# 2022 MAAC women's basketball tournament

The 2022 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament was the women's postseason basketball tournament for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) for the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The tournament was played March 8–12, 2022, at the Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, for the third year in a row. The tournament winner, the Fairfield Stags, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.

## Seeds

All 11 teams in the conference participate in the tournament. The top five teams receive byes to the quarterfinals. Teams are seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
| Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker 1 | Tiebreaker 2 | Tiebreaker 3 |
| 1 | Fairfield | 19–1 | | | |
| 2 | Quinnipiac | 14–6 | 1–1 vs. Manhattan | 0–2 vs. Fairfield | 2–0 vs. Niagara |
| 3 | Manhattan | 14–6 | 1–1 vs. Manhattan | 0–2 vs. Fairfield | 0–2 vs. Niagara |
| 4 | Niagara | 11–9 | | | |
| 5 | Siena | 10–10 | | | |
| 6 | Monmouth | 9–11 | 1–1 vs. Saint Peter's | 0–2 vs. Fairfield | 2–0 vs. Quinnipiac |
| 7 | Saint Peter's | 9–11 | 1–1 vs. Monmouth | 0–2 vs. Fairfield | 0–2 vs. Quinnipiac |
| 8 | Iona | 8–12 | | | |
| 9 | Rider | 7–13 | | | |
| 10 | Marist | 6–14 | | | |
| 11 | Canisius | 3–17 | | | |

## Schedule

| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup | Score | Television |
| First round – Tuesday, March 8 ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 9:30 am | (8) Iona vs. (9) Rider | 74–58 | ESPN+ |
| 1 | 2 | 11:30 am | (7) Saint Peter's vs. (10) Marist | 49–29 | ESPN+ |
| 1 | 3 | 1:30 pm | (6) Monmouth vs. (11) Canisius | 65–71 | ESPN+ |
| Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 9 ||||||
| 2 | 4 | 1:30 pm | (1) Fairfield vs. (8) Iona | 69–56 | ESPN+ |
| 2 | 5 | 3:30 pm | (2) Quinnipiac vs. (7) Saint Peter's | 63–42 | ESPN+ |
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10 ||||||
| 3 | 6 | 12:00 pm | (3) Manhattan vs. (11) Canisius | 61–49 | ESPN+ |
| 3 | 7 | 2:30 pm | (4) Niagara vs. (5) Siena | 60–59 | ESPN+ |
| Semifinals – Friday, March 11 ||||||
| 4 | 8 | 11:00 am | (1) Fairfield vs. (4) Niagara | 75–38 | ESPN+ |
| 4 | 9 | 1:30 pm | (2) Quinnipiac vs. (3) Manhattan | 59–72 | ESPN+ |
| Championship – Saturday, March 12 ||||||
| 5 | 10 | 11:00 am | (1) Fairfield vs. (3) Manhattan | 73–68 | ESPNews/ESPN+ |
| *Game times in ET.-Rankings denote tournament seeding. ||||||

## Bracket

| First round Tuesday, March 8 ESPN+ | First round Tuesday, March 8 ESPN+ | First round Tuesday, March 8 ESPN+ | Quarterfinals Wednesday/Thursday, March 9/10 ESPN+ | Quarterfinals Wednesday/Thursday, March 9/10 ESPN+ | Quarterfinals Wednesday/Thursday, March 9/10 ESPN+ | Semifinals Friday, March 11 ESPN+ | Semifinals Friday, March 11 ESPN+ | Semifinals Friday, March 11 ESPN+ | Championship Saturday, March 12 ESPNews/ESPN+ | Championship Saturday, March 12 ESPNews/ESPN+ | Championship Saturday, March 12 ESPNews/ESPN+ |
| | | | 1 | Fairfield | 69 | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | Iona | 56 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Iona | 74 | 8 | Iona | 56 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Rider | 58 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Rider | 58 | | | | 1 | Fairfield | 75 | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Niagara | 38 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Niagara | 60 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Siena | 59 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | Fairfield | 73 |
| | | | | | | | | | 3 | Manhattan | 68 |
| | | | 2 | Quinnipiac | 63 | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Saint Peter's | 42 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Saint Peter's | 49 | 7 | Saint Peter's | 42 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Marist | 29 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Marist | 29 | | | | 2 | Quinnipiac | 59 | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | Manhattan | 72 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Manhattan | 61 | | | | | | |
| | | | 11 | Canisius | 49 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Monmouth | 65 | 11 | Canisius | 49 | | | | | | |
| 11 | Canisius | 71 | | | | | | | | | |
* denotes number of overtimes

## All-championship team

* 2022 MAAC women's basketball all-championship team
* Sydney Lowery, Fairfield
* Dee Dee Davis, Manhattan
* Rachel Hakes, Fairfield
* Courtney Warley, Manhattan
* Angel Parker, Niagara
* Cur'Tiera Haywood, Quinnipiac
* $^{MVP}$ Lou Lopez Sénéchal, Fairfield