The 2018 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference for the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was held from March 1–5, 2018 at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York. No. 4 seed Iona defeated No. 6 seed Fairfield in the championship game to receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. This was Iona's third consecutive MAAC tournament championship, while also being their MAAC-record leading sixth straight championship game appearance.
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. SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker1Rider15–31–1 vs Canisius, 1–0 vs Niagara 2Canisius15–31–1 vs Rider, 1–1 vs Niagara 3Niagara12–64Iona11–75Manhattan9–92–0 vs Fairfield6Fairfield9–90–2 vs Manhattan7Quinnipiac7–111–0 vs Monmouth8Monmouth7–110–1 vs Quinnipiac9Saint Peter's6–1210Siena4–141–1 vs Marist, 1–2 vs Rider/Canisius11Marist4–141–1 vs Siena, 0–4 vs Rider/Canisius
Schedule SessionGameTime* Matchup#ScoreTelevision First round – Thursday, March 111 5:00 pm No. 8 Monmouth vs No. 9 Saint Peter's 58–60ESPN32 7:30 pm No. 7 Quinnipiac vs No. 10 Siena67–583 10:00 pm No. 6 Fairfield vs No. 11 Marist71–57 Quarterfinals – Friday, March 2247:00 pm No. 1 Rider vs No. 9 Saint Peter's55–66ESPN359:30 pm No. 2 Canisius vs. No. 7 Quinnipiac69–72 Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 3367:00 pm No. 3 Niagara vs No. 6 Fairfield 77–90ESPN379:30 pm No. 4 Iona vs. No. 5 Manhattan72–60 Semifinals – Sunday, March 4487:00 pm No. 4 Iona vs No. 9 Saint Peter's65–62 ESPN399:30 pm No. 6 Fairfield vs No. 7 Quinnipiac74–64 ESPNU Championship – Monday, March 5510 7:00 pm No. 4 Iona vs No. 6 Fairfield83–71 ESPN *Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
All-Championship Team 2018 MAAC Men's Basketball All-Championship Team Nick Griffin, Saint Peter's – 13.0 ppg, 3.7 rpg Cameron Young, Quinnipiac – 18.3 ppg, 9.7 rpg, 1.7 spg Tyler Nelson, Fairfield – 25.0 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 3.3 apg Jerome Segura, Fairfield – 5.8 ppg, 3.8 apg, 2.3 spg Schadrac Casimir, Iona – 15.7 ppg Roland Griffin, Iona – 13.0 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 1.3 bpg Zach LewisMVP, Iona – 18.3 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 3.3 apg
See also 2018 MAAC women's basketball tournament
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