2005 MAAC men's basketball tournament

none August 2023 March 2026 April 2022Sport April 2022 2005 MAAC I Men's 10 HSBC Arena Buffalo, New York Niagara 1st Joe Mihalich 1st Juan Mendez Niagara The 2005 MAAC men's basketball tournament was held March 4–7 at HSBC Arena in Buffalo, New York.2004-05 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Season Summary sports-reference.com Sports Reference https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/maac/2005.html April 10, 2022 Top-seeded Niagara defeated 2004 Rider Broncs Rider in the championship game, 81–59, to win their first MAAC men's basketball tournament.Men's Basketball Championship History MAACSports.com https://maacsports.com/sports/2007/6/30/1060599.aspx April 16, 2022 The Purple Eagles received an automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA tournament. Format All ten of the conference's members participated in the tournament field. They were seeded based on regular season conference records. As the regular-season champion, top seed Niagara received a bye to the semifinals. Bracket First roundFriday, March 4 QuarterfinalsSaturday, March 5 SemifinalsSunday, March 6 FinalMonday, March 7 March 4 (5) 2004 Iona Gaels Iona 68 (10) 2004 Siena Saints Siena 51 March 4 (7) 2004 Canisius Golden Griffins Canisius 62 (8) 2004 Marist Red Foxes Marist 60 March 4 (6) 2004 Manhattan Jaspers none Manhattan 88 (9) 2004 Loyola Greyhounds Loyola (MD) 67 March 5 (4) 2004 Saint Peter's Peacocks none Saint Peter's 73 (5) Iona 97 March 5 (2) 2004 Rider Broncs Rider 79 (7) Canisius 59 March 5 (3) 2004 Fairfield Stags Fairfield 62 (6) Manhattan 60 March 6 (1) Niagara 69 (5) Iona 66 March 6 (2) Rider 76 (3) Fairfield 74 March 7 (1) Niagara 81 (2) Rider 59 References Category:Metro Conference men's basketball tournament Category:2004–05 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball season