Metro_Atlantic_Athletic_Conference

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

U.S. college athletic conference

Not to be confused with Metro Conference.

The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC, /mæk/) is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with NCAA Division I. Its current 11 full members are located in four Northeastern states: Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, and Maryland. It was announced on October 23, 2023 that Sacred Heart University and Merrimack College will join the conference beginning in the 2024-25 season.

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Members are all relatively small private institutions, a majority Catholic or formerly Catholic, with the only exceptions being two secular institutions: Rider University and Quinnipiac University.

The MAAC currently sponsors 25 sports and has 17 associate member institutions.

History

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
100km
62miles
Fairfield
Sacred Heart
Merrimack
Mount St. Mary's
Quinnipiac
Rider
Marist
Siena
Niagara
Canisius
St. Peter's
Manhattan
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Iona
Locations of MAAC members, 2023–24: full, future full

The conference was founded in 1980 by six charter members: the U.S. Military Academy, Fairfield University, Fordham University, Iona College, Manhattan College, and Saint Peter's College.[1] Competition officially began the next year, in the sports of men's cross-country and men's soccer.[1]

MAAC men’s basketball game between Marist College and Fairfield University

Competition in men's and women's basketball began in the 1981–1982 season.[1] In 1982, Saint Peter's was the first women's team to represent the MAAC in the NCAA women's basketball tournament. In 1984, the MAAC received an automatic bid to the NCAA men's basketball tournament, where Iona was the first team to represent the MAAC on the men's side.

The conference currently possesses 15 automatic bids to NCAA championships.[1] In 2012–13, the MAAC became eligible for its 15th NCAA championship automatic bid when women's rowing fulfilled the qualifying requirements.[1]

The league added football in 1993, but discontinued it following the 2007 season.

From 1997 to 2003, the MAAC sponsored ice hockey. At that time, the hockey league split from the MAAC and changed its name to Atlantic Hockey. Also, Marist College and Rider University moved the majority of their intercollegiate athletic programs to the MAAC in 1997 with the intent that the MAAC would enhance media exposure and competition for their men's and women's Division I basketball programs.[2]

In September 2011, the conference announced the launch of MAAC.TV, the league's first broadband network.

In March 2012, for the first time in 16 years, the MAAC had two teams advance to the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, with Loyola earning the league's automatic bid and Iona garnering an at-large bid.[1]

In July 2013, Quinnipiac University and Monmouth University joined the MAAC to replace Loyola University Maryland, departing to the Patriot League.[3] Also in 2013, the MAAC announced that it would add field hockey with league play set to begin in the 2013–14 academic year.[4] However, field hockey was dropped after the 2018 season. The MAAC field hockey league was effectively taken over by the Northeast Conference (NEC), which reinstated the sport the following year.[5] The conference decided to no longer host a conference championship for men's rowing after the 2016 season, which is governed by the Intercollegiate Rowing Association.

On January 25, 2022, Monmouth announced it was leaving the MAAC after the 2021–22 school year to join the Colonial Athletic Association.[6] The MAAC responded by entering into negotiations with Mount St. Mary's University, a full but non-football NEC member. ESPN reported on April 27, 2022 that the addition of Mount St. Mary's for 2022–23 and beyond would be finalized in early May.[7] The last of these developments came shortly after the MAAC's greatest success in men's basketball, when Saint Peter's became the first 15-seed ever to reach an NCAA regional final, losing there to North Carolina. Mount St. Mary's would be confirmed as Monmouth's replacement on May 2.[8]

Also in 2022, four schools that were already MAAC affiliates added men's lacrosse to their MAAC memberships. All are full members of conferences that dropped the sport following the addition of men's lacrosse by the Atlantic 10 Conference. LIU, Sacred Heart, and Wagner are members of the Northeast Conference,[9] and VMI is a member of the Southern Conference. LIU is the only one of the four that had not previously housed men's lacrosse in the MAAC.[10]

In October 2023, the MAAC announced that Merrimack College and Sacred Heart University would join the conference for the 2024-25 season. [11]

