2023 MAAC men's basketball tournament

Not to be confused with 2023 MAC men's basketball tournament or 2023 MEAC men's basketball tournament.

The 2023 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference for the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The tournament was played March 7–11, 2023, at the Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, for the fourth year in a row.^[1] The tournament winner received the conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. The defending champions were the Saint Peter's Peacocks.^[2]

2023 MAAC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2022–23
Teams	11
Site	Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall Atlantic City, New Jersey
Champions	Iona (14th title)
Winning coach	Rick Pitino (2nd title)
Television	ESPNews, ESPNU, ESPN+
MAAC men's basketball tournaments ← 2022 2024 →

2022–23 MAAC men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Iona †	17	–	3		.850			27	–	8		.771
Rider	13	–	7		.650			16	–	14		.533
Quinnipiac	11	–	9		.550			20	–	12		.625
Siena	11	–	9		.550			17	–	15		.531
Niagara	10	–	10		.500			16	–	15		.516
Manhattan	10	–	10		.500			12	–	18		.400
Fairfield	9	–	11		.450			13	–	18		.419
Mount St. Mary's	8	–	12		.400			13	–	20		.394
Canisius	8	–	12		.400			10	–	20		.333
Saint Peter's	7	–	13		.350			14	–	18		.438
Marist	6	–	14		.300			13	–	20		.394
† 2023 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	Tiebreaker 2
1	Iona	17–3
2	Rider	13–7
3	Quinnipiac	11–9	1–1 vs. Siena	2–0 vs. Rider
4	Siena	11–9	1–1 vs. Quinnipiac	1–1 vs. Rider
5	Niagara	10–10	1–1 vs. Manhattan	1–1 vs. Rider
6	Manhattan	10–10	1–1 vs. Niagara	0–2 vs. Rider
7	Fairfield	9–11
8	Mount St. Mary's	8–12	2–0 vs. Canisius
9	Canisius	8–12	0–2 vs. Mount St. Mary's
10	Saint Peter's	7–13
11	Marist	6–14

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup	Score	Attendance	Television
First round – Tuesday, March 7
1	1	5:00 pm	No. 8 Mount St. Mary's vs No. 9 Canisius	67–66OT		ESPN+
	2	7:00 pm	No. 7 Fairfield vs No. 10 Saint Peter's	52–70
	3	9:00 pm	No. 6 Manhattan vs No. 11 Marist	50–61
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 8
2	4	7:00 pm	No. 1 Iona vs No. 8 Mount St. Mary's	74–54		ESPN+
	5	9:30 pm	No. 2 Rider vs No. 10 Saint Peter's	62–70
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 9
3	6	7:00 pm	No. 3 Quinnipiac vs No. 11 Marist	59–75		ESPN+
	7	9:30 pm	No. 4 Siena vs No. 5 Niagara	65–71
Semifinals – Friday, March 10
4	8	6:00 pm	No. 1 Iona vs No. 5 Niagara	71–59		ESPNEWS
	9	8:30 pm	No. 11 Marist vs No. 10 Saint Peter's	69–57
Championship – Saturday, March 11
5	10	7:30 pm	No. 1 Iona vs No. 11 Marist	76–55		ESPNU
*Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

	First round Tuesday, March 7					Quarterfinals Wednesday & Thursday, March 8/9					Semifinals Friday, March 10					Championship Saturday, March 11
						1	Iona	74
	8	Mount St. Mary's	67*			8	Mount St. Mary's	54
	9	Canisius	66								1	Iona	71
											5	Niagara	59
						4	Siena	65
						5	Niagara	71
																1	Iona	76
																11	Marist	55
						2	Rider	62
	7	Fairfield	52			10	Saint Peter's	70
	10	Saint Peter's	70								10	Saint Peter's	57
											11	Marist	69
						3	Quinnipiac	59
	6	Manhattan	50			11	Marist	75
	11	Marist	61

* denotes number of overtimes

Game summaries

First round

Team and tournament leaders

Team leaders

All-championship team

See also

• 2023 MAAC women's basketball tournament

References

1. "MAAC Announces One-Year Extension for Basketball Championships at Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall". maacsports.com. Retrieved May 14, 2022.
2. "Edert leads St. Peter's to MAAC title, 60-54 over Monmouth". ESPN.com. Retrieved May 13, 2022.