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2009 MAAC men's basketball tournament
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Year | 2009 |
| Conference | MAAC |
| Division | I |
| Gender | Men's |
| Image | 2009_MAAC_Basketball_Championship_Logo.jpg |
| ImageSize | 200px |
| Caption | 2009 MAAC Tournament Logo |
| Teams | 10 |
| Arena | Times Union Center |
| City | Albany, New York |
| Champions | Siena |
| TitleCount | 4th |
| Coach | Fran McCaffery |
| CoachCount | 2nd |
| MVP | Kenny Hasbrouck |
| MVPTeam | Siena |
| Television | ESPN2, MSG, MSG Plus |
The 2009 MAAC men's basketball tournament was an NCAA college basketball tournament held at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York on March 6–9, 2009, to decide the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference champion. The winner, Siena advanced to the 2009 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, a 65-team event to decide the national champion of Division I college basketball. Siena received a No. 9 seed and upset No. 8 seed Ohio State 74–72 in double overtime, then were defeated by No. 1 seed Louisville 79–72 in the second round.
Seeds
All 10 teams in the conference participated in the Tournament. 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.
| Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker | Tiebreaker 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Siena | 16–2 | ||
| 2 | Niagara | 14–4 | ||
| 3 | Rider | 12–6 | ||
| 4 | Manhattan | 9–9 | 1–1 vs Fairfield | 1–1 vs Rider |
| 5 | Fairfield | 9–9 | 1–1 vs Manhattan | 0–2 vs Rider |
| 6 | Saint Peter's | 8–10 | ||
| 7 | Iona | 7–11 | 1–1 vs Loyola | 1–1 vs Niagara |
| 8 | Loyola (MD) | 7–11 | 1–1 vs Iona | 0–2 vs Niagara |
| 9 | Canisius | 4–14 | 2–0 vs Marist | |
| 10 | Marist | 4–14 | 0–2 vs Canisius |
Schedule
| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup# | Score | Television | First round – Friday, March 6 | Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 7 | Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 7 | Semifinals – Sunday, March 8 | Championship – Monday, March 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 7:30 pm | No. 8 Loyola vs No. 9 Canisius | 68–74 | MAAC-TV | |||||
| 2 | 9:30 pm | No. 7 Iona vs No. 10 Marist | 40–43 | |||||||
| 2 | 3 | 2:30 pm | No. 4 Manhattan vs No. 5 Fairfield | 61–68 | MSG2 | |||||
| 4 | 5:00 pm | No. 1 Siena vs No. 9 Canisius | 77–52 | MSG | ||||||
| 3 | 5 | 7:30 pm | No. 2 Niagara vs No. 10 Marist | 79–50 | MSG+ | |||||
| 6 | 10:00 pm | No. 3 Rider vs No. 6 Saint Peter's | 67–58 | MSG2 | ||||||
| 4 | 7 | 6:00 pm | No. 1 Siena vs No. 5 Fairfield | 80–65 | MSG2 | |||||
| 8 | 8:30 pm | No. 2 Niagara vs No. 3 Rider | 93–89 2OT | MSG+ | ||||||
| 5 | 9 | 9:00 pm | No. 1 Siena vs No. 2 Niagara | 77–70 | ESPN2 | |||||
| *Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. |
Bracket
Friday, March 6 Saturday, March 7 Sunday, March 8 Monday, March 9
| RD1-seed03=8 | RD1-team03= | RD1-score03=68 | RD1-seed04=9 | RD1-team04= | RD1-score04=74
| RD1-seed11=7 | RD1-team11= | RD1-score11=40 | RD1-seed12=10 | RD1-team12= | RD1-score12=43
| RD2-seed01=1 | RD2-team01=Siena | RD2-score01=77 | RD2-seed02=9 | RD2-team02=Canisius | RD2-score02=52
| RD2-seed03=5 | RD2-team03= | RD2-score03=68 | RD2-seed04=4 | RD2-team04= | RD2-score04=61
| RD2-seed05=2 | RD2-team05= | RD2-score05=79 | RD2-seed06=10 | RD2-team06=Marist | RD2-score06=50
| RD2-seed07=6 | RD2-team07= | RD2-score07=58 | RD2-seed08=3 | RD2-team08= | RD2-score08=67
| RD3-seed01=1 | RD3-team01=Siena | RD3-score01=80 | RD3-seed02=5 | RD3-team02=Fairfield | RD3-score02=65
| RD3-seed03=2 | RD3-team03=Niagara | RD3-score03=93 | RD3-seed04=3 | RD3-team04=Rider | RD3-score04=89 2OT
| RD4-seed01=1 | RD4-team01=Siena | RD4-score01=77 | RD4-seed02=2 | RD4-team02=Niagara | RD4-score02=70
References
References
- (2009-12-31). "Moment #1: Onions! Double Order!!".
- Press, Associated. "Louisville Tops Siena, 79-72".
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