2023 MAAC women's basketball tournament
| 2023 MAAC women's basketball tournament | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2022–23 |
| Teams | 11 |
| Site | Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall Atlantic City, New Jersey |
| Champions | Iona (2nd title) |
| Winning coach | Billi Chambers (2nd title) |
| Television | ESPNU, ESPN+ |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iona† | 18 | – | 2 | .900 | 26 | – | 6 | .813 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Quinnipiac | 16 | – | 4 | .800 | 21 | – | 9 | .700 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Niagara | 16 | – | 4 | .800 | 18 | – | 13 | .581 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Siena | 12 | – | 8 | .600 | 19 | – | 13 | .594 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fairfield | 11 | – | 9 | .550 | 15 | – | 15 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manhattan | 10 | – | 10 | .500 | 16 | – | 17 | .485 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marist | 8 | – | 12 | .400 | 12 | – | 18 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mount St. Mary's | 7 | – | 13 | .350 | 12 | – | 19 | .387 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Canisius | 6 | – | 14 | .300 | 9 | – | 21 | .300 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider | 6 | – | 14 | .300 | 10 | – | 21 | .323 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Peter's | 0 | – | 20 | .000 | 0 | – | 30 | .000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2023 MAAC tournament winner As of March 17, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2023 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament is the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference for the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The tournament started on March 7 and concluded on March 11 and was played at the Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, for the fourth year in a row.[1] Iona won the title after beating Manhattan in the tournament final.[2][3] The tournament winner will receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.
Seeds
[edit]All 11 teams in the conference will participate in the Tournament. The top five teams will receive byes to the quarterfinals. Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
| Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker 1 | Tiebreaker 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iona | 18-2 | ||
| 2 | Niagara | 16-4 | 2-0 vs. Quinnipiac | |
| 3 | Quinnipiac[4] | 16-4 | 0-2 vs. Niagara | |
| 4 | Siena | 12-8 | ||
| 5 | Fairfield | 11-9 | ||
| 6 | Manhattan | 10-10 | ||
| 7 | Marist | 8-12 | ||
| 8 | Mount St. Mary's | 7-13 | ||
| 9 | Canisius | 6-14 | 1-1 vs. Rider | 1-1 vs. Fairfield |
| 10 | Rider | 6-14 | 1-1 vs. Canisius | 0-2 vs. Fairfield |
| 11 | Saint Peter's | 0-20 |
Schedule
[edit]| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup | Score | Attendance | Television | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Round – Tuesday, March 7 | |||||||
| 1 | 1 | 10:30 AM | No. 8 Mount St. Mary's vs No. 9 Canisius | 54–41 | ESPN+ | ||
| 2 | 12:30 PM | No. 7 Marist vs No. 10 Rider | 63–50 | ||||
| 3 | 2:30 PM | No. 6 Manhattan vs No. 11 Saint Peter's | 59–56 | ||||
| Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 8 | |||||||
| 2 | 4 | 1:00 PM | No. 1 Iona vs No. 8 Mount St. Mary's | 39–37 | ESPN+ | ||
| 5 | 3:30 PM | No. 2 Niagara vs No. 10 Rider | 67–64 | ||||
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 9 | |||||||
| 3 | 6 | 1:00 PM | No. 3 Quinnipiac vs No. 6 Manhattan | 43–50 | ESPN+ | ||
| 7 | 3:30 PM | No. 4 Siena vs No. 5 Fairfield | 59–53 | ||||
| Semifinals – Friday, March 10 | |||||||
| 4 | 8 | 11:00 AM | No. 1 Iona vs No. 4 Siena | 67–66 | ESPN+ | ||
| 9 | 1:30 PM | No. 2 Niagara vs No. 6 Manhattan | 68–81 | ||||
| Championship – Saturday, March 11 | |||||||
| 5 | 10 | 3:30 PM | No. 1 Iona vs No. 6 Manhattan | 73-60 | ESPNU | ||
| *Game times in ET. ()-Rankings denote tournament seeding. | |||||||
Bracket
[edit]| First round Tuesday, March 7 | Quarterfinals Wednesday & Thursday, March 8 and 9 | Semifinals Friday, March 10 | Championship Saturday, March 11 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Iona | 39 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Mount St. Mary's | 54 | 8 | Mount St. Mary's | 37 | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Canisius | 41 | 1 | Iona | 67 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Siena | 66 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Siena | 59 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Fairfield | 53 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Iona | 73 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Manhattan | 60 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Niagara | 67 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Marist | 50 | 10 | Rider | 64 | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | Rider | 63 | 2 | Niagara | 68 | ||||||||||||||
| 6 | Manhattan | 81 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Quinnipiac | 43 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Manhattan | 59 | 6 | Manhattan | 50 | ||||||||||||||
| 11 | Saint Peter's | 56 | |||||||||||||||||
Game summaries
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All-championship team
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "MAAC Announces One-Year Extension for Basketball Championships at Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall". maacsports.com. March 2, 2022. Retrieved May 14, 2022.
- ^ Eugene Rapay (March 11, 2023). "Iona tops rival Manhattan for first MAAC Women's Basketball Tournament title since 2016". Westchester Journal News. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
- ^ "Camilion, Athias' triple-double lead Iona to MAAC title". The Washington Post. March 11, 2023. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
- ^ Benjamin Yeargin (March 22, 2023). "'It's never perfect': What went wrong for Quinnipiac women's basketball in the MAAC Tournament". The Quinnipiac Chronicle. Retrieved March 26, 2023.