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2021 MAAC men's basketball tournament

2021 MAAC men's basketball tournament

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The 2021 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference for the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The tournament was played from March 8–13, 2021 at the Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey for the second year in a row.[3] Since 2020's tournament was never fully completed, the defending champions were the 2018–19 Iona Gaels.

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No. 9 seeded Iona won the 2021 MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament, defeating No. 7 seed Fairfield 60–51 in the championship game for their MAAC leading 13th championship. Their tournament run included knocking off top-seeded Siena in the quarterfinals, improving their record against the Saints in the MAAC Tournament to 11–0. This made it five consecutive MAAC Tournament championships for Iona, and the first time that a No. 9 seed reached and won the championship game. Iona received the MAAC's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA tournament and were given a No. 15 seed.

Seeds

All 11 teams in the conference participated in the tournament. The top five teams received byes to the quarterfinals. New procedures took effect for this season, as it was official that not all MAAC teams reached the originally scheduled 20 conference game mark. Team seeding was based on overall conference regular season wins – not including any third games scheduled between teams in lieu of non-conference opponents. A tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records was also used.[4]

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Schedule

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Bracket

First round
Monday/Tuesday, March 8/9 		Quarterfinals
Wednesday/Thursday, March 10/11 		Semifinals
Friday, March 12 		Championship
Saturday, March 13
            
1 Siena 52
9 Iona 55
8 Quinnipiac 48
9 Iona 72
9 Iona 70
5 Niagara 64
4 Marist 62
5 Niagara 67
9 Iona 60
7 Fairfield 51
2 Monmouth 60
7 Fairfield 79
7 Fairfield 59
10 Manhattan 58OT
7 Fairfield 52
3 Saint Peter's 47
3 Saint Peter's 75
11 Rider 58
6 Canisius 76
11 Rider 78

* denotes number of overtimes

Game summaries

First round

ESPN+
March 8, 2021
7:00 pm
No. 6 Canisius 76, No. 11 Rider 78
Scoring by half: 42–36, 34–42
Pts: Henderson – 16
Rebs: Harried – 8
Asts: Fofana – 3
M. Green – 13 pts, 6 reb, 2 blk		 Pts: Murray, Jr. – 22
Rebs: McQuarter – 11
Asts: Murray, Jr. – 5
Powell – 19 pts, 2 stl
Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall
Atlantic City, NJ
Attendance: 0
Referees: Ron Tyburski, Adam Vandenburgh, Matt Palumb

 

ESPN+
March 9, 2021
5:00 pm
No. 8 Quinnipiac 48, No. 9 Iona 72
Scoring by half: 20–25, 28–47
Pts: Kortright – 7
Rebs: Rigoni – 6
Asts: Lewis – 8
Kortright 4 reb, 1 stl		 Pts: Ross – 15
Rebs: JeanLouis – 11
Asts: 4 tied – 2
van Eyck – 10 reb. Shema – 9 pts, 10 reb
Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall
Atlantic City, NJ
Attendance: 0
Referees: Adam Vandenburgh, Ryan Corbett, Mike Kitts, Jr.
ESPN+
March 9, 2021
7:30 pm
No. 7 Fairfield 59, No. 10 Manhattan 58 (OT)
Scoring by half: 16–25, 34–25 Overtime: 9–8
Pts: Cruz – 16
Rebs: Benning – 8
Asts: Green & Benning – 2
Wojcik – 15 pts, 5 reb. Benning – 9 pts, 3 stl		 Pts: Nelson – 16
Rebs: Diallo & Nelson – 11
Asts: Stewart – 5
Buchanan – 9 pts, 6 reb, 3 blk
Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall
Atlantic City, NJ
Attendance: 0
Referees: Ron Tyburski, Tony Meeks, Andy O'Brien

Quarterfinals

ESPN+
March 10, 2021
5:00 pm
No. 1 Siena 52, No. 9 Iona 55
Scoring by half: 24–21, 28–34
Pts: Stormo – 14
Rebs: Pickett – 8
Asts: Pickett – 5
Pickett – 13 pts		 Pts: Gist – 16
Rebs: Jr. Joseph & van Eyck – 8
Asts: Gist & Jr. Joseph – 3
Ross – 14pts, 7 reb. JeanLouis – 13 pts, 5 stl
Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall
Atlantic City, NJ
Attendance: 0
Referees: Matt Palumb, Ryan Corbett, Mike Kitts, Jr.
ESPN+
March 10, 2021
7:30 pm
No. 2 Monmouth 60, No. 7 Fairfield 79
Scoring by half: 34–41, 26–38
Pts: M. Martin – 12
Rebs: McClary – 5
Asts: D. Hammond – 3
Papas – 9 pts, 3 stl, 3 reb		 Pts: Benning – 24
Rebs: Cook – 14
Asts: C. Green – 4
Benning – 12 reb, 2 blk. Cook – 11 pts
Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall
Atlantic City, NJ
Attendance: 0
Referees: Kal Sabie, Andy O'Brien, Adam Vandenburgh

