MAAC Announces 2020-21 Men’s Basketball All-MAAC Teams
EDISON, N.J. (Mar. 8, 2021) - The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) has announced its 2020-21 Men’s Basketball All-MAAC First, Second and Third Teams, as voted on by the league’s 11 head coaches.
One of the five All-MAAC First Team honorees will be named the 2020-21 MAAC Men’s Basketball Player of the Year, as selected by the coaches.
Siena College’s Manny Camper, Monmouth University’s Deion Hammond, Saint Peter’s University's KC Ndefo, and Iona’s Isaiah Ross were all unanimous choices to the All-MAAC First Team. Siena's Jalen Pickett, the 2019-20 MAAC Player of the Year and unanimous 2020-21 MAAC Preseason Player of the Year, makes his third consecutive appearance on the All-MAAC First Team. For Camper and Hammond, this marks back-to-back First Team selections.
The All-MAAC Second Team consists of Niagara University’s Marcus Hammond and Kobi Nwandu, Rider University’s Dwight Murray Jr., Monmouth’s George Papas, and Quinnipiac University's Jacob Rigoni.
Selected to the All-MAAC Third Team are Canisius College’s Malek Green, Manhattan College’s Ant Nelson and Warren Williams, Saint Peter’s Daryl Banks III, Monmouth’s Melik Martin, and Siena’s Jordan King.
For a full list of the 2020-21 All-MAAC Teams, see below:
| All-MAAC First Team |
| Player |
Year |
Institution |
| Manny Camper* |
Sr. |
Siena |
| Deion Hammond* |
Sr. |
Monmouth |
| KC Ndefo* |
Jr. |
Saint Peter’s |
| Jalen Pickett |
Jr. |
Siena |
| Isaiah Ross* |
Sr. |
Iona |
| All-MAAC Second Team |
| Player |
Year |
Institution |
| Marcus Hammond |
Jr. |
Niagara |
| Dwight Murray Jr. |
Jr. |
Rider |
| Kobi Nwandu |
R. Sr. |
Niagara |
| George Papas |
Sr. |
Monmouth |
| Jacob Rigoni |
Sr. |
Quinnipiac |
| All-MAAC Third Team |
| Player |
Year |
Institution |
| Daryl Banks III |
So. |
Saint Peter’s |
| Malek Green |
Jr. |
Canisius |
| Jordan King |
So. |
Siena |
| Melik Martin |
Sr. |
Monmouth |
| Ant Nelson |
Jr. |
Manhattan |
| Warren Williams |
Jr. |
Manhattan |
*Denotes Unanimous Selection
The 2020-21 campaign concludes with the 2021 Hercules Tires MAAC Basketball Championships from Mar. 8-13 at Atlantic City's Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall. Stay up to date with all MAAC basketball by visiting
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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
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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.