2008 MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament

2007–08 MAAC men's basketball standings
	† 2008 MAAC Tournament winner ; As of March 22, 2008; Rankings from AP Poll

2008 MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament
2008 MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament
	2008 MAAC Tournament Logo
Classification	Division I
Season	2007–08
Teams	10
Site	Times Union Center; Albany, New York
Champions	Siena (3rd title)
Winning coach	Fran McCaffery (1st title)
MVP	Kenny Hasbrouck (Siena)
Top scorers	Jason Thompson (72) (Rider); Alex Franklin (58) (Siena)
Television	MSG, ESPN2
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The 2008 MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament was an NCAA college basketball tournament held at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York on March 7–10, 2007,^[1] to decide the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference champion. On Monday, March 10 2008, top-seeded Siena defeated #2 seed Rider 74–53 in the championship game, and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. Siena received a #13 seed and upset #4 seed Vanderbilt 83–62, then were defeated in the second round by #12 seed Villanova 84–72.

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	Tiebreaker 3
1	Siena	13–5	1–1 vs Rider	2–2 vs Niag/Loy	3–1 vs FF/Mar
2	Rider	13–5	1–1 vs Siena	2–2 vs Niag/Loy	2–2 vs FF/Mar
3	Niagara	12–6	2–0 vs Loyola
4	Loyola (MD)	12–6	0–2 vs Niagara
5	Fairfield	11–7	1–1 vs Mar	1–1 vs Siena
6	Marist	11��7	1–1 vs FF	0–2 vs Siena
7	Iona	8–10
8	Manhattan	5–13
9	Saint Peter's	3–15
10	Canisius	2–16

Schedule[]

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Score	Television
First round – Friday, March 7
1	1	7:30 pm	#8 Manhattan vs #9 Saint Peter's	73–59	MSG
1	2	10:00 pm	#7 Iona vs #10 Canisius	59–64
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 8
2	3	2:15 pm	#4 Loyola vs #5 Fairfield	64–59		MSG
2	4	4:30 pm	#1 Siena vs #8 Manhattan	66–58		MSG
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 8
3	5	7:30 pm	#2 Rider vs #10 Canisius	75–71	MSG
3	6	10:00 pm	#3 Niagara vs #6 Marist	62–66	MSG
Semifinals – Sunday, March 9
4	7	6:00 pm	#1 Siena vs #4 Loyola	65–63	MSG
4	8	8:00 pm	#2 Rider vs #6 Marist	76–71	MSG
Championship – Monday, March 10
5	9	7:00 pm	#1 Siena vs #2 Rider	74–53	ESPN2
*Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket[]

First Round Friday, March 7			Quarterfinals Saturday, March 8			Semifinals Sunday, March 9			Final Monday, March 10

			1	Siena	66

			8	Manhattan	58
8	Manhattan	73

9	Saint Peter's	59
						1	Siena	65

						4	Loyola	63



			4	Loyola	64

			5	Fairfield	59



									1	Siena	74

									2	Rider	53



			2	Rider	75

			10	Canisius	71
7	Iona	59

10	Canisius	64
						2	Rider	76

						6	Marist	71



			3	Niagara	62

			6	Marist	66

Game summaries[]

First round[]

MSG

March 7, 2008
7:30 pm

No. 8 Manhattan 73, No. 9 Saint Peter's 59
Scoring by half: 33–24, 40–35
Pts: Austin – 26 Rebs: Gabriel – 9 Asts: Smith – 5 Pearson – 15 pts		Pts: Sowell – 20 Rebs: Gooding – 6 Asts: Leon – 6 Leon – 3 stl

Times Union Center
Albany, NY
Attendance: n/a
Referees: Jim Haney, William Bush, Ray Perone

MSG

March 7, 2008
7:00 pm

No. 7 Iona 59, No. 10 Canisius 64
Scoring by half: 35–26, 24–38
Pts: Prodanovic – 14 Rebs: Springer – 8 Asts: Camper – 5 Camper – 4 stl		Pts: Johnson – 14 Rebs: Logins – 7 Asts: Turner – 6 Vazquez-Simmons – 5 blk

Times Union Center
Albany, NY
Attendance: n/a
Referees: John Cahill, Brian O'Connell, Michael Berry

Quarterfinals[]

MSG

March 8, 2008
2:15 pm

No. 4 Loyola 64, No. 5 Fairfield 59
Scoring by half: 34–21, 30–38
Pts: Brown – 18 Rebs: Tuck – 8 Asts: Rudolph – 6 Harvey – 16 points		Pts: Han – 14 Rebs: Johnson & O'Sullivan – 6 Asts: Han – 8 Diakhate – 3 stl

Times Union Center
Albany, NY
Attendance: n/a
Referees: Bob Adams, Kevin Ferguson, Ken Turner

