2015 MAAC men's basketball tournament

2015 MAAC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2014–15
Teams	11
Site	Times Union Center Albany, New York
Champions	Manhattan (5th title)
Winning coach	Steve Masiello (2nd title)
MVP	Ashton Pankey (Manhattan)
Television	ESPN2, ESPN3
MAAC men's basketball tournaments

2014–15 MAAC men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Iona	17	–	3		.850			26	–	9		.743
Rider	15	–	5		.750			21	–	12		.636
Manhattan †	13	–	7		.650			19	–	14		.576
Monmouth	13	–	7		.650			18	–	15		.545
Canisius	11	–	9		.550			18	–	15		.545
Quinnipiac	9	–	11		.450			15	–	15		.500
Saint Peter's	8	–	12		.400			16	–	18		.471
Siena	7	–	13		.350			11	–	20		.355
Niagara	7	–	13		.350			8	–	22		.267
Fairfield	5	–	15		.250			7	–	24		.226
Marist	5	–	15		.250			7	–	25		.219
† 2015 MAAC tournament winner

The 2015 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference for the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was held from March 5–9, 2015 at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York. No. 3 seed Manhattan upset No. 1 seed Iona 79–69 in the championship game and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA tournament. This was Manhattan's second consecutive MAAC tournament championship, and their third straight appearance in the championship game, with all three games also being against Iona.

Seeds

All 11 teams in the conference participate in the Tournament. The top five teams will receive byes to the quarterfinals. Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker	Tiebreaker 2
1	Iona	17–3
2	Rider	15–5
3	Manhattan	13–7	2–0 vs Monmouth
4	Monmouth	13–7	0–2 vs Manhattan
5	Canisius	11–9
6	Quinnipiac	9–11
7	St. Peter's	8–12
8	Siena	7–13	2–0 vs Niagara
9	Niagara	7–13	0–2 vs Siena
10	Fairfield	5–15	1–1 vs Marist	1–3 vs Manh/Monm
11	Marist	5–15	1–1 vs Fairfield	0–4 vs Manh/Monm

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Score	Television
First round – Thursday, March 5
1	1	5:00 PM	No. 8 Siena vs No. 9 Niagara	71–54
	2	7:00 PM	No. 7 Saint Peter's vs No. 10 Fairfield	63–33
	3	9:00 PM	No. 6 Quinnipiac vs No. 11 Marist	74–80
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 7
2	4	12:00 PM	No. 1 Iona vs No. 8 Siena	74–71	ESPN3
	5	2:30 PM	No. 4 Monmouth vs No. 5 Canisius	60–54
	6	5:30 PM	No. 2 Rider vs No. 7 Saint Peter's	59–68
	7	8:00 PM	No. 3 Manhattan vs No. 11 Marist	74–58
Semifinals – Sunday, March 8
3	8	4:30 PM	No. 1 Iona vs No. 4 Monmouth	95–77	ESPN3
	9	7:00 PM	No. 3 Manhattan vs No. 7 Saint Peter's	65–48
Championship – Monday, March 9
4	10	9:00 PM	No. 1 Iona vs No. 3 Manhattan	69–79	ESPN2
*Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

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	First round Thursday, March 5					Quarterfinals Saturday, March 7 ESPN3					Semifinals Sunday, March 8 ESPN3					Championship Monday, March 9 ESPN2
						1	Iona	74
						8	Siena	71
	8	Siena	71
	9	Niagara	54
											1	Iona	95
											4	Monmouth	77
						4	Monmouth	60
						5	Canisius	54
																1	Iona	69
																3	Manhattan	79
						2	Rider	59
						7	Saint Peter's	68
	7	Saint Peter's	63
	10	Fairfield	33
											7	Saint Peter's	48
											3	Manhattan	65
						3	Manhattan	74
						11	Marist	58
	6	Quinnipiac	74
	11	Marist	80

References

1. "2015 MAAC Basketball Championship Brackets". maacachusetts.com. Archived from the original on February 7, 2014. Retrieved March 4, 2014.