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2018 MAAC women's basketball tournament
2018 MAAC women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2017–18
Teams	11
Site	Times Union Center; Albany, NY
Champions	Quinnipiac (4th title)
Winning coach	Tricia Fabbri (4th title)
MVP	Jen Fay (Quinnipiac)
Top scorers	Alana Gilmer – 64 (Marist); Jen Fay – 47 (Quinnipiac); Rebekah Hand – 47 (Marist)
Television	ESPNU/ESPN3
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2017–18 MAAC women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Quinnipiac †	18	–	0	1.000	28	–	6	.824
Marist	14	–	4	.778	20	–	14	.588
Siena	11	–	7	.611	17	–	14	.548
Rider	10	–	8	.556	14	–	17	.452
Fairfield	10	–	8	.556	13	–	17	.433
Manhattan	9	–	9	.500	13	–	18	.419
Niagara	9	–	9	.500	13	–	18	.419
Canisius	8	–	10	.444	10	–	20	.333
Monmouth	7	–	11	.389	10	–	21	.323
Iona	2	–	16	.111	2	–	28	.067
Saint Peter's	1	–	17	.056	4	–	26	.133


† 2018 MAAC tournament winner As of March 19, 2018 Rankings from AP poll

The 2018 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament was held March 1–5 at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York. Quinnipiac received an automatic trip to the 2018 Women's NCAA tournament.^[1]

Seeds

Teams are seeded by conference record, with a ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion, if record against regular season champion is tied, the tie breaker moves on to the regular season second place team, then third place team, etc.^[2]

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker
1	Quinnipiac	18–0
2	Marist	14–4
3	Siena	11–7
4	Fairfield	10–8	1–1 v. Siena ^[3]
5	Rider	10–8	0–1 v. Siena ^[3]
6	Niagara	9–9	2–0 v. Siena ^[3]
7	Manhattan	9–9	0–2 v. Siena ^[3]
8	Canisius	8–10
9	Monmouth	7–11
10	Iona	2–16
11	St. Peter's	1–17

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Score	Television	Attendance
First round – Thursday, March 1
1	1	9:30 AM	#8 Canisius v. #9 Monmouth	58–61	ESPN3
	2	11:30 AM	#7 Manhattan v. #10 Iona	55–39
	3	1:30 PM	#6 Niagara v. #11 St. Peter's	60–48
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 2
2	4	1:00 PM	#1 Quinnipiac v. #9 Monmouth	83–44	ESPN3
2	5	3:30 PM	#2 Marist v. #7 Manhattan	84–60	ESPN3
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 3
3	6	12:00 PM	#3 Siena v. #6 Niagara	71–60	ESPN3
3	7	2:30 PM	#4 Fairfield v. #5 Rider	64–71	ESPN3
Semifinals – Sunday, March 4
4	8	11:00 AM	#1 Quinnipiac v. #5 Rider	82–62	ESPN3	2,208
4	9	1:30 PM	#2 Marist v. #3 Siena	67–51	ESPN3	2,208
Championship – Monday, March 5
5	10	2:30 PM	#1 Quinnipiac vs #2 Marist	67–58	ESPNU	2,437
*Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

^[1]

All times are Eastern.

First round Thursday, March 1 ESPN3			Quarterfinals Friday, March 2 Saturday, March 3 ESPN3			Semifinals Sunday, March 4 ESPN3			Championship Monday, March 5 ESPNU

			1	Quinnipiac	83

			9	Monmouth	44
8	Canisius	58

9	Monmouth	61
						1	Quinnipiac	82

						5	Rider	62



			4	Fairfield	64

			5	Rider	71



									1	Quinnipiac	67

									2	Marist	58



			2	Marist	84

			7	Manhattan	60
7	Manhattan	55

10	Iona	39
						2	Marist	67

						3	Siena	51



			3	Siena	71

			6	Niagara	60
6	Niagara	60

11	Saint Peter's	48