The 2008 MAAC men's basketball tournament was an NCAA college basketball tournament held at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York on March 7–10, 2007,ESPN - Conference tournament schedule, results to decide the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference champion. On Monday, March 10 2008, top-seeded Siena defeated #2 seed Rider 74–53 in the championship game, and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. Siena received a #13 seed and upset #4 seed Vanderbilt 83–62, then were defeated in the second round by #12 seed Villanova 84–72.
Seeds All 10 teams in the conference participated in the Tournament. The top six 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. SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreakerTiebreaker 2Tiebreaker 31Siena13–51–1 vs Rider2–2 vs Niag/Loy3–1 vs FF/Mar2Rider13–51–1 vs Siena2–2 vs Niag/Loy2–2 vs FF/Mar3Niagara12–62–0 vs Loyola4Loyola (MD)12–60–2 vs Niagara5Fairfield11–71–1 vs Mar1–1 vs Siena6Marist11–71–1 vs FF0–2 vs Siena7Iona8–108Manhattan5–139Saint Peter's3–1510Canisius2–16
Schedule SessionGameTime* Matchup#ScoreTelevision First round – Friday, March 711 7:30 pm No. 8 Manhattan vs No. 9 Saint Peter's 73–59MSG2 10:00 pm No. 7 Iona vs No. 10 Canisius 59–64 Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 8232:15 pm No. 4 Loyola vs No. 5 Fairfield 64–59MSG44:30 pm No. 1 Siena vs No. 8 Manhattan 66–58 Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 8357:30 pm No. 2 Rider vs No. 10 Canisius 75–71MSG610:00 pm No. 3 Niagara vs No. 6 Marist 62–66 Semifinals – Sunday, March 9476:00 pm No. 1 Siena vs No. 4 Loyola 65–63MSG88:00 pm No. 2 Rider vs No. 6 Marist 76–71 Championship – Monday, March 10597:00 pm No. 1 Siena vs No. 2 Rider 74–53 ESPN2 *Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
Game summaries
First round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Championship
Honors MAAC All-Championship Team Player School Position Year Harris Mansell Rider G Junior Jason Thompson Rider C Senior Tay Fisher Siena G Senior Edwin Ubiles Siena F Sophomore Alex Franklin Siena F Sophomore Kenny Hasbrouck † Siena G Junior † Most Valuable Player
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