2018 MAAC Women's Basketball Tournament

The 2018 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was held March 1–5 at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York. Quinnipiac received an automatic trip to the 2018 Women's NCAA Tournament.[1]

2018 MAAC Women's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2017–18
Teams	11
Site	Times Union Center Albany, NY
Champions	Quinnipiac (4th title)
Winning coach	Tricia Fabbri (4th title)
MVP	Jen Fay (Quinnipiac)
Top scorers	Alana Gilmer – 64 (Marist) Jen Fay – 47 (Quinnipiac) Rebekah Hand – 47 (Marist)
Television	ESPNU/ESPN3
MAAC Women's Basketball Tournaments

2017–18 MAAC women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Quinnipiac †	18	–	0		1.000			28	–	6		.824
Marist	14	–	4		.778			20	–	14		.588
Siena	11	–	7		.611			17	–	14		.548
Rider	10	–	8		.556			14	–	17		.452
Fairfield	10	–	8		.556			13	–	17		.433
Manhattan	9	–	9		.500			13	–	18		.419
Niagara	9	–	9		.500			13	–	18		.419
Canisius	8	–	10		.444			10	–	20		.333
Monmouth	7	–	11		.389			10	–	21		.323
Iona	2	–	16		.111			2	–	28		.067
Saint Peter's	1	–	17		.056			4	–	26		.133
† 2018 MAAC Tournament winner As of March 19, 2018; Rankings from AP Poll

Seeds

Teams are seeded by conference record, with a ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion, if record against regular season champion is tied, the tie breaker moves on to the regular season second place team, then third place team, etc.[2]

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker
1	Quinnipiac	18–0
2	Marist	14–4
3	Siena	11–7
4	Fairfield	10–8	1–1 v. Siena [3]
5	Rider	10–8	0–1 v. Siena [3]
6	Niagara	9–9	2–0 v. Siena [3]
7	Manhattan	9–9	0–2 v. Siena [3]
8	Canisius	8–10
9	Monmouth	7–11
10	Iona	2–16
11	St. Peter's	1–17

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Score	Television	Attendance
First Round – Thursday, March 1
1	1	9:30 AM	#8 Canisius v. #9 Monmouth	58–61	ESPN3
	2	11:30 AM	#7 Manhattan v. #10 Iona	55–39
	3	1:30 PM	#6 Niagara v. #11 St. Peter's	60–48
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 2
2	4	1:00 PM	#1 Quinnipiac v. #9 Monmouth	83–44	ESPN3
	5	3:30 PM	#2 Marist v. #7 Manhattan	84–60
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 3
3	6	12:00 PM	#3 Siena v. #6 Niagara	71–60	ESPN3
	7	2:30 PM	#4 Fairfield v. #5 Rider	64–71
Semifinals – Sunday, March 4
4	8	11:00 AM	#1 Quinnipiac v. #5 Rider	82–62	ESPN3	2,208
	9	1:30 PM	#2 Marist v. #3 Siena	67–51
Championship – Monday, March 5
5	10	2:30 PM	#1 Quinnipiac vs #2 Marist	67–58	ESPNU	2,437
*Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

[4]

• All times are Eastern.

	First Round Thursday, March 1 ESPN3					Quarterfinals Friday, March 2 Saturday, March 3 ESPN3					Semifinals Sunday, March 4 ESPN3					Championship Monday, March 5 ESPNU
						1	Quinnipiac	83
						9	Monmouth	44
	8	Canisius	58
	9	Monmouth	61
											1	Quinnipiac	82
										5	Rider	62
						4	Fairfield	64
						5	Rider	71
																1	Quinnipiac	67
																2	Marist	58
						2	Marist	84
						7	Manhattan	60
	7	Manhattan	55
	10	Iona	39
											2	Marist	67
										3	Siena	51
						3	Siena	71
						6	Niagara	60
	6	Niagara	60
	11	Saint Peter's	48

See also

• Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
• MAAC Women's Basketball Tournament
• 2018 MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament

References

1. http://maacsports.com/documents/2017/8/4//2018_Women_s_Basketball_Bracket.pdf
2. "2018 MAAC Women's Basketball Championship Field Set". maacsports.com. MAAC. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
3. "2018 MAAC Women's Basketball Seed Possibilities & Tiebreakers". maacsports.com. MAAC. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
4. "2018 MAAC Basketball Championship Brackets" (PDF). maacsports.com. Retrieved November 15, 2016.

External links

• 2018 MAAC Women's Basketball Championship