2016 MAAC women's basketball tournament
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{{Infobox NCAA Basketball Conference tournament
| Year = 2016
| Conference = MAAC
| Division = I
| Gender = Women's
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| Teams = 11
| Arena = Times Union Center
| City = Albany, NY
| Champions = Iona
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| Coach = Billi Godsey
| CoachCount = 1st
| MVP = Marina Lizarazu
| MVPTeam = Iona
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{{2015–16 MAAC women's basketball standings}}
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.
| class="wikitable"
!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
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| Game
!Time* !Matchup# !Television !Attendance |
|---|
| colspan=7| First round – Thursday, March 3 |
| 1
| 9:30 am | #8 Canisius vs. #9 Niagara |rowspan=3| |rowspan=3| |
| 2
| 11:30 am | #7 Siena vs. #10 Rider |
| 3
| 1:30 pm | #6 Manhattan vs. #11 St. Peter's |
| colspan=7| Quarterfinals – Friday, March 4 & Saturday, March 5 |
| 4
| Noon | #1 Quinnipiac vs. #9 Niagara |rowspan=4| |rowspan=2| 2,844 |
| 5
| 2:30 pm | #4 Fairfield vs. #5 Monmouth |
| 6
| 12:00 pm | #3 Marist vs. #6 Manhattan |rowspan=2| |
| 7
| 2:30 pm | #2 Iona vs. #7 Siena |
| colspan=7| Semifinals – Sunday, March 6 |
| 8
| 11:00 am | #1 Quinnipiac vs. #5 Monmouth |rowspan=2| ESPN3 |rowspan=2| |
| 9
| 1:30 pm | #3 Marist vs. #2 Iona |
| colspan=7| Championship – Monday, March 7 |
| 10
| 2:30 pm | #1 Quinnipiac vs. #2 Iona |rowspan=1| ESPNU |rowspan=1| 1,534 |
| colspan=6 style="text-align:left;"| *Game Times in Eastern Time Zone. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. |
Bracket and Results
{{4RoundBracket-Byes
| RD1=First round
Thursday, March 3
| RD2=Quarterfinals
Friday, March 4
Saturday, March 5
| RD3=Semifinals
Sunday, March 6
ESPN3
| RD4=Championship game
Monday, March 7
ESPNU
| RD1-seed03=8
| RD1-team03=Canisius
| RD1-score03=64
| RD1-seed04=9
| RD1-team04=Niagara
| RD1-score04=65
| RD1-seed11=7
| RD1-team11=Siena
| RD1-score11=79OT
| RD1-seed12=10
| RD1-team12=Rider
| RD1-score12=76
| RD1-seed15=6
| RD1-team15=Manhattan
| RD1-score15=60
| RD1-seed16=11
| RD1-team16=St. Peter's
| RD1-score16=43
| RD2-seed01=1
| RD2-team01=Quinnipiac
| RD2-score01=74
| RD2-seed02=9
| RD2-team02=Niagara
| RD2-score02=51
| RD2-seed03=4
| RD2-team03=Fairfield
| RD2-score03=46
| RD2-seed04=5
| RD2-team04=Monmouth
| RD2-score04=64
| RD2-seed05=2
| RD2-team05=Iona
| RD2-score05=64
| RD2-seed06=7
| RD2-team06=Siena
| RD2-score06=47
| RD2-seed07=3
| RD2-team07=Marist
| RD2-score07=70
| RD2-seed08=6
| RD2-team08=Manhattan
| RD2-score08=58
| RD3-seed01=1
| RD3-team01=Quinnipiac
| RD3-score01=66
| RD3-seed02=5
| RD3-team02=Monmouth
| RD3-score02=59
| RD3-seed03=2
| RD3-team03=Iona
| RD3-score03=57
| RD3-seed04=3
| RD3-team04=Marist
| RD3-score04=53
| RD4-seed01=1
| RD4-team01=Quinnipiac
| RD4-score01=41
| RD4-seed02=2
| RD4-team02=Iona
| RD4-score02=57
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All times listed are Eastern
See also
External links
- [http://www.maacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=17400&ATCLID=209575697 2016 MAAC Women's Basketball Championship]
References
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