The 2026 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference for the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The tournament was played March 5–10, 2026, at the Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The tournament winner, Siena, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2026 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.
This was the last conference tournament under the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference name. In July 2026, the conference rebranded as the Metro Conference.
Seeds Only the top 10 teams in the conference participated in the tournament. The top six 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 1Merrimack17–32Saint Peter's14–63Siena13–74Quinnipiac12–81–0 vs. Siena5Marist12–80–2 vs. Siena6Mount St. Mary's11–91–0 vs. Fairfield7Fairfield11–90–1 vs. Mount St. Mary's8Iona10–109Sacred Heart9–1110Manhattan8–12DNQNiagara5–152–0 vs. CanisiusDNQCanisius5–150–2 vs. NiagaraDNQRider3–17
Schedule SessionGameTime* MatchupScoreAttendanceTelevision First round – Thursday, March 5116:00 p.m.No. 8 Iona vs No. 9 Sacred Heart80–911,037ESPN+28:30 p.m.No. 7 Fairfield vs No. 10 Manhattan71–60 Quarterfinals – Friday, March 6236:00 p.m.No. 1 Merrimack vs No. 9 Sacred Heart70–481,565ESPN+48:30 p.m.No. 2 Saint Peter's vs No. 7 Fairfield55–74 Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 7356:00 p.m.No. 4 Quinnipiac vs No. 5 Marist75–772,047ESPN+68:30 p.m.No. 3 Siena vs No. 6 Mount St. Mary's63–58 Semifinals – Sunday, March 8476:00 p.m.No. 1 Merrimack vs No. 5 Marist58–571,395ESPN+88:30 p.m.No. 3 Siena vs No. 7 Fairfield76–61 Championship – Tuesday, March 10599:00 p.m.No. 1 Merrimack vs No. 3 Siena54–641,726ESPN2 *Game times in EST. Rankings denote tournament seeding.
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Awards and honors All-Tournament Team Player Team Gavin Doty Siena Justice Shoats Riley Mulvey Kevair Kennedy Merrimack Tye Dorset Branden Benjamin Fairfield Justin Menard Marist
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See also 2026 MAAC women's basketball tournament
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