The 2023 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference for the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The tournament was played March 7–11, 2023, at the Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, for the fourth year in a row. The tournament winner received the conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. The defending champions were the Saint Peter's Peacocks.

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 21Iona17–32Rider13–73Quinnipiac11–91–1 vs. Siena2–0 vs. Rider4Siena11–91–1 vs. Quinnipiac1–1 vs. Rider5Niagara10–101–1 vs. Manhattan1–1 vs. Rider6Manhattan10–101–1 vs. Niagara0–2 vs. Rider7Fairfield9–118Mount St. Mary's8–122–0 vs. Canisius9Canisius8–120–2 vs. Mount St. Mary's10Saint Peter's7–1311Marist6–14

Schedule SessionGameTime* MatchupScoreAttendanceTelevision First round – Tuesday, March 7115:00 pmNo. 8 Mount St. Mary's vs No. 9 Canisius67–66OTESPN+27:00 pmNo. 7 Fairfield vs No. 10 Saint Peter's52–7039:00 pmNo. 6 Manhattan vs No. 11 Marist50–61 Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 8247:00 pmNo. 1 Iona vs No. 8 Mount St. Mary's74–54 ESPN+59:30 pmNo. 2 Rider vs No. 10 Saint Peter's62–70 Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 9367:00 pmNo. 3 Quinnipiac vs No. 11 Marist59–75ESPN+79:30 pmNo. 4 Siena vs No. 5 Niagara65–71 Semifinals – Friday, March 10486:00 pmNo. 1 Iona vs No. 5 Niagara71–59ESPNEWS98:30 pmNo. 11 Marist vs No. 10 Saint Peter's69–57 Championship – Saturday, March 115107:30 pmNo. 1 Iona vs No. 11 Marist76–55ESPNU *Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

* denotes number of overtimes

Game summaries

First round

Team and tournament leaders

Team leaders

All-championship team

See also 2023 MAAC women's basketball tournament

References