2021 MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2021 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament is the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference for the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The tournament is scheduled to be played from March 9–13, 2021 at the Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey for the second year in a row.[1] Since there was no actual tournament the year prior, the defending champions are the Iona Gaels.

2021 MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2020–21
Teams11
SiteJim Whelan Boardwalk Hall
Atlantic City, New Jersey
TelevisionESPNews, ESPNU, ESPN3
2020–21 MAAC men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Siena8–2 .800  8–2  .800
Iona3–1 .750  5–3  .625
Monmouth9–4 .692  9–5  .643
Saint Peter's6–4 .600  9–6  .600
Marist7–7 .500  9–7  .563
Canisius3–3 .500  3–3  .500
Niagara6–8 .429  7–9  .438
Manhattan4–7 .364  5–7  .417
Rider4–8 .333  4–11  .267
Quinnipiac2–4 .333  4–6  .400
Fairfield3–7 .300  3–12  .200
† 2021 MAAC Tournament winner
As of February 5, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll

Seeds

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

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker 1 Tiebreaker 2
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Schedule

[2]

Session Game Time* Matchup Score Attendance Television
First Round – Tuesday, March 9
1 1
2
3
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 10
2 4
5
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 11
3 6
7
Semifinals – Friday, March 12
4 8
9
Championship – Saturday, March 13
5 10
*Game times in ET. ()-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

  First Round
Tuesday, March 9
Quarterfinals
Wednesday/Thursday, March 10/11
Semifinals
Friday, March 12
Championship
Saturday, March 13
                                     
       
  1    
       
8  
9    
     
     
       
       
  4  
    5    
     
       
     
   
       
       
  2  
       
7  
10    
   
     
       
       
  3  
       
6  
11    

* denotes number of overtimes

See also

References

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