2024 MAAC women's basketball tournament

Not to be confused with 2024 MAC men's basketball tournament or 2024 MEAC men's basketball tournament.

The 2024 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament will be the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference for the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The tournament will be played March 12–16, 2024, at the Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, for the fifth year in a row.^[1][2] The tournament winner will receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.

2024 MAAC women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2023–24
Teams	11
Site	Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall Atlantic City, New Jersey
Champions	Fairfield (5th title)
Winning coach	Carly Thibault-DuDonis (1st title)
Television	ESPN+, ESPNU
MAAC women's basketball tournaments ← 2023 2025 →

2023–24 MAAC women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Fairfield †	20	–	0		1.000			31	–	2		.939
Niagara	15	–	5		.750			21	–	14		.600
Siena	14	–	6		.700			18	–	12		.600
Manhattan	11	–	9		.550			18	–	12		.600
Canisius	11	–	9		.550			17	–	14		.548
Mount St. Mary's	10	–	10		.500			14	–	17		.452
Quinnipiac	9	–	11		.450			13	–	18		.419
Rider	6	–	14		.300			10	–	21		.323
Iona	6	–	14		.300			11	–	19		.367
Saint Peter's	4	–	16		.200			7	–	23		.233
Marist	4	–	16		.200			6	–	25		.194
† 2024 MAAC tournament winner

Seeds

All 11 teams in the conference are scheduled participated in the Tournament. The top five teams will receive byes to the quarterfinals. Teams will be seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker
1	Fairfield	20–0
2	Niagara	15–5
3	Siena	14–6
4	Manhattan	11–9	2–0 vs. Canisius
5	Canisius	11–9	0–2 vs. Canisius
6	Mount St. Mary's	10–10
7	Quinnipiac	9–11
8	Rider	6–14	2–0 vs. Iona
9	Iona	6–14	0–2 vs. Rider
10	Saint Peter's	4–16	2–0 vs. Marist
11	Marist	4–16	0–2 vs. Saint Peter's

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup	Score	Television
First round – Tuesday, March 12
1	1	10:30 am	No. 8 Rider vs No. 9 Iona	66–56	ESPN+
	2	12:45 pm	No. 7 Quinnipiac vs No. 10 Saint Peter's	68–63
	3	3:00 pm	No. 6 Mount St. Mary's vs No. 11 Marist	60–47
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 13
2	4	1:00 pm	No. 1 Fairfield vs No. 8 Rider	57–51	ESPN+
	5	3:30 pm	No. 2 Niagara vs No. 7 Quinnipiac	70–56
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 14
3	6	1:00 pm	No. 3 Siena vs No. 6 Mount St. Mary's	80–57	ESPN+
	7	3:30 pm	No. 4 Manhattan vs No. 5 Canisius	55–58
Semifinals – Friday, March 15
4	8	11:00 am	No. 1 Fairfield vs No. 5 Canisius	77–64	ESPN+
	9	1:30 pm	No. 2 Niagara vs No. 3 Siena	87–70
Championship – Saturday, March 16
5	10	3:30 pm	No. 1 Fairfield vs No. 2 Niagara	70–62OT	ESPNU
*Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

	First round Tuesday, March 12					Quarterfinals Wednesday & Thursday, March 13/14					Semifinals Friday, March 15					Championship Saturday, March 16
						1	Fairfield	57
	8	Rider	66			8	Rider	51
	9	Iona	56								1	Fairfield	77
											5	Canisius	64
						4	Manhattan	55
						5	Canisius	58
																1	Fairfield	70*
																2	Niagara	62
						2	Niagara	70
	7	Quinnipiac	68			7	Quinnipiac	56
	10	Saint Peter's	63								2	Niagara	87
											3	Siena	70
						3	Siena	80
	6	Mount St. Mary's	60			6	Mount St. Mary's	57
	11	Marist	47

Source:^[3]

See also

• 2024 MAAC men'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. "2024 Hercules Tires MAAC Men's Basketball Championship - Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference". maacsports.com. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
3. "2024 Women's Basketball Championship Bracket (PDF) - Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference" (PDF). maacsports.com. Retrieved February 18, 2024.