2019 MAAC women's basketball tournament

2019 MAAC women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2018–19
Teams11
SiteTimes Union Center
Albany, New York
ChampionsQuinnipiac (5th title)
Winning coachTricia Fabbri (5th title)
MVPJen Fay (Quinnipiac)
Top scorersGrace Vander Weide – 52 (Marist)
Jen Fay – 49 (Quinnipiac)
TelevisionESPNU, ESPN3
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2018–19 MAAC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Quinnipiac † 18 – 0   1.000 26 – 7   .788
Rider 14 – 4   .778 19 – 13   .594
Marist 13 – 5   .722 23 – 10   .697
Monmouth 9 – 9   .500 14 – 17   .452
Canisius 9 – 9   .500 11 – 19   .367
Manhattan 9 – 9   .500 12 – 19   .387
Siena 8 – 10   .444 12 – 18   .400
Niagara 8 – 10   .444 12 – 19   .387
Fairfield 7 – 11   .389 11 – 20   .355
Iona 3 – 15   .167 5 – 26   .161
Saint Peter's 1 – 17   .056 6 – 24   .200
† 2019 MAAC tournament winner
As of March 23, 2019
Rankings from AP poll

The 2019 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference for the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. It was held March 7–11, 2019, at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York.[1] Top seeded Quinnipiac defeated #3 seed Marist 81–51 for their third straight MAAC Tournament championship.[2]

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. [3]

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker
1 Quinnipiac 18–0
2 Rider 14–4
3 Marist 13–5
4 Monmouth 9–9 2–1 vs Can/Man
5 Canisius 9–9 2–2 vs Mon/Man
6 Manhattan 9–9 1–2 vs Mon/Can
7 Siena 8–10 1–0 vs Niagara
8 Niagara 8–10 0–1 vs Siena
9 Fairfield 7–11
10 Iona 3–15
11 Saint Peter's 1–17

Schedule

Session Game Time* Matchup Score Television
First round – Thursday, March 7
1 1 9:30 a.m. (8) Niagara vs (9) Fairfield 69–74 ESPN3
2 11:30 a.m (7) Siena vs (10) Iona 64–75
3 1:30 p.m. (6) Manhattan vs (11) Saint Peter's 62–41
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 8
2 4 1:00 p.m. (1) Quinnipiac vs (9) Fairfield 63–48 ESPN3
5 3:30 p.m. (2) Rider vs (10) Iona 54–46
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 9
3 6 12:00 p.m. (3) Marist vs (6) Manhattan 65–51 ESPN3
7 2:30 p.m. (4) Monmouth vs (5) Canisius 64–53
Semifinals – Sunday, March 10
4 8 11:00 a.m. (1) Quinnipiac vs (4) Monmouth 80–42 ESPN3
9 1:30 p.m. (2) Rider vs (3) Marist 52–62 ESPN3
Championship – Monday, March 11
5 10 2:30 p.m. (1) Quinnipiac vs (3) Marist 81–51 ESPNU
*Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

[4]

First round
Thursday, March 7
ESPN3 		Quarterfinals
Friday/Saturday, March 8/9
ESPN3 		Semifinals
Sunday, March 10
ESPN3 		Championship
Monday, March 11
ESPNU
            
1 Quinnipiac 63
9  Fairfield 48
8 Niagara 69
9 Fairfield 74
1 Quinnipiac 80
4 Monmouth 42
4 Monmouth 64
5 Canisius 53
1 Quinnipiac 81
3 Marist 51
2 Rider 54
10 Iona 46
7 Siena 64
10 Iona 75
 2 Rider 52
3 Marist 62
3 Marist 65
6  Manhattan 51
6 Manhattan 62
11 Saint Peter's 41

See also

References

  1. ^ "2019 MAAC Men's & Women's Basketball Championships". Retrieved February 11, 2019.
  2. ^ "Quinnipiac Claims Third Straight MAAC Women's Basketball Title". maacsports.com.
  3. ^ "2019 MAAC Women's Basketball Seed Possibilities and Tiebreakers". maacsports.com.
  4. ^ "2019 Women's Basketball Bracket (PDF) - Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference" (PDF). maacsports.com.