Athletic and academic success

Over the conference's history, MAAC teams have achieved national acclaim in many sports. In the summer of 2002, the Marist men's varsity eight boat advanced to the semifinals of the Temple Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta.[12] In 2007, the Marist women's basketball team advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.[13] The Red Foxes have recorded five NCAA wins since their run in 2007. In the fall of 2011, the Iona men's cross country team finished tied for ninth place at the NCAA Championship race, extending the Gaels' streak to 10 straight Top 10 national finishes.[1] During the 2022 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, the Saint Peter's Peacocks became the first 15 seed to reach the Elite Eight.[14] With an overall record of 22–12, Saint Peter's had the best NCAA post-season run with the most wins in a single NCAA Tournament by any MAAC program (men or women) in the conference's 41-year history.[15] In basketball, MAAC teams have made a total of 80 NIT appearances and 50 NCAA basketball tournament appearances.[1]

Notable MAAC student athletes include Mary Beth Riley, a 1991 graduate of Canisius, who was the first recipient of the NCAA Woman of the Year Award and Erin Whalen, a member of the Iona women's rowing team who in the fall of 1998 was awarded one of the nation's 32 Rhodes Scholarships for academic achievement and civic leadership.[1]

Member institutions

Current

Current full members

The MAAC currently has eleven full member institutions; all are private schools. Of these, all but Quinnipiac, Rider, and Marist College are Catholic, though Marist is formerly Catholic.

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  1. The Mount St. Mary's campus has an Emmitsburg mailing address, but lies in unincorporated Frederick County.
  2. Mailing address is Niagara University, New York.

Future full members

The MAAC has two future full member institutions; both are private, Catholic schools.

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  1. Sacred Heart was founded by the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport, but has been led and primarily staffed by Catholic laity from its creation.

Associate members

Of the MAAC's thirteen current affiliate members, only five (including future full member Sacred Heart) are Catholic. Drake, Jacksonville, LIU, Robert Morris, and Stetson are nonsectarian and Wagner College is Lutheran. There are also two public institutions, the University at Albany and the Virginia Military Institute.

Departing members are in red.

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Notes
  1. The LIU athletic program, created with the 2019 merger of the athletic programs that previously represented the school's Brooklyn and Post campuses, bases some sports at the Brooklyn campus and others at the Post campus in Brookville, New York. LIU's current MAAC sports operate from separate campuses, with men's lacrosse based at Post and women's water polo at Brooklyn.[17]
  2. Includes enrollment at both the Brooklyn and Post campuses. All LIU sports are open to undergraduates at both campuses who meet NCAA eligibility requirements.
  3. Sacred Heart will join the MAAC as a full member for the 2024-25 season.
  4. Sacred Heart had previously been a MAAC member in men's lacrosse in the 2000 and 2001 seasons (academic years 1999–2000 and 2000–01).
  5. VMI had previously been a MAAC member in men's lacrosse from 2002–03 to 2012–13.
  6. Wagner had previously been a MAAC member in men's lacrosse from 1999–2000 to 2009–10.

Former members

Former Full members

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Former associate members

For former associates in men's ice hockey, see Atlantic Hockey.
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Notes
  1. Same as school's current primary conference.
  2. Men's lacrosse joins the NEC in 2024–25.
  3. Primary conference: Horizon
  4. Primary conference: Atlantic 10
  5. Primary conference: Big East
  6. Jacksonville remains in the MAAC as an affiliate in men's and women's rowing.
  7. La Salle, a full member of the Atlantic 10 since the 1995–96 school year, dropped football after the 2007 fall season (2007–08 school year). Even though the A-10 operated a football league from the 1997 to 2006 fall seasons (1997–98 to 2006–07 school years), La Salle was never an A-10 football member.
  8. The Le Moyne campus has a Syracuse mailing address, but almost entirely lies in the adjacent town of DeWitt.
  9. After the 2018–19 school year, Long Island University merged the athletic programs of its Brooklyn and Post campuses into a single Division I program that now competes as the LIU Sharks. The unified program inherited all of LIU Brooklyn's memberships.[20]
  10. Replaced by the LIU Sharks.[21]
  11. The merged LIU program remains in the NEC.
  12. Marist, Mount St. Mary's, Rider, and Quinnipiac are currently full members of the MAAC.
  13. The Mount St. Mary's campus has an Emmitsburg mailing address, but is located in unincorporated Frederick County.
  14. Robert Morris remains in the MAAC as an affiliate in women's rowing.
  15. Robert Morris, currently a full member of the Horizon League, dropped field hockey after the 2013 fall season (2013–14 school year).
  16. Sacred Heart becomes a full MAAC member in 2024–25.
  17. St. Francis discontinued its athletic program at the end of the 2022–23 season.
  18. St. John's, a full member of the Big East throughout its tenure in MAAC football, dropped the sport after the 2002 fall season (2002–03 school year).

