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1999 MAAC men's basketball tournament
1999 MAAC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1998–99
Teams	10
Site	Marine Midland Arena; Buffalo, New York
Champions	Siena (1st title)
Winning coach	Paul Hewitt (1st title)
MVP	Marcus Faison (Siena)
	MAAC men's basketball tournaments ← 1998 2000 →

1998–99 MAAC men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Niagara	13	–	5	.722	17	–	12	.586
Siena †	13	–	5	.722	25	–	6	.806
Iona	12	–	6	.667	16	–	14	.533
Canisius	11	–	7	.611	15	–	12	.556
Saint Peter's	10	–	8	.556	14	–	15	.483
Marist	8	–	10	.444	16	–	12	.571
Rider	7	–	11	.389	12	–	16	.429
Fairfield	7	–	11	.389	12	–	15	.444
Loyola (MD)	6	–	12	.333	13	–	15	.464
Manhattan	3	–	15	.167	5	–	22	.185

† 1999 MAAC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

Second-seeded Siena defeated Saint Peter's in the championship game, 82–67, to win their first MAAC men's basketball tournament.^[3]

The Saints received an automatic bid to the 1999 NCAA tournament.

Format

All ten of the conference's members participated in the tournament field. They were seeded based on regular season conference records.

First round Friday, February 26			Quarterfinals Saturday, February 27			Semifinals Sunday, February 28			Championship Monday, March 1

			1	Niagara	78

			9	Loyola (MD)	77
8	Fairfield	72

9	Loyola (MD)	75
						1	Niagara	70

						5	Saint Peter's	78



			4	Canisius	72

			5	Saint Peter's	80



									5	Saint Peter's	67

									2	Siena	82



			2	Siena	101

			7	Rider	73
7	Rider	73

10	Manhattan	46
						2	Siena	56

						6	Marist	55



			3	Iona	69

			6	Marist	71