2009 MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2009 MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament was an NCAA college basketball tournament held at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York on March 6–9, 2009, to decide the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference champion. The winner, Siena advanced to the 2009 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, a 65-team event to decide the national champion of Division I college basketball. Siena received a No. 9 seed and upset No. 8 seed Ohio State 74–72 in double overtime, then were defeated by No. 1 seed Louisville 72–79 in the second round.

2009 MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament
2009 MAAC Tournament Logo
ClassificationDivision I
Season200809
Teams10
SiteTimes Union Center
Albany, New York
ChampionsSiena (4th title)
Winning coachFran McCaffery (2nd title)
MVPKenny Hasbrouck (Siena)
TelevisionESPN2, MSG, MSG Plus
2008–09 MAAC men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Siena †162 .889  278  .771
Niagara144 .778  269  .743
Rider126 .667  1913  .594
Manhattan99 .500  1614  .533
Fairfield99 .500  1715  .531
Saint Peter's810 .444  1119  .367
Iona711 .389  1219  .387
Loyola711 .389  1220  .375
Canisius414 .222  1120  .355
Marist414 .222  1023  .303
2009 MAAC Tournament winner
As of March 22, 2009; Rankings from AP Poll

Seeds

All 10 teams in the conference participated in the Tournament. The top six teams received byes to the quarterfinals. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Seed School Conference Tiebreaker Tiebreaker 2
1 Siena 16–2
2 Niagara 14–4
3 Rider 12–6
4 Manhattan 9–9 1–1 vs Fairfield 1–1 vs Rider
5 Fairfield 9–9 1–1 vs Manhattan 0–2 vs Rider
6 Saint Peter's 8–10
7 Iona 7–11 1–1 vs Loyola 1–1 vs Niagara
8 Loyola (MD) 7–11 1–1 vs Iona 0–2 vs Niagara
9 Canisius 4–14 2–0 vs Marist
10 Marist 4–14 0–2 vs Canisius

Schedule

Session Game Time* Matchup# Score Television
First round – Friday, March 6
1 1 7:30 pm #8 Loyola vs #9 Canisius 68–74 MAAC-TV
2 9:30 pm #7 Iona vs #10 Marist 40–43
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 7
2 3 2:30 pm #4 Manhattan vs #5 Fairfield 61–68 MSG2
4 5:00 pm #1 Siena vs #9 Canisius 77–52 MSG
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 7
3 5 7:30 pm #2 Niagara vs #10 Marist 79–50 MSG+
6 10:00 pm #3 Rider vs #6 Saint Peter's 67–58 MSG2
Semifinals – Sunday, March 8
4 7 6:00 pm #1 Siena vs #5 Fairfield 80–65 MSG2
8 8:30 pm #2 Niagara vs #3 Rider 93–89 (2OT) MSG+
Championship – Monday, March 9
5 9 9:00 pm #1 Siena vs #2 Niagara 77–70 ESPN2
*Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

  First Round
Friday, March 6
Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 7
Semifinals
Sunday, March 8
Final
Monday, March 9
                                     
 
  1 Siena 77  
    9 Canisius 52  
8 Loyola 68
9 Canisius 74  
  1 Siena 80  
  5 Fairfield 65  
 
 
  5 Fairfield 68
    4 Manhattan 61  
 
  1 Siena 77
  2 Niagara 70
 
 
  2 Niagara 79
    10 Marist 50  
7 Iona 40
10 Marist 43  
  2 Niagara 93
  3 Rider 89  
 
 
  6 St. Peter's 58
    3 Rider 67  

References

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