Membership timeline

Merrimack CollegeNortheast ConferenceNortheast-10 ConferenceSacred Heart UniversityNortheast ConferenceNCAA Division I independent schoolsNew England Collegiate Conference (Division II)Mount St. Mary's UniversityNortheast ConferenceQuinnipiac UniversityNortheast ConferenceNortheast-10 ConferenceNew England Collegiate Conference (Division II)Coastal Athletic AssociationMonmouth UniversityNortheast ConferenceRider UniversityNortheast ConferenceEast Coast Conference (Division I)Marist CollegeNortheast ConferenceDuquesne UniversityGeorgetown UniversitySt. John's University (New York)Siena CollegeAmerica East ConferenceNortheast ConferenceNiagara UniversityAmerica East ConferenceCanisius CollegeAmerica East ConferencePatriot LeagueLoyola University MarylandNortheast ConferenceAtlantic 10 ConferenceAtlantic 10 ConferenceHorizon LeagueLa Salle UniversityEast Coast Conference (Division I)Patriot LeagueCollege of the Holy CrossAmerica East ConferenceSaint Peter's UniversityManhattan CollegeIona College (New York)Fairfield UniversityAtlantic 10 ConferencePatriot LeagueFordham UniversityPatriot LeagueUnited States Military Academy

Full members  Full members (non-football)  Assoc. members (football only)  Other conference  Other conference 

Sports

The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference sponsors championship competition in 10 men's and 13 women's NCAA sanctioned sports, plus two sports not organized by the NCAA—esports, which are fully coeducational, and men's rowing.[22]

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Men's

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Unsponsored

Future members are highlighted in gray.

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Notes
  1. Esports, in which men and women directly compete alongside and against one another, are not sanctioned by the NCAA, but governed by the Electronic Gaming Federation.
  2. Men's rowing is not sanctioned by the NCAA, but governed by the Intercollegiate Rowing Association.
  3. Fairfield's men's lacrosse team does not participate in the MAAC; it currently plays in the Coastal Athletic Association.
  4. Affiliate members LIU, Sacred Heart, VMI, and Wagner, with Sacred Heart becoming a full member in July 2024.
  5. Affiliate member Jacksonville.

Women's

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Unsponsored

Future members are highlighted in gray.

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  1. Esports, in which men and women directly compete alongside and against one another, are not sanctioned by the NCAA, but governed by the Electronic Gaming Federation.
  2. Affiliate members Albany, Dayton, La Salle, and Loyola Chicago.
  3. Affiliate members Drake, Jacksonville, Robert Morris, Sacred Heart, and Stetson; Sacred Heart becomes a full member in 2024–25.
  4. Affiliate members La Salle, LIU, Villanova, VMI, and Wagner.
  5. Currently part of the NCAA Emerging Sports for Women program.

Facilities

Future members in gray.

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  1. Merrimack also schedules home baseball games at off-campus venues in its area.

