2008 MAAC men's basketball tournament

2008 MAAC men's basketball tournament
2008 MAAC Tournament Logo
ClassificationDivision I
Season2007–08
Teams10
SiteTimes Union Center
Albany, New York
ChampionsSiena (3rd title)
Winning coachFran McCaffery (1st title)
MVPKenny Hasbrouck (Siena)
Top scorerJason Thompson (Rider)
(72 points)
TelevisionMSG, ESPN2
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2007–08 MAAC men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Siena † 13 – 5   .722 23 – 11   .676
Rider 13 – 5   .722 23 – 11   .676
Niagara 12 – 6   .667 19 – 10   .655
Loyola (MD) 12 – 6   .667 19 – 14   .576
Fairfield 11 – 7   .611 14 – 16   .467
Marist 11 – 7   .611 18 – 14   .563
Iona 8 – 10   .444 12 – 20   .375
Manhattan 5 – 13   .278 12 – 19   .387
Saint Peter's 3 – 15   .167 6 – 24   .200
Canisius 2 – 16   .111 6 – 25   .194
† 2008 MAAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2008 MAAC men's basketball tournament was an NCAA college basketball tournament held at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York on March 7–10, 2007,[1] to decide the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference champion. On Monday, March 10 2008, top-seeded Siena defeated #2 seed Rider 74–53 in the championship game, and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. Siena received a #13 seed and upset #4 seed Vanderbilt 83–62, then were defeated in the second round by #12 seed Villanova 84–72.

Seeds

All 10 teams in the conference participated in the Tournament. 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 Tiebreaker 2 Tiebreaker 3
1 Siena 13–5 1–1 vs Rider 2–2 vs Niag/Loy 3–1 vs FF/Mar
2 Rider 13–5 1–1 vs Siena 2–2 vs Niag/Loy 2–2 vs FF/Mar
3 Niagara 12–6 2–0 vs Loyola
4 Loyola (MD) 12–6 0–2 vs Niagara
5 Fairfield 11–7 1–1 vs Mar 1–1 vs Siena
6 Marist 11–7 1–1 vs FF 0–2 vs Siena
7 Iona 8–10
8 Manhattan 5–13
9 Saint Peter's 3–15
10 Canisius 2–16

Schedule

Session Game Time* Matchup# Score Television
First round – Friday, March 7
1 1 7:30 pm No. 8 Manhattan vs No. 9 Saint Peter's 73–59 MSG
2 10:00 pm No. 7 Iona vs No. 10 Canisius 59–64
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 8
2 3 2:15 pm No. 4 Loyola vs No. 5 Fairfield 64–59 MSG
4 4:30 pm No. 1 Siena vs No. 8 Manhattan 66–58
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 8
3 5 7:30 pm No. 2 Rider vs No. 10 Canisius 75–71 MSG
6 10:00 pm No. 3 Niagara vs No. 6 Marist 62–66
Semifinals – Sunday, March 9
4 7 6:00 pm No. 1 Siena vs No. 4 Loyola 65–63 MSG
8 8:00 pm No. 2 Rider vs No. 6 Marist 76–71
Championship – Monday, March 10
5 9 7:00 pm No. 1 Siena vs No. 2 Rider 74–53 ESPN2
*Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

First round
Friday, March 7 		Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 8 		Semifinals
Sunday, March 9 		Final
Monday, March 10
            
1 Siena 66
8 Manhattan 58
8 Manhattan 73
9 Saint Peter's 59
1 Siena 65
4 Loyola (MD) 63
4 Loyola (MD) 64
5 Fairfield 59
1 Siena 74
2 Rider 53
2 Rider 75
10 Canisius 71
7 Iona 59
10 Canisius 64
2 Rider 76
6 Marist 71
3 Niagara 62
6 Marist 66

Game summaries

First round

MSG
March 7, 2008
7:30 pm
No. 8 Manhattan 73, No. 9 Saint Peter's 59
Scoring by half: 33–24, 40–35
Pts: Austin – 26
Rebs: Gabriel – 9
Asts: Smith – 5
Pearson – 15 pts		 Pts: Sowell – 20
Rebs: Gooding – 6
Asts: Leon – 6
Leon – 3 stl
Times Union Center
Albany, NY
Attendance: n/a
Referees: Jim Haney, William Bush, Ray Perone
MSG
March 7, 2008
7:00 pm
No. 7 Iona 59, No. 10 Canisius 64
Scoring by half: 35–26, 24–38
Pts: Prodanovic – 14
Rebs: Springer – 8
Asts: Camper – 5
Camper – 4 stl		 Pts: Johnson – 14
Rebs: Logins – 7
Asts: Turner – 6
Vazquez-Simmons – 5 blk
Times Union Center
Albany, NY
Attendance: n/a
Referees: John Cahill, Brian O'Connell, Michael Berry

