2018 MAAC Women's Basketball Championship Field Set
EDISON, NJ – The matchups and seeds for the 2018 MAAC Women's Basketball Championship are confirmed.
The No. 1 seed for the fourth-straight season is Quinnipiac University. The Bobcats finished the MAAC regular season unbeaten, 18-0. The Bobcats are also the reigning MAAC Women’s Basketball Champions, and went on a historic run to Sweet 16 last season. The Bobcats last went perfect in MAAC play in 2014-15. Marist is the last team besides Quinnipiac to go undefeated in league play, back in 2012-13 (18-0).
Marist College will be the No. 2 seed at the MAAC Women's Basketball Championship. The Red Foxes finished the year at 14-4 in league play and are back on the two-line for the first time since 2015. Marist was the No. 6 seed last year, when the Red Foxes won their first-round match up and then lost in the quarterfinals.
The Saints of Siena College are the No. 3 seed in Albany. Siena finished MAAC play at 11-7. The Saints are 3-1 since falling, 83-72, to No. 1 seed Quinnipiac back on February 11. The No. 3 seed is the highest seed for the Saints since they finshed T4 back in 2004-05.
Fairfield University and Rider University tied at 10-8 and Fairfield won the tiebreaker with its win over Siena to earn the No. 4 seed. Rider slides to the No. 5 seed and secures the last first-round bye in the bracket.
Niagara University is the No. 6 seed in the bracket after winning a tiebreaker over Manhattan College as both teams finished 9-9. Niagara beat Marist on Saturday in its regular-season finale to earn the tiebreaker over Manhattan.
Canisius College is the No. 8 seed and Monmouth University is the No. 9 seed. The two teams will get the Championship started on Thursday, March 1, at 9:30 a.m. Canisius took both meetings between the two this season.
Iona College is the No. 10 seed, and Saint Peter's University will be the No. 11 seed.
The 2018 MAAC Basketball Championships take place March 1-5, at the Times Union Center in Albany, NY. 16 of the 20 contests are set to air exclusively on ESPN3. The first Men’s Basketball Championship Semifinal game on Sunday, March 4, airs live on ESPN3 at 7 p.m. and will re-air at 11:30 p.m. on ESPNU, tape delayed. The second Men’s Basketball Semifinal airs at 9:30 p.m., live, on ESPNU.
The Women’s Championship game is set to air on Monday, March 5, at 2:30 p.m. on ESPNU, and the Men’s Championship final airs at 7 p.m. on ESPN or ESPN2. The network for the Men’s Championship game is determined 7-10 days prior to the championship.
For all information on the 2018 MAAC Basketball Championships, visit
maacsports.com/basketball. Be sure to follow the conversation on all social media platforms by using #MAACHoops18.
| 2018 MAAC Basketball Championships Broadcast Schedule |
| Date |
Time |
Round |
Network |
| Thursday, March 1 |
9:30 a.m. |
No. 8 Canisius vs. No. 9 Monmouth |
ESPN3 |
| 11:30 a.m. |
No. 7 Manhattan vs. No. 10 Iona |
ESPN3 |
| 1:30 p.m. |
No. 6 Niagara vs. No. 11 Saint Peter’s |
ESPN3 |
| Friday, March 2 |
1:00 p.m. |
No. 1 Quinnipiac vs. Canisius/Monmouth |
ESPN3 |
| 3:30 p.m. |
No. 2 Marist vs. Manhattan/Iona |
ESPN3 |
| Saturday, March 3 |
12:00 p.m. |
No. 3 Siena vs. Niagara/Saint Peter’s |
ESPN3 |
| 2:30 p.m. |
No. 4 Fairfield vs. No. 5 Rider |
ESPN3 |
| Sunday, March 4 |
11:00 a.m. |
Women’s Semifinals |
ESPN3 |
| 1:30 p.m. |
Women’s Semifinals |
ESPN3 |
| Monday, March 5 |
2:30 p.m. |
Women’s Championship |
ESPNU |
About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 11 institutions strongly bound by the sound principles of quality and integrity in academics and excellence in athletics, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) is in its 37
th year of competition during the 2017-18 academic year. Current Conference members include: Canisius College, Fairfield University, Iona College, Manhattan College, Marist College, Monmouth University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter’s University, and Siena College.