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 79–72 in the second round.

2009 MAAC men's basketball tournament
2009 MAAC Tournament Logo
ClassificationDivision I
Season2008–09
Teams10
SiteTimes Union Center
Albany, New York
ChampionsSiena (4th title)
Winning coachFran McCaffery (2nd title)
MVPKenny Hasbrouck (Siena)
TelevisionESPN2, MSG, MSG Plus
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2008–09 MAAC men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Siena 16 2   .889 27 8   .771
Niagara 14 4   .778 26 9   .743
Rider 12 6   .667 19 13   .594
Manhattan 9 9   .500 16 14   .533
Fairfield 9 9   .500 17 15   .531
Saint Peter's 8 10   .444 11 19   .367
Iona 7 11   .389 12 19   .387
Loyola (MD) 7 11   .389 12 20   .375
Canisius 4 14   .222 11 20   .355
Marist 4 14   .222 10 23   .303
2009 MAAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

Seeds

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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

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Session Game Time* Matchup# Score Television
First round – Friday, March 6
1 1 7:30 pm No. 8 Loyola vs No. 9 Canisius 68–74 MAAC-TV
2 9:30 pm No. 7 Iona vs No. 10 Marist 40–43
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 7
2 3 2:30 pm No. 4 Manhattan vs No. 5 Fairfield 61–68 MSG2
4 5:00 pm No. 1 Siena vs No. 9 Canisius 77–52 MSG
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 7
3 5 7:30 pm No. 2 Niagara vs No. 10 Marist 79–50 MSG+
6 10:00 pm No. 3 Rider vs No. 6 Saint Peter's 67–58 MSG2
Semifinals – Sunday, March 8
4 7 6:00 pm No. 1 Siena vs No. 5 Fairfield 80–65 MSG2
8 8:30 pm No. 2 Niagara vs No. 3 Rider 93–89 2OT MSG+
Championship – Monday, March 9
5 9 9:00 pm No. 1 Siena vs No. 2 Niagara 77–70 ESPN2
*Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

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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 (MD) 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 2OT
6 Saint Peter's 58
3 Rider 67