 

ESPN+
March 11, 2021
5:00 pm
No. 3 Saint Peter's 75, No. 11 Rider 60
Scoring by half: 33–36, 42–24
Pts: Banks III – 20
Rebs: Ndefo – 7
Asts: Ndefo & Lee – 4
Ndefo – 18 pts, 1 blk, 1 stl		 Pts: Murray, Jr. & Henderson, Jr. – 15
Rebs: Murray, Jr. – 5
Asts: Murray, Jr. – 5
Henderson, Jr. – 3 stl
Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall
Atlantic City, NJ
Attendance: 0
Referees: Ron Tyburski, Tony Meeks, Matt Palumb
ESPN+
March 11, 2021
7:30 pm
No. 4 Marist 62, No. 5 Niagara 67
Scoring by half: 20–28, 42–39
Pts: Jones – 14
Rebs: Jones – 10
Asts: Wright & Sullivan – 2
Herasme – 11 pts, 7 reb		 Pts: Solomon – 17
Rebs: M. Hammond – 9
Asts: Solomon – 4
Nwandu – 15 pts, 5 reb, 2 ast, 2 stl, 3 blk
Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall
Atlantic City, NJ
Attendance: 0
Referees: Andy O'Brien, Michael Kitts, Ryan Corbett

Semifinals

ESPNews
March 12, 2021
5:30 pm
No. 9 Iona 70, No. 5 Niagara 64
Scoring by half: 43–25, 27–39
Pts: Gist – 19
Rebs: Jr. Joseph – 9
Asts: Gist – 5
van Eyck – 14 pts, 5 reb		 Pts: Solomon – 21
Rebs: Solomon – 8
Asts: M. Hammond – 5
Nwandu – 16 pts, 3 reb, 2 stl
Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall
Atlantic City, NJ
Attendance: 0
Referees: Andy O'Brien, Adam Vandenburgh, Mike Kitts, Jr.
ESPNU
March 12, 2021
8:00 pm
No. 7 Fairfield 52, No. 3 Saint Peter's 47
Scoring by half: 22–24, 23–30
Pts: Green – 14
Rebs: Wojcik – 7
Asts: Cruz & Crisler – 2
Cruz – 12 pts, 3 reb, 1 stl, 2 blk		 Pts: Edert & Ndefo – 11
Rebs: Ndefo – 12
Asts: Lee – 5
Ndefo – 5 blk
Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall
Atlantic City, NJ
Attendance: 0
Referees: Ron Tyburski, Brandon Cruz, Ryan Corbett

Championship

ESPNU
March 13, 2021
4:00 pm
No. 9 Iona 60, No. 7 Fairfield 51
Scoring by half: 30–18, 30–33
Pts: Gist – 18
Rebs: Jr. Joseph – 11
Asts: JeanLouis – 4
Jr. Joseph – 12 pts, 1 stl, 3 blk		 Pts: Wojcik – 13
Rebs: Wojcik – 8
Asts: Green – 3
Benning – 11 pts, 4 reb. Wojcik – 3 stl
Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall
Atlantic City, NJ
Attendance: 0
Referees: Brandon Cruz, Andy O'Brien, Adam Vandenburgh

Team and tournament leaders

Team leaders

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All-championship team

2021 MAAC Men's Basketball All-Championship Team[6]
  • Raheem Solomon, Niagara – 19 ppg, 6.5 rpg
  • KC Ndefo, Saint Peter's – 14.5 ppg, 9.5 rpg, 3 bpg
  • Jake Wojcik, Fairfield – 12.8 ppg, 6 rpg, 38.3 mpg
  • Taj Benning, Fairfield – 11.8 ppg, 7.5 rpg, 37 mpg
  • Berrick Jeanlouis, Iona – 8.8 ppg, 5.8 rpg, 36.8 mpg
  • Isaiah Ross, Iona – 11.5 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 37.3 mpg
  • MVP Asante Gist, Iona – 16.3 ppg, 2.8 apg, 32.8 mpg

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "2020-21 Basketball Tiebreakers" (PDF). MAAC Sports. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
  2. [2]
    "2020-21 Men's Basketball Standings". MAAC Sports. Retrieved February 16, 2021.
  3. [3]
    "2020 MAAC Men's & Women's Basketball Championships". Retrieved February 23, 2020.
  4. [4]
    "MAAC Men's Basketball Schedule Update". MAAC Sports. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
  5. [5]
    "2021 Hercules Tires Men's Basketball Championship". MAAC Sports. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
  6. [6]
    "Iona Wins the 2021 MAAC Men's Basketball Championship". MAAC Sports. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
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