The 2019 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference for the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was held from March 7–11, 2019 at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York. This marked the 20th time the tournament was played at the Times Union Center. No. 1 seed Iona defeated No. 6 seed Monmouth in the championship game 81–60 to win the conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA tournament. With the win, Iona became the first MAAC team to win four consecutive MAAC Tournament championships, while also making this their MAAC-record leading seventh consecutive championship game appearance. Monmouth was the second consecutive No. 6 seed to make the championship game in the tournament, and fourth overall.
Seeds All 11 teams in the conference participate in the Tournament. The top five teams receive byes to the quarterfinals. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker 1Tiebreaker 21Iona12–62Canisius11–75–1 vs. QU/Rider/Siena3Quinnipiac 11–72–3 vs. Canisius/Rider/Siena1–1 vs. Iona4Rider11–72–3 vs. Canisius/QU/Siena0–2 vs. Iona5Siena11–71–3 vs. Canisius/QU/Rider6Monmouth10–87Manhattan8–108Marist7–119Saint Peter's6–123–1 vs. Fairfield/Niagara10Fairfield6–122–2 vs. SPU/Niagara11Niagara6–121–3 vs. SPU/Fairfield
Schedule
SessionGameTime* MatchupScoreTelevision First round – Thursday, March 7115:00 pmNo. 8 Marist vs No. 9 Saint Peter's 68–71 OTESPN32 7:00 pmNo. 7 Manhattan vs No. 10 Fairfield57–53310:00 pmNo. 6 Monmouth vs No. 11 Niagara76–72 Quarterfinals – Friday, March 8247:00 pmNo. 1 Iona vs No. 9 Saint Peter's73–71ESPN359:30 pmNo. 2 Canisius vs No. 7 Manhattan69–65 OT Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 9367:00 pmNo. 3 Quinnipiac vs No. 6 Monmouth92–98ESPN379:30 pmNo. 4 Rider vs No. 5 Siena81–87 Semifinals – Sunday, March 10486:00 pmNo. 1 Iona vs No. 5 Siena73–57ESPN398:30 pmNo. 2 Canisius vs No. 6 Monmouth59–73ESPNU Championship – Monday, March 115109:00 pmNo. 1 Iona vs No. 6 Monmouth81–60ESPN2 *Game times in ET. *Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
Game summaries
First round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Championship
Team and tournament leaders
Team leaders Team Points Rebounds Assists StealsBlocksMinutesW–LCanisius Molson 32 3 tied 10 Johnson 11 Molson 5 3 tied 2 Johnson 82 1–1Fairfield Alvarez 18 Kasibabu 6 Benning 3 Methnani 2 Taliaferro 2 3 tied 40 0–1Iona Crawford 59 Agee 26 Gist 11 Perez 8 Ristanovic 2 Crawford 111 3–0Manhattan Williams 37 Ebube 11 Mack 5 Hinckson 5 3 tied 1 Stewart 67 0–1Marist Parker 22 Lamb 6 Parker 4 Dozic 2 Herasme 1 Funk 41 0–1Monmouth Quinn 53 Quinn 29 Salnave 11 Rutherford 7 Quinn 6 D. Hammond 117 3–1Niagara Solomon 24 Prochet 12 M. Hammond 3 King 3 Robb 4 M. Hammond 37 0–1Quinnipiac Young 30 Young & Marfo 7 Kelly 11 Kelly 2 Bundu & Marfo 1 Young 40 0–1Rider Marshall 22 Marshall 8 Durham 4 Scott 2 Marshall 2 Jordan 37 0–1Saint Peter's Turner 41 Idowu 17 Watson 8 3 tied 2 Ndefo 8 Turner 83 1–1Siena Fisher 37 Degnan 14 Pickett 14 Smitthen 5 Pickett 4 Pickett 76 1–1
All-championship team 2019 MAAC Men's Basketball All-Championship Team Jalen Pickett, Siena Jalanni White, Canisius Deion Hammond, Monmouth Diago Quinn, Monmouth Tajuan Agee, Iona E.J. Crawford, Iona MVP Rickey McGill, Iona
See also 2019 MAAC women's basketball tournament
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