPN+, ESPNEWS, ESPNU
← 2024
2026 →
2024–25 MAAC men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
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
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
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]
  1. ^ "2025 Hercules Tires MAAC Men's and Women's Basketball Championships - Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference". maacsports.com. Retrieved December 27, 2024.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "2025 Hercules Tires MAAC Men's Basketball Championship - Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference". maacsports.com. Retrieved December 27, 2024.