2018 MAAC women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2017–18
Teams11
SiteTimes Union Center
Albany, NY
ChampionsQuinnipiac (4th title)
Winning coachTricia Fabbri (4th title)
MVPJen Fay (Quinnipiac)
Top scorersAlana Gilmer – 64 (Marist)
Jen Fay – 47 (Quinnipiac)
Rebekah Hand – 47 (Marist)
TelevisionESPNU/ESPN3
2017–18 MAAC women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Quinnipiac †18–0 1.00028–6  .824
Marist14–4 .77820–14  .588
Siena11–7 .61117–14  .548
Rider10–8 .55614–17  .452
Fairfield10–8 .55613–17  .433
Manhattan9–9 .50013–18  .419
Niagara9–9 .50013–18  .419
Canisius8–10 .44410–20  .333
Monmouth7–11 .38910–21  .323
Iona2–16 .1112–28  .067
Saint Peter's1–17 .0564–26  .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  
5 3:30 PM #2 Marist v. #7 Manhattan 84–60
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 3
3 6 12:00 PM #3 Siena v. #6 Niagara 71–60 ESPN3  
7 2:30 PM #4 Fairfield v. #5 Rider 64–71
Semifinals – Sunday, March 4
4 8 11:00 AM #1 Quinnipiac v. #5 Rider 82–62 ESPN3 2,208
9 1:30 PM #2 Marist v. #3 Siena 67–51
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

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "MAAC Women's Basketball Championship Bracket" (PDF). MAAC. 2018. Retrieved April 30, 2022.
  2. ↑ "2018 MAAC Women's Basketball Championship Field Set". maacsports.com. MAAC. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "2018 MAAC Women's Basketball Seed Possibilities & Tiebreakers". maacsports.com. MAAC. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
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