2016 MAAC women's basketball tournament

2016 MAAC women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2015–16
Teams	11
Site	Times Union Center Albany, NY
Champions	Iona (1st title)
Winning coach	Billi Godsey (1st title)
MVP	Marina Lizarazu (Iona)
Television	ESPNU/ESPN3
MAAC women's basketball tournaments

2015–16 MAAC women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Quinnipiac	17	–	3		.850			25	–	9		.735
Iona †	16	–	4		.800			23	–	12		.657
Marist	14	–	6		.700			16	–	16		.500
Fairfield	11	–	9		.550			16	–	14		.533
Manhattan	11	–	9		.550			14	–	16		.467
Monmouth	11	–	9		.550			14	–	17		.452
Siena	10	–	10		.500			14	–	18		.438
Canisius	8	–	12		.400			13	–	17		.433
Niagara	5	–	15		.250			8	–	22		.267
Rider	5	–	15		.250			8	–	22		.267
St. Peter's	2	–	18		.100			4	–	26		.133
† 2016 MAAC tournament winner As of March 20, 2016 Rankings from AP poll

The 2016 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament was held March 3–7 at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York. Iona defeated Quinnipiac to win their first MAAC Tournament to earn their first automatic trip to the NCAA women's basketball tournament in school history.

Seeds

Teams are seeded by conference record, with a ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion, if necessary.

Seed	School	Conf (Overall)	Tiebreaker
#1	Quinnipiac	17–3 (22–7)
#2	Iona	16–4 (20–11)
#3	Marist	14–6 (15–15)
#4	Fairfield	11–9 (16–13)	3–1 vs. Monmouth, Manhattan
#5	Monmouth	11–9 (13–16)	2–2 vs. Manhattan, Fairfield
#6	Manhattan	11–9 (14–15)	1–3 vs. Fairfield, Monmouth
#7	Siena	10–10 (13–17)
#8	Canisius	8–12 (13–16)
#9	Niagara	5–15 (8–21)	1–1 vs. Rider
#10	Rider	5–15 (7–22)	1–1 vs. Niagara
#11	St. Peter's	2–18 (4–25)

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup#	Television	Attendance
First round – Thursday, March 3
1	9:30 am	#8 Canisius vs. #9 Niagara
2	11:30 am	#7 Siena vs. #10 Rider
3	1:30 pm	#6 Manhattan vs. #11 St. Peter's
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 4 & Saturday, March 5
4	Noon	#1 Quinnipiac vs. #9 Niagara		2,844
5	2:30 pm	#4 Fairfield vs. #5 Monmouth
6	12:00 pm	#3 Marist vs. #6 Manhattan
7	2:30 pm	#2 Iona vs. #7 Siena
Semifinals – Sunday, March 6
8	11:00 am	#1 Quinnipiac vs. #5 Monmouth	ESPN3
9	1:30 pm	#3 Marist vs. #2 Iona
Championship – Monday, March 7
10	2:30 pm	#1 Quinnipiac vs. #2 Iona	ESPNU	1,534
*Game Times in Eastern Time Zone. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket and Results

	First round Thursday, March 3					Quarterfinals Friday, March 4 Saturday, March 5					Semifinals Sunday, March 6 ESPN3					Championship game Monday, March 7 ESPNU
						1	Quinnipiac	74
						9	Niagara	51
	8	Canisius	64
	9	Niagara	65
											1	Quinnipiac	66
											5	Monmouth	59
						4	Fairfield	46
						5	Monmouth	64
																1	Quinnipiac	41
																2	Iona	57
						2	Iona	64
						7	Siena	47
	7	Siena	79OT
	10	Rider	76
											2	Iona	57
											3	Marist	53
						3	Marist	70
						6	Manhattan	58
	6	Manhattan	60
	11	St. Peter's	43

All times listed are Eastern

See also

• Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
• MAAC women's basketball tournament
• 2016 MAAC men's basketball tournament

External links

• 2016 MAAC Women's Basketball Championship