The 2016 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference for the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was held from March 3–7, 2016 at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York. No. 2 seed Iona upset No. 1 seed Monmouth 79–76 in the championship game and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA tournament. It was the fourth consecutive championship game for Iona, and their conference leading ninth MAAC tournament championship.
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. SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker1Monmouth17–3 2Iona 14–6 3Siena13–7 4Saint Peter's12–82–0 vs. Fairfield5Fairfield12–80–2 vs. Saint Peter's 6Manhattan 9–11 7Canisius8–121–1 vs. Rider. 1–1 vs. Monmouth8Rider8–12 1–1 vs. Canisius, 0–2 vs. Monmouth9Quinnipiac6–1410Niagara5–15 11Marist4–16
Schedule SessionGameTime* Matchup#ScoreTelevision First round – Thursday, March 311 5:00 PM No. 8 Rider vs No. 9 Quinnipiac 69–882 7:00 PM No. 7 Canisius vs No. 10 Niagara 102–97 3OT3 9:00 PM No. 6 Manhattan vs No. 11 Marist 81–63 Quarterfinals – Friday, March 4247:00 PM No. 1 Monmouth vs No. 8 Rider 59–48ESPN359:30 PM No. 2 Iona vs. No. 7 Canisius 73–55 Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 5367:00 PM No. 3 Siena vs No. 6 Manhattan 89–76ESPN379:30 PM No. 4 Saint Peter's vs. No. 5 Fairfield 55–64 Semifinals – Sunday, March 6484:30 PMNo. 1 Monmouth vs No. 5 Fairfield 76–63ESPN397:00 PMNo. 2 Iona vs No. 3 Siena 81–70 Championship – Monday, March 7510 7:00 PM No. 1 Monmouth vs No. 2 Iona 76–79 ESPN *Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
All-Championship Team 2016 MAAC Men's Basketball All-Championship Team Brett Bisping, Siena Jelon Hornbreak, Monmouth Justin Robinson, Monmouth Jordan Washington, Iona Isaiah Williams, Iona A.J. EnglishMVP, Iona
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