2019 MAAC men's basketball tournament

The 2019 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference for the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was held from March 7–11, 2019 at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York. This marked the 20th time the tournament was played at the Times Union Center.^[1] No. 1 seed Iona defeated No. 6 seed Monmouth in the championship game 81–60 to win the conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA tournament. With the win, Iona became the first MAAC team to win four consecutive MAAC Tournament championships, while also making this their MAAC-record leading seventh consecutive championship game appearance.^[2] Monmouth was the second consecutive No. 6 seed to make the championship game in the tournament, and fourth overall.

2019 MAAC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2018–19
Teams	11
Site	Times Union Center Albany, New York
Champions	Iona (12th title)
Winning coach	Tim Cluess (5th title)
MVP	Rickey McGill (Iona)
Attendance	26,532
Top scorer	E.J. Crawford (Iona) (59 points)
Television	ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3
MAAC men's basketball tournaments ← 2018 2020 →

2018–19 MAAC men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Iona †	12	–	6		.667			17	–	16		.515
Canisius	11	–	7		.611			15	–	17		.469
Quinnipiac	11	–	7		.611			16	–	15		.516
Rider	11	–	7		.611			16	–	15		.516
Siena	11	–	7		.611			17	–	16		.515
Monmouth	10	–	8		.556			14	–	21		.400
Manhattan	8	–	10		.444			11	–	21		.344
Marist	7	–	11		.389			12	–	19		.387
Saint Peter's	6	–	12		.333			10	–	22		.313
Fairfield	6	–	12		.333			9	–	22		.290
Niagara	6	–	12		.333			13	–	19		.406
† 2019 MAAC tournament winner

Seeds

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

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker 1	Tiebreaker 2
1	Iona	12–6
2	Canisius	11–7	5–1 vs. QU/Rider/Siena
3	Quinnipiac	11–7	2–3 vs. Canisius/Rider/Siena	1–1 vs. Iona
4	Rider	11–7	2–3 vs. Canisius/QU/Siena	0–2 vs. Iona
5	Siena	11–7	1–3 vs. Canisius/QU/Rider
6	Monmouth	10–8
7	Manhattan	8–10
8	Marist	7–11
9	Saint Peter's	6–12	3–1 vs. Fairfield/Niagara
10	Fairfield	6–12	2–2 vs. SPU/Niagara
11	Niagara	6–12	1–3 vs. SPU/Fairfield

Schedule

^[3]

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup	Score	Television
First round – Thursday, March 7
1	1	5:00 pm	No. 8 Marist vs No. 9 Saint Peter's	68–71 OT	ESPN3
	2	7:00 pm	No. 7 Manhattan vs No. 10 Fairfield	57–53
	3	10:00 pm	No. 6 Monmouth vs No. 11 Niagara	76–72
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 8
2	4	7:00 pm	No. 1 Iona vs No. 9 Saint Peter's	73–71	ESPN3
	5	9:30 pm	No. 2 Canisius vs No. 7 Manhattan	69–65 OT
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 9
3	6	7:00 pm	No. 3 Quinnipiac vs No. 6 Monmouth	92–98	ESPN3
	7	9:30 pm	No. 4 Rider vs No. 5 Siena	81–87
Semifinals – Sunday, March 10
4	8	6:00 pm	No. 1 Iona vs No. 5 Siena	73–57	ESPN3
	9	8:30 pm	No. 2 Canisius vs No. 6 Monmouth	59–73	ESPNU
Championship – Monday, March 11
5	10	9:00 pm	No. 1 Iona vs No. 6 Monmouth	81–60	ESPN2
*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/ESPNU					Championship Monday, March 11 ESPN2
						1	Iona	73
						9	Saint Peter's	71
	8	Marist	68
	9	Saint Peter's	71OT
											1	Iona	73
											5	Siena	57
						4	Rider	81
						5	Siena	87
																1	Iona	81
																6	Monmouth	60
						2	Canisius	69
						7	Manhattan	65OT
	7	Manhattan	57
	10	Fairfield	53
											2	Canisius	59
											6	Monmouth	73
						3	Quinnipiac	92
						6	Monmouth	98
	6	Monmouth	76
	11	Niagara	72

