1982 MAAC men's basketball tournament

none August 2023 March 2026 1982 MAAC I Men's yes 200px 6 Campus Sites Campus Arenas Meadowlands Arena East Rutherford, NJ 1981 men Iona Gaels Iona 1st Pat Kennedy 1st Rory Grimes 1981 men Iona Gaels Iona The 1982 MAAC men's basketball tournament was held March 5–7 at a combination of on-campus gymnasiums and the Meadowlands Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey.1981-82 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Season Summary sports-reference.com Sports Reference LLC 2016 https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/maac/1982.html April 30, 2016 This was the first edition of the tournament. 1981 men Iona Gaels Iona upset top-seeded 1981 men St. Peter's Peacocks St. Peter's in the championship game, 66–61, to win their first MAAC men's basketball tournament. No MAAC team was invited to the NCAA tournament this year. Format All six of the conference's members participated in the tournament field. They were seeded based on regular season conference records, with the top two teams earning byes into the semifinal round. The other four teams entered into the preliminary first round. An additional third place game was also played on the last day of the tournament. First Round games were played at the home court of the higher-seeded team. All remaining games were played at a neutral site at the Meadowlands Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Bracket First roundFriday, March 5 SemifinalsSaturday, March 6 ChampionshipSunday, March 7 Third Place Sunday, March 7 5 1981 none Manhattan Jaspers Manhattan 55 4 1981 men Fairfield Stags Fairfield 61 3 1981 men Iona Gaels Iona 69 6 1981 men Army Cadets Army 53 1 1981 men St. Peter's Peacocks St. Peter's 56 4 Fairfield 50 3 Iona 58 2 1981 men Fordham Rams Fordham 55 1 St. Peter's 61 3 Iona 66 4 Fairfield 54 2 Fordham 76 References Category:Metro Conference men's basketball tournament Category:1981–82 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball season Category:1982 in sports in New Jersey