The 2015 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference for the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was held from March 5–9, 2015 at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York. No. 3 seed Manhattan upset No. 1 seed Iona 79–69 in the championship game and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA tournament. This was Manhattan's second consecutive MAAC tournament championship, and their third straight appearance in the championship game, with all three games also being against Iona.
Seeds All 11 teams in the conference participate in the Tournament. The top five teams will receive byes to the quarterfinals. Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreakerTiebreaker 2 1 Iona 17–3 2 Rider 15–5 3 Manhattan 13–7 2–0 vs Monmouth 4 Monmouth 13–7 0–2 vs Manhattan 5 Canisius 11–9 6 Quinnipiac 9–11 7 St. Peter's 8–12 8 Siena 7–13 2–0 vs Niagara 9 Niagara 7–13 0–2 vs Siena 10 Fairfield 5–15 1–1 vs Marist 1–3 vs Manh/Monm 11 Marist 5–15 1–1 vs Fairfield 0–4 vs Manh/Monm
Schedule SessionGameTime* Matchup#ScoreTelevision First round – Thursday, March 511 5:00 PM No. 8 Siena vs No. 9 Niagara 71–542 7:00 PM No. 7 Saint Peter's vs No. 10 Fairfield 63–333 9:00 PM No. 6 Quinnipiac vs No. 11 Marist 74–80 Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 724 12:00 PM No. 1 Iona vs No. 8 Siena 74–71ESPN35 2:30 PM No. 4 Monmouth vs No. 5 Canisius 60–546 5:30 PM No. 2 Rider vs No. 7 Saint Peter's 59–687 8:00 PM No. 3 Manhattan vs No. 11 Marist 74–58 Semifinals – Sunday, March 838 4:30 PM No. 1 Iona vs No. 4 Monmouth 95–77ESPN39 7:00 PM No. 3 Manhattan vs No. 7 Saint Peter's 65–48 Championship – Monday, March 9410 9:00 PM No. 1 Iona vs No. 3 Manhattan 69–79 ESPN2 *Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
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