MSG

March 8, 2008
4:30 pm

No. 1 Siena 66, No. 8 Manhattan 58
Scoring by half: 32–23, 34–35
Pts: Franklin – 26 Rebs: Franklin – 9 Asts: Moore – 10 Franklin – 3 stl		Pts: Austin – 17 Rebs: Austin – 11 Asts: Pearson – 3 Austin – 2 blk

Times Union Center
Albany, NY
Attendance: 7,894
Referees: John Hughes, Jeff Anderson, Joe DeMayo

MSG

March 8, 2008
7:30 pm

No. 2 Rider 75, No. 10 Canisius 71
Scoring by half: 41–29, 34–42
Pts: Thompson – 18 Rebs: Thompson – 11 Asts: Ringgold – 4 Ringgold – 2 stl		Pts: Logins – 20 Rebs: Turner – 7 Asts: Turner – 7 Vazquez-Simmons – 3 blk

Times Union Center
Albany, NY
Attendance: 3,879
Referees: Gary Tracy, John Sweeney, Doug Aprahamian

MSG

March 8, 2008
10:00 pm

No. 3 Niagara 62, No. 6 Marist 66
Scoring by half: 33–32, 29–34
Pts: Fisher – 23 Rebs: Fisher – 16 Asts: Nelson – 4 Lewis – 21 pts		Pts: Devezin – 14 Rebs: Benjamin – 11 Asts: Devezin – 3 Farmer – 7 reb

Times Union Center
Albany, NY
Attendance: n/a
Referees: n/a

Semifinals[]

MSG

March 10, 2019
6:00 pm

No. 1 Siena 65, No. 4 Loyola 63
Scoring by half: 28–38, 37–25
Pts: Franklin – 22 Rebs: Franklin – 12 Asts: Moore – 5 Franklin – 3 blk		Pts: Sullivan – 14 Rebs: Isreal – 18 Asts: Brown & Isreal – 3 Isreal – 12 pts, 3 blk

Times Union Center
Albany, NY
Attendance: n/a
Referees: Ed Corbett, Earl Walton, Joe DeMayo

MSG

March 10, 2019
8:00 pm

No. 2 Rider 76, No. 6 Marist 71
Scoring by half: 32–39, 44–32
Pts: Thompson – 32 Rebs: Thompson – 18 Asts: Mansell & Griffin – 4 Johnson – 2 stl		Pts: Gavin – 21 Rebs: McCroskey – 9 Asts: Farmer & Devezin – 4 McCroskey – 16 pts

Times Union Center
Albany, NY
Attendance: 6,577
Referees: Pat Driscoll, Ray Perone, Brian O'Connell

Championship[]

ESPN2

March 11, 2019
7:00 pm

No. 1 Siena 74, No. 2 Rider 53
Scoring by half: 41–30, 33–23
Pts: Fisher – 21 Rebs: Fisher & Hasbrouck – 5 Asts: Hasbrouck & Moore – 4 Fisher – 3 stl		Pts: Thompson – 22 Rebs: Thompson – 12 Asts: Mansell – 3 Thompson – 2 blk

Times Union Center
Albany, NY
Attendance: 9,279
Referees: Ed Corbett, Mike Kitts, Jim Haney

Honors[]

Player	School	Position	Year
Harris Mansell	Rider	G	Junior
Jason Thompson	Rider	C	Senior
Tay Fisher	Siena	G	Senior
Edwin Ubiles	Siena	F	Sophomore
Alex Franklin	Siena	F	Sophomore
Kenny Hasbrouck †	Siena	G	Junior

† Most Valuable Player

References[]

^ ESPN - Conference tournament schedule, results

[1] ESPN - Conference tournament schedule, results

[1]

v t 2008 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournaments
Conference	ACC America East Atlantic 10 Atlantic Sun Big 12 Big East Big Sky Big South Big Ten Big West CAA Conference USA Horizon MAAC MEAC Mid-American Missouri Valley Mountain West Northeast Ohio Valley Pac-10 Patriot SEC Southern Southland SWAC Summit League Sun Belt WAC West Coast
National	NCAA NIT CBI

2007–08 MAAC men's basketball standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Siena †	13	–	5	.722	23	–	11	.676
Rider	13	–	5	.722	23	–	11	.676
Niagara	12	–	6	.667	19	–	10	.655
Loyola (MD)	12	–	6	.667	19	–	14	.576
Fairfield	11	–	7	.611	14	–	16	.467
Marist	11	–	7	.611	18	–	14	.563
Iona	8	–	10	.444	12	–	20	.375
Manhattan	5	–	13	.278	12	–	19	.387
Saint Peter's	3	–	15	.167	6	–	24	.200
Canisius	2	–	16	.111	6	–	25	.194

† 2008 MAAC Tournament winner As of March 22, 2008; Rankings from AP Poll