2014 MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2014 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 6–10 at the MassMutual Center in Springfield, Massachusetts.[1] The winner of the tournament, Manhattan, received the conference's automatic bid into the 2014 NCAA Tournament. The regular season champion, Iona, received an automatic bid into the 2014 NIT Tournament.

2014 MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2013–14
Teams11
SiteMassMutual Center
Springfield, Massachusetts
ChampionsManhattan (4th title)
Winning coachSteve Masiello (1st title)
MVPGeorge Beamon (Manhattan)
TelevisionTBA
2013–14 MAAC men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Iona17–3 .850  22–11  .667
Manhattan †15–5 .750  25–8  .758
Quinnipiac14–6 .700  20–12  .625
Canisius14–6 .700  21–13  .618
Siena11–9 .550  20–18  .526
Saint Peter's9–11 .450  14–17  .452
Rider9–11 .450  14–17  .452
Marist9–11 .450  12–19  .387
Monmouth5–15 .250  11–21  .344
Fairfield4–16 .200  7–25  .219
Niagara3–17 .150  7–26  .212
† 2014 MAAC Tournament winner

Seeds
Seed School Conference Overall
1Iona‡†17–318–9
2Manhattan†15–522–7
3Quinnipiac†14–619–10
4Canisius†14–620–11
5Siena†11–915–16
6Marist9–1112–18
7Saint Peter's9–1113–16
8Rider9–1113–16
9Monmouth5–1511–20
10Fairfield4–167–24
11Niagara3–176–25
‡ – MAAC regular season champions.
† – Received a bye in the conference tournament.
Overall records are as of the end of the regular season.

Bracket

[2]

  First round
Thursday, March 6
 		 Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 8
ESPN3		 Semifinals
Sunday, March 9
ESPN3		 Championship
Monday, March 10
ESPN2
                                     
       
  1 Iona 94  
    8 Rider 71  
8 Rider 71
9 Monmouth 60  
  1 Iona 75  
  4 Canisius 72  
       
       
  4 Canisius 71
    5 Siena 65  
     
       
  1 Iona 68
  2 Manhattan 71
       
       
  2 Manhattan 72
    7 Saint Peter's 58  
7 Saint Peter's 65OT
10 Fairfield 62  
  2 Manhattan 87
  3 Quinnipiac 68  
       
       
  3 Quinnipiac 89
    11 Niagara 80  
6 Marist 76
11 Niagara 78  

References
  1. "MAAC Names MassMutual Center in Springfield Site for 2012–2014 MAAC Basketball Championships". MAAC. Retrieved October 14, 2011.
  2. "2014 MAAC Basketball Championship Brackets". maacachusetts.com. Archived from the original on 2014-02-07. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
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