Quarterfinals

MSG
March 8, 2008
2:15 pm
No. 4 Loyola 64, No. 5 Fairfield 59
Scoring by half: 34–21, 30–38
Pts: Brown – 18
Rebs: Tuck – 8
Asts: Rudolph – 6
Harvey – 16 points		 Pts: Han – 14
Rebs: Johnson & O'Sullivan – 6
Asts: Han – 8
Diakhate – 3 stl
Times Union Center
Albany, NY
Attendance: n/a
Referees: Bob Adams, Kevin Ferguson, Ken Turner
MSG
March 8, 2008
4:30 pm
No. 1 Siena 66, No. 8 Manhattan 58
Scoring by half: 32–23, 34–35
Pts: Franklin – 26
Rebs: Franklin – 9
Asts: Moore – 10
Franklin – 3 stl		 Pts: Austin – 17
Rebs: Austin – 11
Asts: Pearson – 3
Austin – 2 blk
Times Union Center
Albany, NY
Attendance: 7,894
Referees: John Hughes, Jeff Anderson, Joe DeMayo

 

MSG
March 8, 2008
7:30 pm
No. 2 Rider 75, No. 10 Canisius 71
Scoring by half: 41–29, 34–42
Pts: Thompson – 18
Rebs: Thompson – 11
Asts: Ringgold – 4
Ringgold – 2 stl		 Pts: Logins – 20
Rebs: Turner – 7
Asts: Turner – 7
Vazquez-Simmons – 3 blk
Times Union Center
Albany, NY
Attendance: 3,879
Referees: Gary Tracy, John Sweeney, Doug Aprahamian
MSG
March 8, 2008
10:00 pm
No. 3 Niagara 62, No. 6 Marist 66
Scoring by half: 33–32, 29–34
Pts: Fisher – 23
Rebs: Fisher – 16
Asts: Nelson – 4
Lewis – 21 pts		 Pts: Devezin – 14
Rebs: Benjamin – 11
Asts: Devezin – 3
Farmer – 7 reb
Times Union Center
Albany, NY
Attendance: n/a
Referees: n/a

Semifinals

MSG
March 10, 2019
6:00 pm
No. 1 Siena 65, No. 4 Loyola 63
Scoring by half: 28–38, 37–25
Pts: Franklin – 22
Rebs: Franklin – 12
Asts: Moore – 5
Franklin – 3 blk		 Pts: Sullivan – 14
Rebs: Israel – 18
Asts: Brown & Israel – 3
Israel – 12 pts, 3 blk
Times Union Center
Albany, NY
Attendance: n/a
Referees: Ed Corbett, Earl Walton, Joe DeMayo
MSG
March 10, 2019
8:00 pm
No. 2 Rider 76, No. 6 Marist 71
Scoring by half: 32–39, 44–32
Pts: Thompson – 32
Rebs: Thompson – 18
Asts: Mansell & Griffin – 4
Johnson – 2 stl		 Pts: Gavin – 21
Rebs: McCroskey – 9
Asts: Farmer & Devezin – 4
McCroskey – 16 pts
Times Union Center
Albany, NY
Attendance: 6,577
Referees: Pat Driscoll, Ray Perone, Brian O'Connell

Championship

ESPN2
March 11, 2019
7:00 pm
No. 1 Siena 74, No. 2 Rider 53
Scoring by half: 41–30, 33–23
Pts: Fisher – 21
Rebs: Fisher & Hasbrouck – 5
Asts: Hasbrouck & Moore – 4
Fisher – 3 stl		 Pts: Thompson – 22
Rebs: Thompson – 12
Asts: Mansell – 3
Thompson – 2 blk
Times Union Center
Albany, NY
Attendance: 9,279
Referees: Ed Corbett, Mike Kitts, Jim Haney


Honors

MAAC All-Championship Team Player School Position Year
Harris Mansell Rider G Junior
Jason Thompson Rider C Senior
Tay Fisher Siena G Senior
Edwin Ubiles Siena F Sophomore
Alex Franklin Siena F Sophomore
Kenny Hasbrouck † Siena G Junior

† Most Valuable Player

References

  1. ^ ESPN - Conference tournament schedule, results