2023 MAAC women's basketball tournament

Not to be confused with 2023 MAC women's basketball tournament or 2023 MEAC women's basketball tournament.


2023 MAAC women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2022–23
Teams11
SiteJim Whelan Boardwalk Hall
Atlantic City, New Jersey
ChampionsIona (2nd title)
Winning coachBilli Chambers (2nd title)
TelevisionESPNU, ESPN+
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2022–23 MAAC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Iona† 18 – 2   .900 26 – 6   .813
Quinnipiac 16 – 4   .800 21 – 9   .700
Niagara 16 – 4   .800 18 – 13   .581
Siena 12 – 8   .600 19 – 13   .594
Fairfield 11 – 9   .550 15 – 15   .500
Manhattan 10 – 10   .500 16 – 17   .485
Marist 8 – 12   .400 12 – 18   .400
Mount St. Mary's 7 – 13   .350 12 – 19   .387
Canisius 6 – 14   .300 9 – 21   .300
Rider 6 – 14   .300 10 – 21   .323
Saint Peter's 0 – 20   .000 0 – 30   .000
† 2023 MAAC tournament winner
As of March 17, 2023


The 2023 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament is the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference for the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The tournament started on March 7 and concluded on March 11 and was played at the Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, for the fourth year in a row.[1] Iona won the title after beating Manhattan in the tournament final.[2][3] The tournament winner will receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.

Seeds

All 11 teams in the conference will 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 1 Tiebreaker 2
1 Iona 18-2
2 Niagara 16-4 2-0 vs. Quinnipiac
3 Quinnipiac[4] 16-4 0-2 vs. Niagara
4 Siena 12-8
5 Fairfield 11-9
6 Manhattan 10-10
7 Marist 8-12
8 Mount St. Mary's 7-13
9 Canisius 6-14 1-1 vs. Rider 1-1 vs. Fairfield
10 Rider 6-14 1-1 vs. Canisius 0-2 vs. Fairfield
11 Saint Peter's 0-20

Schedule

Session Game Time* Matchup Score Attendance Television
First Round – Tuesday, March 7
1 1 10:30 AM No. 8 Mount St. Mary's vs No. 9 Canisius 54–41 ESPN+
2 12:30 PM No. 7 Marist vs No. 10 Rider 63–50
3 2:30 PM No. 6 Manhattan vs No. 11 Saint Peter's 59–56
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 8
2 4 1:00 PM No. 1 Iona vs No. 8 Mount St. Mary's 39–37 ESPN+
5 3:30 PM No. 2 Niagara vs No. 10 Rider 67–64
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 9
3 6 1:00 PM No. 3 Quinnipiac vs No. 6 Manhattan 43–50 ESPN+
7 3:30 PM No. 4 Siena vs No. 5 Fairfield 59–53
Semifinals – Friday, March 10
4 8 11:00 AM No. 1 Iona vs No. 4 Siena 67–66 ESPN+
9 1:30 PM No. 2 Niagara vs No. 6 Manhattan 68–81
Championship – Saturday, March 11
5 10 3:30 PM No. 1 Iona vs No. 6 Manhattan 73-60 ESPNU
*Game times in ET. ()-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

First round
Tuesday, March 7 		Quarterfinals
Wednesday & Thursday, March 8 and 9 		Semifinals
Friday, March 10 		Championship
Saturday, March 11
1 Iona 39
8 Mount St. Mary's 54 8 Mount St. Mary's 37
9 Canisius 41 1 Iona 67
4 Siena 66
4 Siena 59
5 Fairfield 53
1 Iona 73
6 Manhattan 60
2 Niagara 67
7 Marist 50 10 Rider 64
10 Rider 63 2 Niagara 68
6 Manhattan 81
3 Quinnipiac 43
6 Manhattan 59 6 Manhattan 50
11 Saint Peter's 56

Game summaries

All-championship team

See also

References

  1. ^ "MAAC Announces One-Year Extension for Basketball Championships at Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall". maacsports.com. March 2, 2022. Retrieved May 14, 2022.
  2. ^ Eugene Rapay (March 11, 2023). "Iona tops rival Manhattan for first MAAC Women's Basketball Tournament title since 2016". Westchester Journal News. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  3. ^ "Camilion, Athias' triple-double lead Iona to MAAC title". The Washington Post. March 11, 2023. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
  4. ^ Benjamin Yeargin (March 22, 2023). "'It's never perfect': What went wrong for Quinnipiac women's basketball in the MAAC Tournament". The Quinnipiac Chronicle. Retrieved March 26, 2023.