2022 MAAC men's basketball tournament

The 2022 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference for the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The tournament was played March 8–12, 2022, at the Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, for the third year in a row. The tournament winner, the Saint Peter's Peacocks, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.

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. SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker 1Tiebreaker 21Iona17–32Saint Peter's14–63Siena12–84Monmouth11–95Niagara9–111–1 vs Marist1–1 vs Iona6Marist9–111–1 vs Niagara0–2 vs Iona7Fairfield8–12Mini Conference 3–18Manhattan8–12Mini Conference 2–29Rider8–12Mini Conference 1–310Canisius7–132–0 vs Quinnipiac11Quinnipiac7–130–2 vs Canisius

Schedule

SessionGameTime* MatchupScoreAttendanceTelevision First Round – Tuesday, March 8115:00 pmNo. 8 Manhattan vs. No. 9 Rider67–79ESPN+27:00 pmNo. 7 Fairfield vs. No. 10 Canisius72–5039:00 pmNo. 6 Marist vs. No. 11 Quinnipiac52–77 Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 9247:00 pmNo. 1 Iona vs. No. 9 Rider70–71ESPN+59:30 pmNo. 2 Saint Peter's vs. No. 7 Fairfield77–63 Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10367:00 pmNo. 3 Siena vs. No. 11 Quinnipiac71–77ESPN+79:30 pmNo. 4 Monmouth vs. No. 5 Niagara61–58 Semifinals – Friday, March 11486:00 pmNo. 4 Monmouth vs. No. 9 Rider72–68ESPNews/ESPN+98:30 pmNo. 2 Saint Peter's vs. No. 11 Quinnipiac64–52 Championship – Saturday, March 125104:00 pmNo. 2 Saint Peter's vs No. 4 Monmouth60–54ESPNU *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 – L (10) Canisius Ahemed 9 X. Long 10 Henderson 3 4 tied1 Harried 3 Henderson 38 0–1 (7) Fairfield Benning 34 Cook 18 Green 7 Crisler 4 Cook & Cruz 2 Benning 78 1–1 (1) Iona Jolly 19 Jr. Joseph 6 Clayton Jr. 6 van Eyck & Jolly 2 Jr. Joseph 5 Joiner 36 0–1 (8) Manhattan Perez 21 Roberts 7 3 tied5 Perez 4 Roberts 3 Perez 40 0–1 (6) Marist Wright 14 J. Jones 6 Wright 2 Herasme 2 J. Jones 1 Herasme 34 0–1 (4) Monmouth Miller & Reynolds 44 Rutty 19 Papas 11 Papas 5 Miller 4 Papas 109 2–1 (5) Niagara Hammond 17 Cintron & Iorio 8 Hammond 5 Thomasson 2 Cintron & Iorio 1 Hammond 40 0–1 (11) Quinnipiac Rigoni & Balanc 47 Marfo 31 D. Jones 14 D. Jones & Marfo 4 Rigoni 3 D. Jones 103 2–1 (9) Rider Murray Jr. 52 Ogemuno-Johnson 32 Murray Jr. 18 Vaughn 6 James 4 Murray Jr. 116 2–1 (2) Saint Peter's Ndefo 40 Ndefo/H Drame/F Drame 17 Banks III 6 Banks III 6 Ndefo 10 Edert 86 3–0 (3) Siena McCollum 16 Billups 9 McCollum 4 Billups 3 Stormo 2 Rogers 38 0–1

All-championship team 2022 MAAC Men's Basketball All-Championship Team Jacob Rigoni, Quinnipiac – 15.6 ppg, 1 bpg Dwight Murray Jr., Rider – 17.3 ppg, 6 apg, 38.6 mpg Walker Miller, Monmouth – 14.6 ppg, 1.3 bpg, 33.6 mpg Shavar Reynolds, Monmouth – 14.6 ppg, 4 rpg, 32.6 mpg Doug Edert, Saint Peter's – 12.6 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 28.6 mpg Matthew Lee, Saint Peter's – 10.3 ppg, 2.1 rpg, 26.3 mpg MVP KC Ndefo, Saint Peter's – 13.3 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 1 spg, 3.3 bpg

See also 2022 MAAC women's basketball tournament

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