2016 MAAC women's basketball tournament

The 2016 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament was held March 3–7 at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York. Iona defeated Quinnipiac to win their first MAAC Tournament to earn their first automatic trip to the NCAA women's basketball tournament in school history.

2016 MAAC women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201516
Teams11
SiteTimes Union Center
Albany, NY
ChampionsIona (1st title)
Winning coachBilli Godsey (1st title)
MVPMarina Lizarazu (Iona)
TelevisionESPNU/ESPN3
2015–16 MAAC women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Quinnipiac173 .850259  .735
Iona164 .8002312  .657
Marist146 .7001616  .500
Fairfield119 .5501614  .533
Manhattan119 .5501416  .467
Monmouth119 .5501417  .452
Siena1010 .5001418  .438
Canisius812 .4001317  .433
Niagara515 .250822  .267
Rider515 .250822  .267
St. Peter's218 .100426  .133
2016 MAAC tournament winner
As of March 20, 2016
Rankings from AP poll

Seeds

Teams are seeded by conference record, with a ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion, if necessary.

Seed School Conf (Overall) Tiebreaker
#1 Quinnipiac 17–3 (22–7)
#2 Iona 16–4 (20–11)
#3 Marist 14–6 (15–15)
#4 Fairfield 11–9 (16–13) 3–1 vs. Monmouth, Manhattan
#5 Monmouth 11–9 (13–16) 2–2 vs. Manhattan, Fairfield
#6 Manhattan 11–9 (14–15) 1–3 vs. Fairfield, Monmouth
#7 Siena 10–10 (13–17)
#8 Canisius 8–12 (13–16)
#9 Niagara 5–15 (8–21) 1–1 vs. Rider
#10 Rider 5–15 (7–22) 1–1 vs. Niagara
#11 St. Peter's 2–18 (4–25)

Schedule

Game Time* Matchup# Television Attendance
First round – Thursday, March 3
1 9:30 am #8 Canisius vs. #9 Niagara
2 11:30 am #7 Siena vs. #10 Rider
3 1:30 pm #6 Manhattan vs. #11 St. Peter's
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 4 & Saturday, March 5
4 Noon #1 Quinnipiac vs. #9 Niagara 2,844
5 2:30 pm #4 Fairfield vs. #5 Monmouth
6 12:00 pm #3 Marist vs. #6 Manhattan
7 2:30 pm #2 Iona vs. #7 Siena
Semifinals – Sunday, March 6
8 11:00 am #1 Quinnipiac vs. #5 Monmouth ESPN3
9 1:30 pm #3 Marist vs. #2 Iona
Championship – Monday, March 7
10 2:30 pm #1 Quinnipiac vs. #2 Iona ESPNU 1,534
*Game Times in Eastern Time Zone. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket and Results

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First round
Thursday, March 3
Quarterfinals
Friday, March 4
Saturday, March 5
Semifinals
Sunday, March 6
ESPN3
Championship game
Monday, March 7
ESPNU
            
1 Quinnipiac 74
9 Niagara 51
8 Canisius 64
9 Niagara 65
1 Quinnipiac 66
5 Monmouth 59
4 Fairfield 46
5 Monmouth 64
1 Quinnipiac 41
2 Iona 57
2 Iona 64
7 Siena 47
7 Siena 79OT
10 Rider 76
2 Iona 57
3 Marist 53
3 Marist 70
6 Manhattan 58
6 Manhattan 60
11 St. Peter's 43

All times listed are Eastern

See also

References

  1. "2016 MAAC Women's Basketball Tie Breaker Scenarios" (PDF). maacsports.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 7, 2016. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
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