2025 MAAC men's basketball tournament
{{Short description|American college basketball postseason tournament}}
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{{Infobox NCAA Basketball Conference tournament
| Year = 2025
| Conference = MAAC
| Division = I
| Gender = Men's
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| Teams = 10
| Arena = Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall
| City = Atlantic City, New Jersey
| Champions = Mount St. Mary's
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| Coach = Donny Lind
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| Television = ESPN+, ESPNEWS, ESPNU
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{{2024–25 MAAC men's basketball standings}}
The 2025 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference for the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The tournament was played March 11–15, 2025, at the Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, for the sixth year in a row.{{Cite web |title=2025 Hercules Tires MAAC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships - Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference |url=https://maacsports.com/feature/2025BasketballChampionships?path=mbkb |access-date=2024-12-27 |website=maacsports.com |language=en}} The tournament winner, Mount St. Mary's, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.
Seeds
The top 10 teams in the conference standings qualified for the tournament, marking the first time in the history of the conference that not every team participated in the event.{{Cite web |date=2024-10-03 |title=MAAC Announces New Format for the 2025 Hercules Tires Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships |url=https://maacsports.com/news/2024/10/2/maac-announces-new-format-for-the-2025-hercules-tires-mens-and-womens-basketball-championships.aspx |access-date=2024-12-27 |website=maacsports.com |language=en}} The top six teams received byes to the quarterfinals. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Seed !School !Conference !Tiebreaker |
| 1
|align=left|Quinnipiac |15–5 | |
| 2
|align=left|Merrimack |14–6 | |
| 3
|align=left|Marist |13–7 | |
| 4
|align=left|Iona |12–8 |2–1 vs. Manhattan/Mount St. Mary's |
| 5
|align=left|Manhattan |12–8 |2–2 vs. Iona/Mount St. Mary's |
| 6
|align=left|Mount St. Mary's |12–8 |1–2 vs. Iona/Manhattan |
| 7
|align=left|Sacred Heart |10–10 | |
| 8
|align=left|Rider |9–11 |1–0 vs. Siena |
| 9
|align=left|Siena |9–11 |0–1 vs. Rider |
| 10
|align=left|Fairfield |8–12 | |
| bgcolor="#bbbbbb"
|DNQ | align="left" |Saint Peter's |7–13 | |
| bgcolor="#bbbbbb"
|DNQ | align="left" |Niagara |6–14 | |
| bgcolor="#bbbbbb"
|DNQ | align="left" |Canisius |3–17 | |
Schedule
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!Session !Game !Time* !Matchup !Score !Attendance !Television |
| colspan="7" | First round – Tuesday, March 11 |
|---|
| rowspan="2" |1
|1 |6:00 pm |No. 8 Rider vs No. 9 Siena |78–76 | rowspan="2" |1,928 | rowspan="2" |ESPN+ |
| 2
|8:30 pm |No. 7 Sacred Heart vs No. 10 Fairfield |71–58 |
| colspan="7" | Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 12 |
| rowspan="2" |2
|3 |6:00 pm |No. 1 Quinnipiac vs No. 8 Rider |78–64 | rowspan="2" | | rowspan="2" |ESPN+ |
| 4
|8:30 pm |No. 2 Merrimack vs No. 7 Sacred Heart |66–62{{sup|OT}} |
| colspan="7" | Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 13 |
| rowspan="2" |3
|5 |6:00 pm |No. 4 Iona vs No. 5 Manhattan |77–65 | rowspan="2" | | rowspan="2" |ESPN+ |
| 6
|8:30 pm |No. 3 Marist vs No. 6 Mount St. Mary's |58–62 |
| colspan="7" | Semifinals – Friday, March 14 |
| rowspan="2" |4
|7 |6:00 pm |No. 1 Quinnipiac vs No. 4 Iona |73–81 | rowspan="2" | | rowspan="2" |ESPNews |
| 8
|8:30 pm |No. 2 Merrimack vs No. 6 Mount St. Mary's |55–57 |
| colspan="7" | Championship – Saturday, March 15 |
| 5
|9 |7:30 pm |No. 6 Mount St. Mary's vs No. 4 Iona |63–49 | |
| colspan="7" | *Game times in EDT. Rankings denote tournament seeding. |
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Bracket
{{10TeamBracket
| RD1=First round
March 11, 2025
ESPN+
| RD2=Quarterfinals
March 12–13, 2025
ESPN+
| RD3=Semifinals
March 14, 2025
| RD4=Championship
March 15, 2025
| boldwinner=high
| RD1-seed1=8
| RD1-team1=Rider
| RD1-score1=78
| RD1-seed2=9
| RD1-team2=Siena
| RD1-score2=76
| RD1-seed3=7
| RD1-team3=Sacred Heart
| RD1-score3=71
| RD1-seed4=10
| RD1-team4=Fairfield
| RD1-score4=58
| RD2-seed1=1
| RD2-team1=Quinnipiac
| RD2-score1=78
| RD2-seed2=8
| RD2-team2=Rider
| RD2-score2=64
| RD2-seed3=4
| RD2-team3=Iona
| RD2-score3=77
| RD2-seed4=5
| RD2-team4=Manhattan
| RD2-score4=65
| RD2-seed5=2
| RD2-team5=Merrimack
| RD2-score5=66OT
| RD2-seed6=7
| RD2-team6=Sacred Heart
| RD2-score6=62
| RD2-seed7=3
| RD2-team7=Marist
| RD2-score7=58
| RD2-seed8=6
| RD2-team8=Mount St. Mary's
| RD2-score8=62
| RD3-seed1=1
| RD3-team1=Quinnipiac
| RD3-score1=73
| RD3-seed2=4
| RD3-team2=Iona
| RD3-score2=81
| RD3-seed3=2
| RD3-team3=Merrimack
| RD3-score3=55
| RD3-seed4=6
| RD3-team4=Mount St. Mary's
| RD3-score4=57
| RD4-seed1=4
| RD4-team1=Iona
| RD4-score1=49
| RD4-seed2=6
| RD4-team2=Mount St. Mary's
| RD4-score2=63
}}
See also
References
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{{MAAC men's basketball tournament navbox}}
{{2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament navbox}}
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