2025-26 MAAC Men’s Basketball Schedule Grid
EDISON, NJ (Aug. 21, 2025) – The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) has revealed the 2025-26 men's basketball conference docket.
MAAC Basketball Schedule Quick Facts:
- With 13 full member schools, the MAAC will play an unbalanced conference schedule for the second consecutive season during the 2025-26 campaign.
- All 13 teams will play a 20-game MAAC schedule, which will include 10 home games and 10 road games in addition to having two bye dates.
- Each team will play eight opponents twice in a home-home series (16 games).
- The remaining four contests on each team’s schedule will be single games against the remaining four opponents, featuring two home contests and two road contests.
- Each school is guaranteed to play their closest geographic opponent twice.
2025-26 Men’s Schedule Notes:
- The men’s schedule will start on Wednesday, December 3 and end on Sunday, March 1.
- The men will once again play a Friday/Sunday schedule in seven weeks of the conference slate.
- The weeks that will not be played on the normal Friday/Sunday schedule will include Wednesday/Saturday games on January 14 and 17, and Thursday/Saturday contests on January 22 and 24, and February 5 and 7.
- Additionally, the conference schedule will include a pair of Monday games highlighted by five games on December 29 and a full slate of games on Martin Luther King Jr. Day (January 19).
- The MAAC campaign will begin with the December portion of the schedule on Wednesday, December 3 with a standalone game between defending MAAC champion, Mount St. Mary’s University, who will be hosting Sacred Heart University.
- The opening December week will feature games throughout the remainder of the week and weekend, wrapping up on Sunday, December 7 with a full slate of conference contests.
- The MAAC ESPNU television schedule and start times will be announced at a later date.
2026 MAAC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships Notes:
- The 2025-26 campaign culminates with the 2026 MAAC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships at Atlantic City's Historic Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall for the seventh consecutive year dating back to 2020.
- For the second straight year, the basketball championship field will feature the league’s top-10 teams and not all 13 full members.
- 2026 will mark the first time the tournament will start prior to the week of selection Sunday since the championships moved to Atlantic City, moving up a week to Thursday, March 5 through Tuesday, March 10.
- The semifinal round will take place on Sunday, March 8, with a day off on Monday, March 9, followed by the championship title game on Tuesday, March 10.
- The men’s championship final returns to primetime on one of ESPN’s premiere networks, securing a linear spot on either ESPN or ESPN2 on Tuesday night.
The complete 2026 championship bracket can be found below.
| Thursday, March 5 |
| First Round |
Game 1 |
#8 vs. #9 |
6:00 p.m. |
ESPN+ |
| First Round |
Game 2 |
#7 vs. #10 |
8:30 p.m. |
ESPN+ |
| Friday, March 6 |
| Quarterfinals |
Game 3 |
#1 vs. Game 1 Winner |
6:00 p.m. |
ESPN+ |
| Quarterfinals |
Game 4 |
#2 vs. Game 2 Winner |
8:30 p.m. |
ESPN+ |
| Saturday, March 7 |
| Quarterfinals |
Game 5 |
#4 vs. #5 |
6:00 p.m. |
ESPN+ |
| Quarterfinals |
Game 6 |
#3 vs. #6 |
8:30 p.m. |
ESPN+ |
| Sunday, March 8 |
| Semifinals |
Game 7 |
Game 3 Winner vs. Game 5 Winner |
6:00 p.m. |
ESPN+ |
| Semifinals |
Game 8 |
Game 4 Winner vs. Game 6 Winner |
8:30 p.m. |
ESPN+ |
| Tuesday, March 10 |
| Championship |
Game 9 |
Game 7 Winner vs. Game 8 Winner |
TBD |
ESPN/ESPN2 |
For all information regarding the 2026 MAAC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships, please visit
MAACSports.com/basketball and by following @MAACHoops and #MAACHoops on Twitter.
About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 13 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 45th year of competition during the 2025-26 academic year. Current conference members include: Canisius University, Fairfield University, Iona University, Manhattan University, Marist University, Merrimack College, Mount St. Mary’s University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Sacred Heart University, Saint Peter’s University, and Siena University.
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