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.
Schedule
Session
Game
Time*
Matchup#
Score
Television
First round – Friday, March 6
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
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 7
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
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 7
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
Semifinals – Sunday, March 8
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+
Championship – Monday, March 9
5
9
9:00 pm
No. 1 Siena vs No. 2 Niagara
77–70
ESPN2
*Game times in ET . #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
