1984 MAAC men's basketball tournament

1984 MAAC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1983–84
Teams	8
First round site	New Haven Coliseum New Haven, Connecticut
Finals site	Meadowlands Arena East Rutherford, New Jersey
Champions	Iona (2nd title)
Winning coach	Pat Kennedy (2nd title)
MVP	Steve Burtt (Iona)
MAAC men's basketball tournaments

1983–84 MAAC men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
La Salle	11	–	3		.786			20	–	11		.645
Saint Peter's	11	–	3		.786			23	–	6		.793
Iona †	11	–	3		.786			23	–	8		.742
Fordham	7	–	7		.500			19	–	15		.559
Fairfield	5	–	9		.357			10	–	18		.357
Holy Cross	5	–	9		.357			12	–	18		.400
Army	4	–	10		.286			11	–	17		.393
Manhattan	2	–	12		.143			9	–	19		.321
† 1984 MAAC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll[1]

The 1984 MAAC men's basketball tournament was held March 8–10 with the quarterfinal round held at the New Haven Coliseum in New Haven, Connecticut and the semifinals and championship game held at the Meadowlands Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey.^[2]

Iona defeated Fordham in the championship game, 72–61, to win their second MAAC men's basketball tournament in three years.

The Gaels received a bid to the 1984 NCAA tournament where they were beaten by Virginia in the opening round, 57–56.

Format

All eight of the conference's members participated in the tournament field. They were seeded based on regular season conference records, with all teams starting play in the quarterfinal round. An additional third place game was also played on the last day of the tournament.

Quarterfinal games were played at the New Haven Coliseum in New Haven, Connecticut. All remaining games were played at a neutral site at the Meadowlands Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Friday, March 8					Semifinals Saturday, March 9					Championship Sunday, March 10
	1	La Salle	76
	8	Manhattan	60
						1	La Salle	60
						4	Fordham	62
	4	Fordham	80
	5	Fairfield	69
											4	Fordham	61
											3	Iona	72
	3	Iona	73
	6	Holy Cross	66
						3	Iona	59			Third Place Sunday, March 10
						2	St. Peter's	56
	2	Saint Peter's	69								1	La Salle	63
	7	Army	41								2	St. Peter's	65

References

1. sports-reference.com 1983-84 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Season Summary
2. "1983-84 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved January 30, 2022.