Men's Basketball

MAAC Reveals 2023-24 Men’s Basketball Schedule

EDISON, NJ (Aug. 30, 2023) – The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) has revealed the 2023-24 men's basketball conference docket.
 
2023-24 Schedule Quick Facts:
 
  • All 11 MAAC institutions will once again play a 20-game conference schedule, seeing every other league team once at home and once on the road.
  • The MAAC schedule will be an 11 week format and each school will receive two bye dates during the conference slate.
  • The men will play a Friday/Sunday schedule eight out of the 11 weeks, from weeks one through four, week six, and weeks eight through 10.
  • Notably, the men will play a Thursday/Saturday schedule on week seven, avoiding games on Super Bowl Sunday, and during the final week of the regular season (week 11).
  • The early December portion of the conference slate technically tips in November on Wednesday the 29th, followed by a full slate of games on Friday, December 1 and Sunday, December 3.
  • The MAAC ESPNU television schedule and start times will be announced at a later date.
  • The 2023-24 campaign culminates with the 2024 Hercules Tires MAAC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships from March 12-16 at Atlantic City's Historic Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall for the fifth consecutive year dating back to 2020.
Key Games:
  • The 2023-24 MAAC stanza tips-off with early season fireworks, as a rematch of the 2023 Championship title game will be played as a standalone contest on Wednesday, Nov. 29 in New Rochelle, New York between Iona and Marist.
  • Action picks right back up on Friday, Dec. 1 with a full schedule of games headlined by 2023 semifinalists, Niagara and Saint Peter’s colliding in Western New York.
  • When league play resumes in the New Year on Friday, Jan. 5, the trio of marquee matchups that the day will feature includes last season’s No. 2 and No. 3 teams in Rider and Quinnipiac, dueling in Hamden, Connecticut; a rematch of last season’s opening round overtime thriller between Mount St. Mary’s and Canisius, which will be played in Emmitsburg, Maryland; and a contest between the last two MAAC Champions, in Iona and Saint Peter’s, facing off in Jersey City, New Jersey.
  • The first rivalry to take place this season will be between I-87 rivals, Marist and Siena, first clashing on Sunday, Jan. 21 in Poughkeepsie, followed by a date in Loudonville on Thursday, Feb. 8.
  • New Jersey rivals, Rider and Saint Peter’s battle it out in Jersey City on Thursday, Jan. 25 and in Lawrenceville on Thursday, Mar. 7, in the Broncs’ regular season finale.
  • MAAC Connecticut schools, Fairfield and Quinnipiac, will face-off on Sunday, Jan. 28 in Fairfield and Friday, Feb. 23, in Hamden.
  • The annual “The Battle of the Bridge” rivalry between Canisius and Niagara will take place as a standalone game on Tuesday, Feb. 6 at Niagara, and again on Friday, Feb. 23 at Canisius.
  • Iona and Manhattan, the conference’s New York City rivals, go head-to-head on Friday, Feb. 16 at the Hynes Center in New Rochelle and during the final week of the regular season on Thursday, Mar. 7 at Draddy Gymnasium in Riverdale.
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 43rd year of competition during the 2023-24 academic year. Current conference members include: Canisius University, Fairfield University, Iona University, Manhattan College, Marist College, Mount St. Mary’s University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter’s University, and Siena College.
 
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