Game summaries

First round

ESPN3

March 7, 2019 5:00 pm

Recap

No. 8 Marist 68, No. 9 Saint Peter's 71 (OT)
Scoring by half: 37–27, 26–36 Overtime: 5–8
Pts: Parker – 22 Rebs: Lamb – 6 Asts: Parker – 4 Funk – 18 pts		Pts: Turner – 18 Rebs: Idowu – 8 Asts: Watson & Turner – 3 Watson – 17 pts

Times Union Center Albany, NY Referees: Robert Riley, Ron Tyburski, Andy O'Brien

ESPN3

March 7, 2019 7:00 pm

Recap

No. 7 Manhattan 57, No. 10 Fairfield 53
Scoring by half: 30–33, 27–20
Pts: Hinckson – 16 Rebs: Ebube – 6 Asts: Mack & Ebube – 2 Williams – 10 points		Pts: Alvarez – 18 Rebs: Kasibabu – 6 Asts: Benning – 3 Taliaferro – 12 pts

Times Union Center Albany, NY Referees: Donald Eppley, D.J. Carstensen, Brandon Cruz

ESPN3

March 7, 2019 10:00 pm

Recap

No. 6 Monmouth 76, No. 11 Niagara 72
Scoring by half: 33–33, 43–39
Pts: Salnave – 20 Rebs: Quinn – 9 Asts: Salnave & Rutherford – 2 Quinn – 14 pts, 3 blk		Pts: Solomon – 24 Rebs: Prochet – 12 Asts: Hammond – 3 Robb – 4 blk

Times Union Center Albany, NY Attendance: 2,260 Referees: Mike Kitts, Earl Walton, Jeff Anderson

Quarterfinals

ESPN3

March 8, 2019 7:00 pm

Recap

No. 1 Iona 73, No. 9 Saint Peter's 71
Scoring by half: 38–39, 35–32
Pts: Agee & Crawford – 26 Rebs: Agee – 6 Asts: Gist – 4 McGill – 18 pts, 2 stl		Pts: Turner – 23 Rebs: Idowu – 9 Asts: Watson – 5 Ndefo – 12 pts, 4 reb, 4 blk

Times Union Center Albany, NY Referees: Mike Kitts, Ron Tyburski, Adam Vandenburgh

ESPN3

March 8, 2019 9:30 pm

Recap

No. 2 Canisius 69, No. 7 Manhattan 65 (OT)
Scoring by half: 25–32, 32–25 Overtime: 12–8
Pts: Faulkner – 20 Rebs: Faulkner – 8 Asts: Johnson – 6 White – 16 pts		Pts: Williams – 27 Rebs: Greene – 7 Asts: Hinckson & Mack – 3 Hinckson – 5 reb, 5 stl

Times Union Center Albany, NY Attendance: 2,111 Referees: Earl Walton, Brandon Cruz, Edwin Young

 

ESPN3

March 9, 2019 7:00 pm

Recap

No. 3 Quinnipiac 92, No. 6 Monmouth 98
Scoring by half: 45–50, 47–78
Pts: Young – 33 Rebs: Young & Marfo – 7 Asts: Kelly – 11 Rigoni – 30 pts, 3 reb		Pts: Salnave & Traore – 19 Rebs: Quinn – 7 Asts: Salnave – 4 Salnave – 6 reb

Times Union Center Albany, NY Referees: Donnie Eppley, Josh White, Andy O'Brien

ESPN3

March 9, 2019 9:30 pm

Recap

No. 4 Rider 81, No. 5 Siena 87
Scoring by half: 29–30, 52–57
Pts: Marshall – 22 Rebs: Marshall – 8 Asts: Durham – 4 Marshall – 2 blk		Pts: Fisher – 22 Rebs: Degnan – 7 Asts: Pickett – 6 Pickett – 20 pts, 4 blk

