2021 Hercules Tires MAAC Men’s Basketball Championship Field Set
Edison, N.J. (March 7, 2021) – The field is set for the 2021 Hercules Tires MAAC Men’s Basketball Championship. The 11-team tournament will take place from March 8-13 in Atlantic City’s Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall.
The top-five teams in the bracket all earn a bye in the first round. No. 1 Siena College (12-4, 12-4 MAAC) secured the top seed and a share of the regular season title with No. 2 Monmouth (12-7,12-6)
First round action tips off on Monday, March 8 with No. 6 Canisius College (7-5, 7-5) and No. 11 Rider University (5-16, 5-13) at 7:00 p.m. on ESPN+. The winner of that contest will face No. 3 Saint Peter’s (13-10, 10-8) on Thursday at 5:00 p.m.
No. 8 Quinnipiac University (9-12, 7-10) takes on No. 9 Iona College (8-5, 6-3) in game two on Tuesday at 5:00 p.m. The Bobcats took the only matchup between the two teams earlier in the season. No. 1 Siena will await the winner of that matchup in the quarterfinals on Wednesday at 5:00 p.m.
No. 7 Fairfield University (7-16, 7-11) and No. 10 Manhattan College (7-12, 6-12) close out the first round with a 7:30 p.m. meeting. The two schools split their matchup in the regular season. No. 2 Monmouth is slated to play the winner of the No. 7/No. 10 matchup on Wednesday, March 10 at 7:30 p.m.
Wrapping up the quarterfinals is No. 4 Marist College going against No. 5 Niagara University for a Thursday night showdown at 7:30 p.m. The two split their regular season meetings, Marist took the first of back-to-back meetings 63-61 and Niagara took the second game 86-72.
All games of the 2021 Hercules Tires MAAC Men’s Basketball Championship will be broadcasted on ESPN+, with the exception of the two semifinal games which will air on ESPNews and the championship game which will be broadcasted on ESPNU.
See below for the full schedule and matchups:
| Round |
Game |
Matchup |
Date |
Times |
Network |
| First Round |
Game 1 |
No. 6 Canisius vs No. 11 Rider |
March 8 |
7:00 PM |
ESPN+ |
| First Round |
Game 2 |
No. 8 Quinnipiac vs No. 9 Iona |
March 9 |
5:00 PM |
ESPN+ |
| First Round |
Game 3 |
No. 7 Fairfield vs. No. 10 Manhattan |
March 9 |
7:30 PM |
ESPN+ |
| Quarterfinal |
Game 4 |
No. 1 Siena vs Game 2 Winner |
March 10 |
5:00 PM |
ESPN+ |
| Quarterfinal |
Game 5 |
No. 2 Monmouth vs Game 3 Winner |
March 10 |
7:30 PM |
ESPN+ |
| Quarterfinal |
Game 6 |
No. 3 Saint Peter’s vs Game 1 Winner |
March 11 |
5:00 PM |
ESPN+ |
| Quarterfinal |
Game 7 |
No. 4 Marist vs No. 5 Niagara |
March 11 |
7:30 PM |
ESPN+ |
| Semifinal |
Game 8 |
Game 4 Winner vs Game 7 Winner |
March 12 |
6:00 PM |
ESPNews |
| Semifinal |
Game 9 |
Winner Game 5 vs Winner Game 6 |
March 12 |
8:30 PM |
ESPNews |
| Championship |
Game 10 |
Winner Game 8 vs Winner Game 9 |
March 13 |
4:00 PM. |
ESPNU |
About the 2021 Hercules Tires MAAC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships:
The MAAC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships return to New Jersey on March 8-13, 2021 at Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. To stay up to date on MAAC basketball, visit
http://maacsports.com/basketball and follow
@MAACHoops on Twitter.
About Time Out for Black Lives
Time Out for Black Lives aims to inspire and educate youth, athletes, families and fans. The initiative has an interactive website where coaches and student-athletes from MAAC basketball programs contribute their time and resources to read children’s books in entertaining videos, all focusing on Black culture, history, music and myths. The program comes as part of the MAAC’s
United for Justice campaign that was announced over the summer. For more information, visit
timeoutforblacklives.com.
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) celebrates its 40th year of competition during the 2020-21 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.