2019 MAAC women's basketball tournament

The 2019 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference for the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. It was held March 7–11, 2019, at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York.^[1] Top seeded Quinnipiac defeated #3 seed Marist 81–51 for their third straight MAAC Tournament championship.^[2]

2019 MAAC women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2018–19
Teams	11
Site	Times Union Center Albany, New York
Champions	Quinnipiac (5th title)
Winning coach	Tricia Fabbri (5th title)
MVP	Jen Fay (Quinnipiac)
Top scorers	Grace Vander Weide – 52 (Marist) Jen Fay – 49 (Quinnipiac)
Television	ESPNU, ESPN3
MAAC women's basketball tournaments ← 2018 2020 →

2018–19 MAAC women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Quinnipiac †	18	–	0		1.000			26	–	7		.788
Rider	14	–	4		.778			19	–	13		.594
Marist	13	–	5		.722			23	–	10		.697
Monmouth	9	–	9		.500			14	–	17		.452
Canisius	9	–	9		.500			11	–	19		.367
Manhattan	9	–	9		.500			12	–	19		.387
Siena	8	–	10		.444			12	–	18		.400
Niagara	8	–	10		.444			12	–	19		.387
Fairfield	7	–	11		.389			11	–	20		.355
Iona	3	–	15		.167			5	–	26		.161
Saint Peter's	1	–	17		.056			6	–	24		.200
† 2019 MAAC tournament winner As of March 23, 2019 Rankings from AP poll

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. ^[3]

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker
1	Quinnipiac	18–0
2	Rider	14–4
3	Marist	13–5
4	Monmouth	9–9	2–1 vs Can/Man
5	Canisius	9–9	2–2 vs Mon/Man
6	Manhattan	9–9	1–2 vs Mon/Can
7	Siena	8–10	1–0 vs Niagara
8	Niagara	8–10	0–1 vs Siena
9	Fairfield	7–11
10	Iona	3–15
11	Saint Peter's	1–17

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup	Score	Television
First round – Thursday, March 7
1	1	9:30 a.m.	(8) Niagara vs (9) Fairfield	69–74	ESPN3
	2	11:30 a.m	(7) Siena vs (10) Iona	64–75
	3	1:30 p.m.	(6) Manhattan vs (11) Saint Peter's	62–41
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 8
2	4	1:00 p.m.	(1) Quinnipiac vs (9) Fairfield	63–48	ESPN3
	5	3:30 p.m.	(2) Rider vs (10) Iona	54–46
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 9
3	6	12:00 p.m.	(3) Marist vs (6) Manhattan	65–51	ESPN3
	7	2:30 p.m.	(4) Monmouth vs (5) Canisius	64–53
Semifinals – Sunday, March 10
4	8	11:00 a.m.	(1) Quinnipiac vs (4) Monmouth	80–42	ESPN3
	9	1:30 p.m.	(2) Rider vs (3) Marist	52–62	ESPN3
Championship – Monday, March 11
5	10	2:30 p.m.	(1) Quinnipiac vs (3) Marist	81–51	ESPNU
*Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

^[4]

	First round Thursday, March 7 ESPN3					Quarterfinals Friday/Saturday, March 8/9 ESPN3					Semifinals Sunday, March 10 ESPN3					Championship Monday, March 11 ESPNU
						1	Quinnipiac	63
						9	Fairfield	48
	8	Niagara	69
	9	Fairfield	74
											1	Quinnipiac	80
											4	Monmouth	42
						4	Monmouth	64
						5	Canisius	53
																1	Quinnipiac	81
																3	Marist	51
						2	Rider	54
						10	Iona	46
	7	Siena	64
	10	Iona	75
											2	Rider	52
											3	Marist	62
						3	Marist	65
						6	Manhattan	51
	6	Manhattan	62
	11	Saint Peter's	41

See also

• 2019 MAAC men's basketball tournament