Basketball

Men's

Main article: MAAC men's basketball tournament
See also: Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
See also: Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Coach of the Year
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Notes
  1. Conference Tournament was shortened after the semifinal and Siena was declared the champion

Postseason history

NCAA tournament
(10–42)
Year MAAC Rep. Opponent Result
1984 (10) Iona (7) Virginia L 57–58
1985 (13) Iona (4) Loyola (IL) L 58–59
1986 (13) Fairfield (4) Illinois L 51–75
1987 (16) Fairfield (1) Indiana L 58–92
1988 (13) La Salle (4) Kansas St. L 53–66
1989 (8) La Salle (9) Louisiana Tech L 74–83
1990 (4) La Salle (13) So. Mississippi
(5) Clemson		 W 79–63
L 75–79
1991 (12) Saint Peter's (5) Texas L 65–73
1992 (13) La Salle (4) Seton Hall L 76–78
1993 (11) Manhattan (6) Virginia L 66–78
1994 (15) Loyola (MD) (2) Arizona L 55–81
1995 (15) Saint Peter's
(13) Manhattan		 (2) Massachusetts
(4) Oklahoma
(5) Arizona St.		 L 51–68
W 77–67
L 54–64
1996 (13) Canisius (4) Utah L 43–72
1997 (16) Fairfield (1) North Carolina L 74–82
1998 (12) Iona (5) Syracuse L 61–63
1999 (13) Siena (4) Arkansas L 80–94
2000 (14) Iona (3) Maryland L 59–74
2001 (14) Iona (3) Mississippi L 70–72
2002 (16) Siena (16) Alcorn St.
(1) Maryland		 W 81–77
L 70–85
2003 (14) Manhattan (3) Syracuse L 65–76
2004 (12) Manhattan (5) Florida
(4) Wake Forest		 W 75–60
L 80–84
2005 (14) Niagara (3) Oklahoma L 67–84
2006 (13) Iona (4) LSU L 64–80
2007 (16) Niagara (16) Florida A&M
(1) Kansas		 W 77–69
L 67–107
2008 (13) Siena (4) Vanderbilt
(12) Villanova		 W 83–62
L 72–84
2009 (9) Siena (8) Ohio State
(1) Louisville		 W 74–72
L 72–79
2010 (13) Siena (4) Purdue L 64–72
2011 (14) Saint Peter's (3) Purdue L 43–65
2012 (15) Loyola (MD)
(14) Iona		 (2) Ohio State
(14) BYU		 L 59–78
L 72–78
2013 (15) Iona (2) Ohio State L 70–95
2014 (13) Manhattan (4) Louisville L 64–71
2015 (16) Manhattan (16) Hampton L 64–74
2016 (13) Iona (4) Iowa State L 81–94
2017 (14) Iona (3) Oregon L 77–93
2018 (15) Iona (2) Duke L 67–89
2019 (16) Iona (1) North Carolina L 73–88
2021 (15) Iona (2) Alabama L 55–68
2022 (15) Saint Peter's (2) Kentucky
(7) Murray State
(3) Purdue
(8) North Carolina		 W 85–79
W 70–60
W 67–64
L 49–69
2023 (13) Iona (4) UConn L 63–87
2024 (15) Saint Peter's (2) Tennessee L 49–83
NIT Tournament
(26–45)
Year MAAC Rep. Opponent Result
1982 Fordham
Saint Peter's
Iona		 Virginia Tech
Syracuse
Rutgers		 L 58–69
L 75–84
L 51–55
1983 Fordham
Iona		 So. Florida
St. Bonaventure
Nebraska		 L 69–81
W 90–76
L 73–85
1984 Fordham
Saint Peter's
La Salle		 Weber State
Tennessee
Pittsburgh		 L 63–75
L 40–55
L 91–95
1985 Fordham Richmond L 57–59
1987 Saint Peter's
La Salle		 Oklahoma
Villanova
Niagara
Illinois St.
Arkansas-LR
So. Mississippi		 L 60–76
W 86–84
W 89–81
W 70–50
W 92–72
L 80–84
1988 Fordham Houston L 61–69
1989 Saint Peter's Villanova L 56–76
1990 Holy Cross
Fordham		 Rutgers
Southern U.
Rutgers		 L 78–87
W 106–70
L 74–81
1991 La Salle
Siena		 Massachusetts
Fairleigh Dickinson
South Carolina
Massachusetts		 L 90–93
W 90–85
W 63–58
L 80–82
1992 Manhattan Wisconsin-GB
Rutgers
Notre Dame		 W 67–65
W 62–61
L 58–74
1993 Niagara Boston College L 83–87
1994 Manhattan
Canisius
Siena		 Old Dominion
Villanova
Georgia Tech
Tulane
Bradley
Villanova
Kansas St.		 L 74–76
L 79–103
W 78–68
W 89–79
W 75–62
L 58–66
W 92–79
1995 Canisius Seton Hall
Bradley
Washington St.
Virginia Tech
Penn State		 W 83–71
W 55–53
W 89–80
L 59–71
L 62–66
1996 Iona
Fairfield
Manhattan		 St. Joseph's PA
Providence
Wisconsin		 L 78–82
L 79–91
L 42–55
1997 Iona Connecticut L 66–71
1998 Rider Penn State L 68–82
2000 Siena Massachusetts
Penn State		 W 66–65
L 103–105
2002 Manhattan Villanova L 69–84
2003 Fairfield
Siena		 Boston College
Villanova
W. Michigan
Alabama-Birm.		 L 78–90
W 74–59
W 68–62
L 71–80
2004 Niagara Troy State
Nebraska		 W 87–83
L 70–78
2006 Manhattan Fairleigh Dickinson
Maryland
Old Dominion		 W 80–77
W 87–84
L 66–70
2007 Marist Oklahoma State
N.C. State		 W 67–64
L 62–69
2009 Niagara Rhode Island L 62–68
2011 Fairfield Colorado State
Kent State		 W 62–60
L 68–72
2013 Niagara Maryland L 70–86
2014 Iona Louisiana Tech L 88–89
2015 Iona Rhode Island L 75–88
2016 Monmouth Bucknell
George Washington		 W 90–80
L 71–87
2017 Monmouth Ole Miss L 83–91
2018 Rider Oregon L 86–99
2022 Iona Florida L 74–79
CBI Tournament
(7–7)
Year MAAC Rep. Opponent Result
2008 Rider Old Dominion L 65–68
2014 Siena Stony Brook
Penn State
Illinois State
Fresno State*		 W 66–55
W 54–52
W 61–49
W 61–57
L 75–89
W 81–68
2015 Rider Loyola (IL) L 59–62
2016 Siena Morehead State L 80–84
2018 Canisius Jacksonville State L 78–80
2024 Quinnipiac
Fairfield		 Evansville
Little Rock
Chicago State
Seattle		 L 63–94
W 82–75
W 77–74
L 58–75

