2012 MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament

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2012 MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2011–12
Teams10
SiteMassMutual Center
Springfield, MA
ChampionsLoyola (2nd title)
Winning coachJimmy Patsos (1st title)
MVPErik Etherly (Loyola)
TelevisionESPN3, ESPN2
← 2011
2013 →
2011–12 MAAC men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Iona 15 – 3   .833 25 – 8   .758
Loyola (MD) † 13 – 5   .722 24 – 9   .727
Manhattan 12 – 6   .667 21 – 13   .618
Fairfield 12 – 6   .667 22 – 15   .595
Rider 10 – 8   .556 13 – 19   .406
Siena 8 – 10   .444 14 – 17   .452
Niagara 8 – 10   .444 14 – 19   .424
Marist 7 – 11   .389 14 – 18   .438
Saint Peter's 4 – 14   .222 5 – 26   .161
Canisius 1 – 17   .056 5 – 25   .167
† 2012 MAAC Tournament winner
As of March 18, 2012; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2012 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 2–5, 2012[1] at the MassMutual Center in Springfield, Massachusetts. The tournament will be held in Springfield through 2014.[2] The tournament was previously held at Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Loyola (MD) defeated Fairfield 48–44 to clinch the title and a berth in the 2012 NCAA Tournament. Loyola received a No. 15 seed and were defeated by No. 2 seed Ohio State 78–59.

Iona also received an at-large bid into the NCAA Tournament. They played in the No. 14 seed First Four game against BYU. BYU set a record for the largest comeback in an NCAA tournament game, as they were down by 25 points at one point and came back to beat Iona 78–72. The largest previous deficit overcome in the tournament was 22 points by Duke against Maryland in the 2001 national semifinals.[3]

Bracket[]

First Round
Friday, March 2 		Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 3 		Semifinals
Sunday, March 4 		Championship Game
Monday, March 5
            
1 Iona 87
8 Marist 63
8 Marist 64
9 Saint Peter's 57
1 Iona 75
4 Fairfield 85
4 Fairfield 65
5 Rider 63
4 Fairfield 44
2 Loyola 48
2 Loyola 86
7 Niagara 73
7 Niagara 80
10 Canisius 70
2 Loyola 70
6 Siena 60
3 Manhattan 82
6 Siena 84

References[]

  1. ^ "2012 MAAC Basketball Championships". Retrieved October 12, 2011.
  2. ^ "MAAC Names MassMutual Center in Springfield Site for 2012–2014 MAAC Basketball Championships". MAAC. Retrieved October 14, 2011.
  3. ^ "BYU rallies from 25-point deficit to shock Iona". ESPN.com. Associated Press. March 13, 2012. Retrieved March 14, 2012.
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