2012 MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament

2012 MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2011–12
Teams	10
Site	MassMutual Center Springfield, MA
Champions	Loyola (2nd title)
Winning coach	Jimmy Patsos (1st title)
MVP	Erik Etherly (Loyola)
Television	TBA
MAAC Men's Basketball Tournaments «2011  2013»

2011–12 MAAC men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Iona	15	–	3		.833			25	–	8		.758
Loyola (MD)†	13	–	5		.722			24	–	9		.727
Manhattan	12	–	6		.667			21	–	13		.618
Fairfield	12	–	6		.667			22	–	15		.595
Rider	10	–	8		.556			13	–	19		.406
Siena	8	–	10		.444			14	–	17		.452
Niagara	8	–	10		.444			14	–	19		.424
Marist	7	–	11		.389			14	–	18		.438
Saint Peter's	4	–	14		.222			5	–	26		.161
Canisius	1	–	17		.056			5	–	25		.167
† 2012 MAAC Tournament winner As of March 18, 2012; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2012 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 2–5, 2012 at the MassMutual Center in Springfield, Massachusetts. The tournament will be held in Springfield through 2014. The tournament was previously held at Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The winner of the tournament receives the conference's automatic bid into the 2012 NCAA Tournament.

Bracket and Results

	First Round Friday, March 2					Quarterfinals Saturday, March 3					Semifinals Sunday, March 4					Championship Game Monday, March 5
						1	Iona	87
						8	Marist	63
	8	Marist	64
	9	Saint Peter's	57
											1	Iona	75
										4	Fairfield	85
						4	Fairfield	65
						5	Rider	63
																4	Fairfield	44
																2	Loyola	48
						2	Loyola	86
						7	Niagara	73
	7	Niagara	80
	10	Canisius	70
											2	Loyola	70
										6	Siena	60
						3	Manhattan	82
						6	Siena	84

See also

• Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
• MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament

External links

• http://www.maacsports.com/
• MAAC Tournament