'*' Best-of-three Championship Series

CIT Tournament
(19–18)
Year MAAC Rep. Opponent Result
2009 Rider Liberty L 64–79
2010 Fairfield George Mason
Creighton		 W 101–96
L 55–73
2011 Rider
Iona		 Northern Iowa
Valparaiso
Buffalo
East Tennessee State
Santa Clara		 L 50–84
W 85–77
W 78–63
W 83–80
L 69–76
2012 Manhattan

Fairfield		 Albany
Fairfield
Yale
Manhattan
Robert Morris
Mercer		 W 89–79
L 57–69
W 68–56
W 69–57
W 67–61
L 59–64
2013 Canisius


Fairfield
Loyola (MD)


Rider		 Elon
Youngstown State
Evansville
Kent State
Boston University
Kent State
East Carolina
Hartford
East Carolina		 W 69–53
W 84–82
L 83–84
L 71–73
W 70–63
W 73–59
L 58–70
W 63–54
L 54–75
2014 Canisius
Quinnipiac		 VMI
Yale		 L 100–111
L 68–69
2015 Canisius Dartmouth
Bowling Green
NJIT		 W 87–72
W 82–59
L 73–78
2016 Fairfield New Hampshire L 62–77
2017 Canisius
Fairfield
Saint Peter's		 Samford
UMBC
Albany
Texas State
Furman
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi		 L 74–78
L 83–88
W 59–55
W 49–44
W 77–51
W 62–61
2018 Niagara Eastern Michigan L 65–83
2019 Quinnipiac NJIT L 81–92

NCAA tournament at-large bids

In 2012, Iona, who was inspired by one of their all around best players Sean Armand, which had lost in the semifinals of that year's MAAC tournament, received an NCAA at-large tournament bid. This was the second time the conference was awarded multiple men's NCAA bids.

