The 2026 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference for the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The tournament was played March 5–10, 2026, at the Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The tournament winner, Fairfield received the conference's automatic bid to the 2026 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.

This was the last conference tournament under the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference name. In July 2026, the conference will rebrand as the Metro Conference.

Seeds Only the top 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. SeedSchoolConferenceTiebreaker 1Quinnipiac19–12–0 vs. Merrimack2Fairfield19–11–0 vs. Merrimack3Merrimack15–54Iona12–85Siena11–91–0 vs. Mount St. Mary's6Mount St. Mary's11–90–1 vs. Siena7Sacred Heart10–101–0 vs Manhattan8Manhattan10–100–1 vs. Sacred Heart9Marist8–1210Saint Peter's6–14DNQRider5–15DNQCanisius3–17DNQNiagara1–19

Schedule SessionGameTime* MatchupScoreAttendanceTelevision First round – Thursday, March 511NoonNo. 8 Manhattan vs. No. 9 Marist64–55ESPN+22:30 p.m.No. 7 Sacred Heart vs. No. 10 Saint Peter's47–34 Quarterfinals – Friday, March 623NoonNo. 1 Quinnipiac vs. No. 8 Manhattan59–43 1,785ESPN+42:30 p.m.No. 2 Fairfield vs. No. 7 Sacred Heart69–53 Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 735NoonNo. 4 Iona vs. No. 5 Siena59–50937ESPN+62:30 p.m.No. 3 Merrimack vs. No. 6 Mount St. Mary's62–48 Semifinals – Sunday, March 847NoonNo. 1 Quinnipiac vs. No. 4 Iona63–62OT1,059ESPN+82:30 p.m.No. 2 Fairfield vs. No. 3 Merrimack65–48 Championship – Monday, March 9596:00 p.m.No. 1 Quinnipiac vs. No. 2 Fairfield44–51826ESPN+ *Game times in EST. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

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* denotes overtime period

See also 2026 MAAC men's basketball tournament

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