Times Union Center Albany, NY Attendance: 5,336 Referees: Larry Scirotto, Robert Riley, Robert Snedden

Semifinals

ESPN3

March 10, 2019 6:00 pm

Recap

No. 1 Iona 73, No. 5 Siena 57
Scoring by half: 35–22, 38–35
Pts: Gist – 22 Rebs: Agee – 13 Asts: Gist & McGill – 3 Crawford – 8 reb		Pts: Pickett & Fisher – 15 Rebs: Degnan – 8 Asts: Pickett – 8 Pickett – 7 reb

Times Union Center Albany, NY Referees: Rob Riley, Brandon Cruz, Ron Tyburski

ESPNU

March 10, 2019 8:30 pm

Recap

No. 2 Canisius 59, No. 6 Monmouth 73
Scoring by half: 26–35, 33–38
Pts: Molson – 17 Rebs: Molson – 7 Asts: Johnson – 5 Johnson – 10 pts, 3 stl		Pts: Hammond – 19 Rebs: Quinn – 10 Asts: Salnave & McClary – 2 Quinn – 14 pts, 2 blk

Times Union Center Albany, NY Attendance: 4,918 Referees: Larry Scirotto, Nathan Farrell, Bill McCarthy

Championship

ESPN2

March 11, 2019 9:00 pm

Recap

No. 1 Iona 81, No. 6 Monmouth 60
Scoring by half: 36–30, 45–30
Pts: Gist – 22 Rebs: Agee – 7 Asts: Gist – 4 Agee – 18 pts, Perez 14 pts, 5 stl, 5 reb		Pts: Quinn – 13 Rebs: Traore & Ibiezugbe – 6 Asts: Salnave – 3 Hammond – 8 pts

Times Union Center Albany, NY Attendance: 2,123 Referees: D.J. Carstensen, Larry Scirotto, Rob Riley

Team and tournament leaders

Team leaders

Team	Points		Rebounds		Assists		Steals		Blocks		Minutes		W–L
Canisius	Molson	32	3 tied	10	Johnson	11	Molson	5	3 tied	2	Johnson	82	1–1
Fairfield	Alvarez	18	Kasibabu	6	Benning	3	Methnani	2	Taliaferro	2	3 tied	40	0–1
Iona	Crawford	59	Agee	26	Gist	11	Perez	8	Ristanovic	2	Crawford	111	3–0
Manhattan	Williams	37	Ebube	11	Mack	5	Hinckson	5	3 tied	1	Stewart	67	0–1
Marist	Parker	22	Lamb	6	Parker	4	Dozic	2	Herasme	1	Funk	41	0–1
Monmouth	Quinn	53	Quinn	29	Salnave	11	Rutherford	7	Quinn	6	D. Hammond	117	3–1
Niagara	Solomon	24	Prochet	12	M. Hammond	3	King	3	Robb	4	M. Hammond	37	0–1
Quinnipiac	Young	30	Young & Marfo	7	Kelly	11	Kelly	2	Bundu & Marfo	1	Young	40	0–1
Rider	Marshall	22	Marshall	8	Durham	4	Scott	2	Marshall	2	Jordan	37	0–1
Saint Peter's	Turner	41	Idowu	17	Watson	8	3 tied	2	Ndefo	8	Turner	83	1–1
Siena	Fisher	37	Degnan	14	Pickett	14	Smitthen	5	Pickett	4	Pickett	76	1–1

All-championship team

2019 MAAC Men's Basketball All-Championship Team[5]

Jalen Pickett, Siena Jalanni White, Canisius Deion Hammond, Monmouth Diago Quinn, Monmouth Tajuan Agee, Iona E.J. Crawford, Iona MVP Rickey McGill, Iona

See also

• 2019 MAAC women's basketball tournament