After St. Peter's won the 1995 MAAC tournament, the NCAA men's basketball tournament selection committee awarded Manhattan College an at large bid. The Jaspers proved the committee correct by defeating Oklahoma in the first round.[23]

The same first-round success Manhattan enjoyed in the 1995 NCAA tournament could not be matched by Iona. In the 2012 NCAAs, the Gaels unexpectedly relinquished a 25-point, first-half lead to the BYU Cougars, falling 78–72 in Dayton, Ohio. Further, Iona's offense, the highest-scoring (per game) in the nation, managed just 17 points in the second half of that upset.

It was the largest comeback in NCAA tournament history, besting the 22-point hole the Duke Blue Devils rallied from to defeat the Maryland Terrapins in the Final Four of the 2001 NCAA tournament.[24]

Women's

Main article: MAAC women's basketball tournament
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  1. Conference Tournament was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic and Rider was declared the champion.

Postseason history

NCAA tournament
(9–44)
Year MAAC Rep. Opponent Result
1982 (8) Saint Peter's (1) Old Dominion L 42–75
1983 (33) La Salle (32) South Carolina State L 67–85
1985 (7) Holy Cross (2) Ohio State L 60–102
1986 (10) La Salle (7) Villanova L 55–60
1987 (10) Manhattan (7) Indiana L 55–70
1988 (10) Fairfield
(8) La Salle		 (7) St. John's
(9) Penn State		 L 70–83
L 85–86
1989 (9) Holy Cross
(9) La Salle		 (8) Temple
(8) Connecticut
(1) Tennessee		 L 80–90
W 72–63
L 61–91
1990 (12) Manhattan (5) Clemson L 55–79
1991 (12) Fairfield (5) Providence L 87–88
1992 (11) Saint Peter's (6) Connecticut L 66–83
1993 (12) Saint Peter's (5) Miami L 44–61
1994 (14) Loyola (MD) (3) Virginia L 47–72
1995 (10) Loyola (MD) (7) Oklahoma L 45–90
1996 (14) Manhattan (3) Virginia L 55–100
1997 (15) Saint Peter's (2) Louisiana Tech L 50–94
1998 (15) Fairfield (2) Connecticut L 52–93
1999 (13) Saint Peter's (4) Virginia Tech L 48–73
2000 (14) Saint Peter's (3) Mississippi State L 60–94
2001 (11) Siena
(12) Fairfield		 (6) Colorado
(5) Utah		 L 57–79
L 78–98
2002 (11) Saint Peter's (6) Cincinnati L 63–76
2003 (14) Manhattan (3) Mississippi State L 47–73
2004 (14) Marist (3) Oklahoma L 45–58
2005 (15) Canisius (2) Duke L 48–80
2006 (14) Marist (3) Georgia L 60–75
2007 (13) Marist (4) Ohio State
(5) Middle Tennessee
(1) Tennessee		 W 67–63
W 73–59
L 46–65
2008 (7) Marist (10) DePaul
(2) LSU		 W 76–57
L 49–68
2009 (12) Marist (5) Virginia L 61–68
2010 (12) Marist (5) Georgetown L 42–62
2011 (10) Marist (7) Iowa State
(2) Duke		 W 74–64
L 66–71
2012 (13) Marist (4) Georgia
(5) St. Bonaventure		 W 76–70
L 63–66
2013 (12) Marist (5) Michigan State L 47–55
2014 (11) Marist (6) Iowa L 65–87
2015 (12) Quinnipiac (5) Oklahoma L 84–111
2016 (15) Iona (2) Maryland L 58–74
2017 (12) Quinnipiac (5) Marquette
(4) Miami (FL)
(1) South Carolina		 W 68–65
W 85–78
L 58–100
2018 (9) Quinnipiac (8) Miami (FL)
(1) Connecticut		 W 86–72
L 46–71
2019 (11) Quinnipiac (6) South Dakota State L 65–76
2021 (15) Marist (2) Louisville L 43–74
2022 (15) Fairfield (2) Texas L 52–70
2023 (14) Iona (3) Duke L 49–89
2024 (13) Fairfield (4) Indiana L 56–89
WNIT Tournament
(8–21)
Year MAAC Rep. Opponent Result
1999 Siena Georgetown
Wisconsin		 W 86–73
L 85–107
2000 Fairfield Wisconsin L 46–82
2002 Siena St. Joseph's (PA) L 55–84
2003 Siena Seton Hall
Creighton		 W 66–58
L 86–96
2007 Iona Long Island
Indiana		 W 91–79
L 71–74
2008 Iona Quinnipiac
St. John's		 W 71–59
L 59–65
2009 Canisius Syracuse L 65–90
2010 Iona Maryland L 53–88
2011 Loyola (MD) Old Dominion
Virginia		 W 67–65
L 49–71
2012 Fairfield Drexel L 41–57
2013 Iona Drexel L 50–59
2014 Iona
Quinnipiac		 Harvard
Villanova		 L 89–90
L 66–74
2015 Marist Temple L 54–67
2016 Quinnipiac Maine
Temple		 W 90–43
L 64–62
2017 Rider Virginia Tech L 62–76
2018 Marist St. John's L 47–68
2019 Rider West Virginia L 43–83
2022 Quinnipiac Rhode Island
Boston College		 W 61–50
L 68–94
2023 Niagara Green Bay L 52–84
2024 Niagara Le Moyne
Vermont		 W 91-86
L 63–69
WBI Tournament
(12–9)
Year MAAC Rep. Opponent Result
2010 Fairfield Towson
Appalachian State		 W 69–55
L 36–59
2011 Manhattan Sacred Heart
Wright State
UAB		 W 52–48
W 75–73
L 43–62
2012 Manhattan Robert Morris
Holy Cross
Minnesota		 W 77–54
W 78–63
L 54–67
2013 Fairfield St. Francis
Pennsylvania		 W 71–51
L 48–49
2014 Fairfield Bryant
Maine
UIC		 W 90–86
W 63–50
L 44–74
2015 Siena Stony Brook
Xavier
Mercer
Louisiana Lafayette		 W 53–46
W 69–49
W 65–54
L 50–52
2016 Fairfield UMBC L 49–61
2021 Manhattan Cleveland State
Loyola-Chicago
FIU		 L 55–68
W 56–51
L 58–59

