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
Classification	Division I
Season	2008–09
Teams	10
Site	Times Union Center Albany, New York
Champions	Siena (4th title)
Winning coach	Fran McCaffery (2nd title)
MVP	Kenny Hasbrouck (Siena)
Television	ESPN2, MSG, MSG Plus
MAAC men's basketball tournaments

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

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	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

	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