2025 MAAC men's basketball tournament

Not to be confused with 2025 MAC men's basketball tournament or 2025 MEAC men's basketball tournament.

The 2025 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference for the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The tournament was played March 11–15, 2025, at the Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, for the sixth year in a row.^[1] The tournament winner, Mount St. Mary's, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.

2025 MAAC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2024–25
Teams	10
Site	Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall Atlantic City, New Jersey
Champions	Mount St. Mary's (1st title)
Winning coach	Donny Lind (1st title)
Television	ESPN+, ESPNEWS, ESPNU
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2024–25 MAAC men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Quinnipiac	15	–	5		.750			20	–	13		.606
Merrimack	14	–	6		.700			18	–	15		.545
Marist	13	–	7		.650			20	–	10		.667
Iona	12	–	8		.600			17	–	17		.500
Manhattan	12	–	8		.600			17	–	14		.548
Mount St. Mary's †	12	–	8		.600			23	–	13		.639
Sacred Heart	10	–	10		.500			15	–	18		.455
Rider	9	–	11		.450			14	–	19		.424
Siena	9	–	11		.450			14	–	18		.438
Fairfield	8	–	12		.400			12	–	20		.375
Saint Peter's	7	–	13		.350			12	–	16		.429
Niagara	6	–	14		.300			11	–	20		.355
Canisius	3	–	17		.150			3	–	28		.097
† 2025 MAAC tournament winner

Seeds

The top 10 teams in the conference standings qualified for the tournament, marking the first time in the history of the conference that not every team participated in the event.^[2] The top six 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.

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker
1	Quinnipiac	15–5
2	Merrimack	14–6
3	Marist	13–7
4	Iona	12–8	2–1 vs. Manhattan/Mount St. Mary's
5	Manhattan	12–8	2–2 vs. Iona/Mount St. Mary's
6	Mount St. Mary's	12–8	1–2 vs. Iona/Manhattan
7	Sacred Heart	10–10
8	Rider	9–11	1–0 vs. Siena
9	Siena	9–11	0–1 vs. Rider
10	Fairfield	8–12
DNQ	Saint Peter's	7–13
DNQ	Niagara	6–14
DNQ	Canisius	3–17

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup	Score	Attendance	Television
First round – Tuesday, March 11
1	1	6:00 pm	No. 8 Rider vs No. 9 Siena	78–76	1,928	ESPN+
	2	8:30 pm	No. 7 Sacred Heart vs No. 10 Fairfield	71–58
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 12
2	3	6:00 pm	No. 1 Quinnipiac vs No. 8 Rider	78–64		ESPN+
	4	8:30 pm	No. 2 Merrimack vs No. 7 Sacred Heart	66–62OT
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 13
3	5	6:00 pm	No. 4 Iona vs No. 5 Manhattan	77–65		ESPN+
	6	8:30 pm	No. 3 Marist vs No. 6 Mount St. Mary's	58–62
Semifinals – Friday, March 14
4	7	6:00 pm	No. 1 Quinnipiac vs No. 4 Iona	73–81		ESPNews
	8	8:30 pm	No. 2 Merrimack vs No. 6 Mount St. Mary's	55–57
Championship – Saturday, March 15
5	9	7:30 pm	No. 6 Mount St. Mary's vs No. 4 Iona	63–49		ESPNU
*Game times in EDT. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

	First round March 11, 2025 ESPN+					Quarterfinals March 12–13, 2025 ESPN+					Semifinals March 14, 2025					Championship March 15, 2025
						1	Quinnipiac	78
	8	Rider	78			8	Rider	64
	9	Siena	76								1	Quinnipiac	73
											4	Iona	81
						4	Iona	77
						5	Manhattan	65
																4	Iona	49
																6	Mount St. Mary's	63
						2	Merrimack	66OT
	7	Sacred Heart	71			7	Sacred Heart	62
	10	Fairfield	58								2	Merrimack	55
											6	Mount St. Mary's	57
						3	Marist	58
						6	Mount St. Mary's	62

Source:^[3]

See also

• 2025 MAAC women's basketball tournament