Baseball

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Soccer

Men's

Main article: MAAC Men's Soccer Tournament
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^ Tournament delayed until April 2021 due to Covid

Women's

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^ Tournament delayed until April 2021 due to Covid

Lacrosse

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Swimming and diving

Conference champions

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Cross country

Champions

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Football

The MAAC Football League was formed before the 1993 season, but it was discontinued following the 2007 season.

At its peak in 1997, it consisted of 10 teams:

Champions

  • 1993 Iona (5-0-0)
  • 1994 Marist (6-1) & St. John's (6-1)
  • 1995 Duquesne (7-0)
  • 1996 Duquesne (8-0)
  • 1997 Georgetown (7-0)
  • 1998 Fairfield (6-1) & Georgetown (6-1)
  • 1999 Duquesne (7-1)
  • 2000 Duquesne (7-0)
  • 2001 Duquesne (6-0)
  • 2002 Duquesne (8-0)
  • 2003 Duquesne (5-0)
  • 2004 Duquesne (4-0)
  • 2005 Duquesne (4-0)
  • 2006 Duquesne (3-1) & Marist (3-1)
  • 2007 Duquesne, Iona & Marist (all 2-1)

Notable sports figures

Some of the notable sport figures who played collegiately and/or graduated from a MAAC school, include:

Baseball

Basketball

Soccer

References

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    "About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference". MAACsports.com.
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    "The Daily Gazette - Google News Archive Search".
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