2012 MAAC men's basketball tournament

The 2012 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament took place from March 2–5, 2012^[1] at the MassMutual Center in Springfield, Massachusetts. The tournament will be held in Springfield through 2014.^[2] The tournament was previously held at Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Loyola (MD) defeated Fairfield 48–44 to clinch the title and a berth in the 2012 NCAA tournament. Loyola received a No. 15 seed and were defeated by No. 2 seed Ohio State 78–59.

2012 MAAC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2011–12
Teams	10
Site	MassMutual Center Springfield, MA
Champions	Loyola (MD) (2nd title)
Winning coach	Jimmy Patsos (1st title)
MVP	Erik Etherly (Loyola (MD))
Television	ESPN3, ESPN2
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2011–12 MAAC men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Iona	15	–	3		.833			25	–	8		.758
Loyola (MD) †	13	–	5		.722			24	–	9		.727
Manhattan	12	–	6		.667			21	–	13		.618
Fairfield	12	–	6		.667			22	–	15		.595
Rider	10	–	8		.556			13	–	19		.406
Siena	8	–	10		.444			14	–	17		.452
Niagara	8	–	10		.444			14	–	19		.424
Marist	7	–	11		.389			14	–	18		.438
Saint Peter's	4	–	14		.222			5	–	26		.161
Canisius	1	–	17		.056			5	–	25		.167
† 2012 MAAC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Iona also received an at-large bid into the NCAA Tournament. They played in the No. 14 seed First Four game against BYU. BYU set a record for the largest comeback in an NCAA tournament game, as they were down by 25 points at one point and came back to beat Iona 78–72. The largest previous deficit overcome in the tournament was 22 points by Duke against Maryland in the 2001 national semifinals.^[3]

Bracket

	First round Friday, March 2					Quarterfinals Saturday, March 3					Semifinals Sunday, March 4					Championship Game Monday, March 5
						1	Iona	87
						8	Marist	63
	8	Marist	64
	9	Saint Peter's	57
											1	Iona	75
											4	Fairfield	85
						4	Fairfield	65
						5	Rider	63
																4	Fairfield	44
																2	Loyola (MD)	48
						2	Loyola (MD)	86
						7	Niagara	73
	7	Niagara	80
	10	Canisius	70
											2	Loyola (MD)	70
											6	Siena	60
						3	Manhattan	82
						6	Siena	84