2015 MAAC men's basketball tournament

none August 2023 March 2026 2015 MAAC I Men's 2015 MAAC BBall Logo.jpg 11 Times Union Center Albany, New York Manhattan 5th Steve Masiello 2nd Ashton Pankey Manhattan ESPN2, ESPN3 The 2015 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference for the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was held from March 5–9, 2015 at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York. No. 3 seed Manhattan upset No. 1 seed Iona 79–69 in the championship game and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA tournament. This was Manhattan's second consecutive MAAC tournament championship, and their third straight appearance in the championship game, with all three games also being against Iona. 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. SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreakerTiebreaker 2 1 Iona 17–3 2 Rider 15–5 3 Manhattan 13–7 2–0 vs Monmouth 4 Monmouth 13–7 0–2 vs Manhattan 5 Canisius 11–9 6 Quinnipiac 9–11 7 St. Peter's 8–12 8 Siena 7–13 2–0 vs Niagara 9 Niagara 7–13 0–2 vs Siena 10 Fairfield 5–15 1–1 vs Marist 1–3 vs Manh/Monm 11 Marist 5–15 1–1 vs Fairfield 0–4 vs Manh/Monm Schedule SessionGameTime* Matchup#ScoreTelevision First round – Thursday, March 511 5:00 PM No. 8 Siena vs No. 9 Niagara 71–542 7:00 PM No. 7 Saint Peter's vs No. 10 Fairfield 63–333 9:00 PM No. 6 Quinnipiac vs No. 11 Marist 74–80 Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 724 12:00 PM No. 1 Iona vs No. 8 Siena 74–71ESPN35 2:30 PM No. 4 Monmouth vs No. 5 Canisius 60–546 5:30 PM No. 2 Rider vs No. 7 Saint Peter's 59–687 8:00 PM No. 3 Manhattan vs No. 11 Marist 74–58 Semifinals – Sunday, March 838 4:30 PM No. 1 Iona vs No. 4 Monmouth 95–77ESPN39 7:00 PM No. 3 Manhattan vs No. 7 Saint Peter's 65–48 Championship – Monday, March 9410 9:00 PM No. 1 Iona vs No. 3 Manhattan 69–79 ESPN2 *Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. Bracket 2015 MAAC Basketball Championship Brackets http://maacachusetts.com/2012-maac-mens-and-womens-basketball-championships/ maacachusetts.com March 4, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140207222738/http://maacachusetts.com/2012-maac-mens-and-womens-basketball-championships/ 2014-02-07 dead First roundThursday, March 5  QuarterfinalsSaturday, March 7ESPN3 SemifinalsSunday, March 8ESPN3 ChampionshipMonday, March 9ESPN2 3em 8 Siena 71 9 Niagara 54 7 Saint Peter's 63 10 Fairfield 33 6 Quinnipiac 74 11 Marist 80 1 Iona 74 8 Siena 71 4 Monmouth 60 5 Canisius 54 2 Rider 59 7 Saint Peter's 68 3 Manhattan 74 11 Marist 58 1 Iona 95 4 Monmouth 77 7 Saint Peter's 48 3 Manhattan 65 1 Iona 69 3 Manhattan 79 References Category:Metro Conference men's basketball tournament Category:2014–15 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball season Category:College basketball tournaments in New York (state) Category:Basketball competitions in Albany, New York MAAC men's basketball tournament MAAC men's basketball tournament