2022–23 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball season

The 2022–23 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) men's basketball season began with practices in October 2022, followed by the start of the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play started in December and concluded in March 2023. This was the 42nd season of MAAC basketball.

2022–23 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Duration	November 2022–March 2023
Number of teams	11
TV partner(s)	ESPN2, ESPN3, ESPNU, ESPN+
Regular season
Regular season champions	Iona Gaels
Runners-up	Rider Broncs
Season MVP	Walter Clayton Jr. (Iona)
Top scorer	Noah Thomasson (Niagara) 19.5
2023 MAAC Tournament
Champions	Iona Gaels
Runners-up	Marist Red Foxes
Tournament MVP	Daniss Jenkins (Iona)

2022–23 MAAC men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Iona †	17	–	3		.850			27	–	8		.771
Rider	13	–	7		.650			16	–	14		.533
Quinnipiac	11	–	9		.550			20	–	12		.625
Siena	11	–	9		.550			17	–	15		.531
Niagara	10	–	10		.500			16	–	15		.516
Manhattan	10	–	10		.500			12	–	18		.400
Fairfield	9	–	11		.450			13	–	18		.419
Mount St. Mary's	8	–	12		.400			13	–	20		.394
Canisius	8	–	12		.400			10	–	20		.333
Saint Peter's	7	–	13		.350			14	–	18		.438
Marist	6	–	14		.300			13	–	20		.394
† 2023 MAAC tournament winner

The 2023 MAAC tournament was played March 7–11, 2023 at the Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey for the fourth year in a row.^[1]

This was the first season in the MAAC for Mount St. Mary's. On May 2, 2022, it was announced that the Mountaineers would leave the Northeast Conference and join the MAAC on July 1, 2022.^[2] They replace Monmouth, which left the MAAC after last season and joined the Colonial Athletic Association on July 1, 2022.^[3]

Head Coaches

Coaching changes

On March 30, 2022, head coach and Seton Hall alum Shaheen Holloway of Saint Peter's left to take the head coaching position at his alma mater, where he previously was an assistant from 2010 through 2018.^[4][5] Former Wagner head coach Bashir Mason was hired as Saint Peter's 16th men's head basketball coach on April 12, 2022.^[6] On October 25, 2022, less than two weeks before the start of the Manhattan Jaspers' season, head coach Steve Masiello was fired. Associate head coach and former player RaShawn Stores was named interim head coach.^[7]

Coaches

Team	Head coach	Previous job	Years at school	Overall record	MAAC record	MAAC titles	MAAC tourney titles	NCAA tournaments
Canisius	Reggie Witherspoon	Chattanooga (asst.)	7	84–92 (.477)	57–51 (.528)	1	0	0
Fairfield	Jay Young	Rutgers (asst.)	4	37–54 (.407)	22–35 (.386)	0	0	0
Iona	Rick Pitino	Louisville	3	37–14 (.725)	23–6 (.793)	1	1	1
Manhattan	RaShawn Stores	Manhattan (asst.)	1	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0	0	0
Marist	John Dunne	Saint Peter's	5	45–67 (.402)	32–44 (.421)	0	0	0
Mount St. Mary's	Dan Engelstad	Southern Vermont	5	46–70 (.397)	0–0 (–)	0	0	0
Niagara	Greg Paulus	George Washington (asst.)	4	35–47 (.427)	25–31 (.446)	0	0	0
Quinnipiac	Baker Dunleavy	Villanova (asst.)	6	66–81 (.449)	42–49 (.462)	0	0	0
Rider	Kevin Baggett	Rider (assoc. HC)	11	161–152 (.514)	105–87 (.547)	1	0	0
Saint Peter's	Bashir Mason	Wagner	1	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0	0	0
Siena	Carmen Maciariello	Siena (asst.)	4	47–29 (.618)	39–21 (.650)	2	0	0

Notes:

• All records, appearances, titles, etc. are from time with current school only.
• Year at school includes 2022–23 season.
• Overall and MAAC/NCAA records are from time at current school and are before the beginning of the 2022–23 season.
• Previous jobs are head coaching jobs unless otherwise noted.

Preseason

Preseason coaches poll

Rank	Team
1.	Iona (10)
2.	Manhattan (1)
3.	Rider
4.	Quinnipiac
5.	Fairfield
6.	Siena
7.	Marist
T8.	Niagara
	Saint Peter's
10.	Mount St. Mary's
11.	Canisius

( ) first-place votes

Preseason All-MAAC teams

2022–23 MAAC men's basketball preseason All-MAAC teams
First team	Second team	Third team

† denotes unanimous selection

Preseason Player of the Year

Recipient	School

MAAC regular season

Conference matrix

This table summarizes the final head-to-head results between teams in conference play during the 2022–23 season.

	Canisius	Fairfield	Iona	Manhattan	Marist	Mt. St. Mary's	Niagara	Quinnipiac	Rider	Saint Peter's	Siena
vs. Canisius		0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Fairfield	0–0		0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Iona	0–0	0–0		0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Manhattan	0–0	0–0	0–0		0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Marist	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0		0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Mount St. Mary's	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0		0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Niagara	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0		0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Quinnipiac	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0		0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Rider	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0		0–0	0–0
vs. Saint Peter's	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0		0–0
vs. Siena	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Total	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0

Player of the week

Throughout the regular season, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference offices named player(s) of the week and rookie(s) of the week.

Week	Player of the week	Rookie of the week

Records against other conferences

Records against non-conference foes for the 2022–23 season. Records shown for regular season only.

Power 7 Conferences[8]	Record
American	0–0
ACC	0–0
Big East	0–0
Big Ten	0–0
Big 12	0–0
Pac-12	0–0
SEC	0–0
Power 7 total	0–0
Other NCAA Division I conferences	Record
America East	0–0
A-10	0–0
ASUN	0–0
Big Sky	0–0
Big South	0–0
Big West	0–0
CAA	0–0
C-USA	0–0
Horizon League	0–0
Ivy League	0–0
MAC	0–0
MEAC	0–0
MVC	0–0
Mountain West	0–0
NEC	0–0
OVC	0–0
Patriot League	0–0
SoCon	0–0
Southland	0–0
SWAC	0–0
The Summit	0–0
Sun Belt	0–0
WAC	0–0
WCC	0–0
Other Division I total	0–0
NCAA Division I total	0–0

Postseason

MAAC tournament

Main article: 2023 MAAC men's basketball tournament

• 2023 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference basketball tournament, Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey

Bracket

	First round Tuesday, March 7					Quarterfinals Wednesday & Thursday, March 8/9					Semifinals Friday, March 10					Championship Saturday, March 11
						1	Iona	74
	8	Mount St. Mary's	67*			8	Mount St. Mary's	54
	9	Canisius	66								1	Iona	71
											5	Niagara	59
						4	Siena	65
						5	Niagara	71
																1	Iona	76
																11	Marist	55
						2	Rider	62
	7	Fairfield	52			10	Saint Peter's	70
	10	Saint Peter's	70								10	Saint Peter's	57
											11	Marist	69
						3	Quinnipiac	59
	6	Manhattan	50			11	Marist	75
	11	Marist	61

* denotes number of overtimes

Honors and awards

MAAC season awards

All-MAAC tournament team

2022–23 season statistic leaders

Individual statistic NCAA top 100 leaders

Team statistic rankings