The 2014 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was held March 6–10 at the MassMutual Center in Springfield, Massachusetts .[ 1] The winner of the tournament, Manhattan , received the conference's automatic bid into the 2014 NCAA tournament . The regular season champion, Iona , received an automatic bid into the 2014 NIT Tournament .
Seeds
All 11 teams in the conference participate in the Tournament. The top five teams will receive byes to the quarterfinals. Teams are 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
Iona
17–3
2
Manhattan
15–5
3
Quinnipiac
14–6
1–1 vs Canisius
2–0 vs Manhattan
4
Canisius
14–6
1–1 vs Quinnipiac
0–2 vs Manhattan
5
Siena
11–9
6
Marist
9–11
Mini Conference 2–2
2–2 vs Quinnipiac/Canisius
7
Saint Peter's
9–11
Mini Conference 2–2
1–3 vs Quinnipiac/Canisius
1–1 vs Siena
8
Rider
9–11
Mini Conference 2–2
1–3 vs Quinnipiac/Canisius
0–2 vs Siena
9
Monmouth
5–15
10
Fairfield
4–16
11
Niagara
3–17
Bracket
[ 2]
First round Thursday, March 6
Quarterfinals Saturday, March 8ESPN3
Semifinals Sunday, March 9 ESPN3
Championship Monday, March 10ESPN2
1
Iona
94
8
Rider
71
8
Rider
71
9
Monmouth
60
1
Iona
75
4
Canisius
72
4
Canisius
71
5
Siena
65
1
Iona
68
2
Manhattan
71
2
Manhattan
72
7
Saint Peter's
58
7
Saint Peter's
65
10
Fairfield
62OT
2
Manhattan
87
3
Quinnipiac
68
3
Quinnipiac
89
11
Niagara
80
6
Marist
76
11
Niagara
78
References