2009 MAAC men's basketball tournament

none July 2023 March 2026 December 2025 2009 MAAC I Men's 2009_MAAC_Basketball_Championship_Logo.jpg 200px 2009 MAAC Tournament Logo 10 Times Union Center Albany, New York Siena 4th Fran McCaffery 2nd Kenny Hasbrouck Siena ESPN2, MSG, MSG Plus The 2009 MAAC men's basketball tournament was an NCAA college basketball tournament held at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York on March 6–9, 2009, to decide the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference champion. The winner, Siena advanced to the 2009 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, a 65-team event to decide the national champion of Division I college basketball. Siena received a No. 9 seed and upset No. 8 seed Ohio State 74–72 in double overtime, then were defeated by No. 1 seed Louisville 79–72 in the second round.2009-12-31 Moment #1: Onions! Double Order!! https://sienasaints.com/news/2009/12/31/Moment_1_Onions_Double_Order_.aspx 2025-12-09 Siena University Athletics enPress Associated Louisville Tops Siena, 79-72 https://maacsports.com/news/2009/3/22/3698551 2025-12-09 maacsports.com en Seeds All 10 teams in the conference participated in the Tournament. The top six teams received byes to the quarterfinals. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreakerTiebreaker 21Siena16–22Niagara14–43Rider12–64Manhattan9–91–1 vs Fairfield1–1 vs Rider5Fairfield9–91–1 vs Manhattan0–2 vs Rider6Saint Peter's8–107Iona7–111–1 vs Loyola1–1 vs Niagara8Loyola (MD)7–111–1 vs Iona0–2 vs Niagara9Canisius4–142–0 vs Marist10Marist4–140–2 vs Canisius Schedule SessionGameTime* Matchup#ScoreTelevision First round – Friday, March 611 7:30 pm No. 8 Loyola vs No. 9 Canisius 68–74MAAC-TV2 9:30 pm No. 7 Iona vs No. 10 Marist 40–43 Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 7232:30 pm No. 4 Manhattan vs No. 5 Fairfield 61–68 MSG245:00 pm No. 1 Siena vs No. 9 Canisius 77–52 MSG Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 7357:30 pm No. 2 Niagara vs No. 10 Marist 79–50 MSG+610:00 pm No. 3 Rider vs No. 6 Saint Peter's 67–58 MSG2 Semifinals – Sunday, March 8476:00 pm No. 1 Siena vs No. 5 Fairfield 80–65 MSG288:30 pm No. 2 Niagara vs No. 3 Rider 93–89 2OT MSG+ Championship – Monday, March 9599:00 pm No. 1 Siena vs No. 2 Niagara 77–70 ESPN2 *Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. Bracket First roundFriday, March 6 QuarterfinalsSaturday, March 7 SemifinalsSunday, March 8 FinalMonday, March 9 high 8 2008 Loyola Greyhounds Loyola (MD) 68 9 2008 Canisius Golden Griffins Canisius 74 7 2008 Iona Gaels Iona 40 10 2008 Marist Red Foxes Marist 43 1 Siena 77 9 Canisius 52 5 2008 Fairfield Stags Fairfield 68 4 2008 none Manhattan Jaspers Manhattan 61 2 2008 Niagara Purple Eagles Niagara 79 10 Marist 50 6 2008 Saint Peter's Peacocks Saint Peter's 58 3 2008 Rider Broncs Rider 67 1 Siena 80 5 Fairfield 65 2 Niagara 93 3 Rider 89 2OT 1 Siena 77 2 Niagara 70 References Category:2008–09 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball season Category:Metro Conference men's basketball tournament 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