# 2018 MAAC women's basketball tournament

The 2018 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament was held March 1–5 at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York. Quinnipiac received an automatic trip to the 2018 Women's NCAA tournament.

## Seeds

Teams are seeded by conference record, with a ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion, if record against regular season champion is tied, the tie breaker moves on to the regular season second place team, then third place team, etc.
| Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker |
| 1 | Quinnipiac | 18–0 | |
| 2 | Marist | 14–4 | |
| 3 | Siena | 11–7 | |
| 4 | Fairfield | 10–8 | 1–1 v. Siena |
| 5 | Rider | 10–8 | 0–1 v. Siena |
| 6 | Niagara | 9–9 | 2–0 v. Siena |
| 7 | Manhattan | 9–9 | 0–2 v. Siena |
| 8 | Canisius | 8–10 | |
| 9 | Monmouth | 7–11 | |
| 10 | Iona | 2–16 | |
| 11 | St. Peter's | 1–17 | |

## Schedule

| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup$^#$ | Score | Television | Attendance |
| First round – Thursday, March 1 |||||||
| 1 | 1 | 9:30 AM | #8 Canisius v. #9 Monmouth | 58–61 | ESPN3 | |
| 1 | 2 | 11:30 AM | #7 Manhattan v. #10 Iona | 55–39 | ESPN3 | |
| 1 | 3 | 1:30 PM | #6 Niagara v. #11 St. Peter's | 60–48 | ESPN3 | |
| Quarterfinals – Friday, March 2 |||||||
| 2 | 4 | 1:00 PM | #1 Quinnipiac v. #9 Monmouth | 83–44 | ESPN3 | |
| 2 | 5 | 3:30 PM | #2 Marist v. #7 Manhattan | 84–60 | ESPN3 | |
| Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 3 |||||||
| 3 | 6 | 12:00 PM | #3 Siena v. #6 Niagara | 71–60 | ESPN3 | |
| 3 | 7 | 2:30 PM | #4 Fairfield v. #5 Rider | 64–71 | ESPN3 | |
| Semifinals – Sunday, March 4 |||||||
| 4 | 8 | 11:00 AM | #1 Quinnipiac v. #5 Rider | 82–62 | ESPN3 | 2,208 |
| 4 | 9 | 1:30 PM | #2 Marist v. #3 Siena | 67–51 | ESPN3 | 2,208 |
| Championship – Monday, March 5 |||||||
| 5 | 10 | 2:30 PM | #1 Quinnipiac vs #2 Marist | 67–58 | ESPNU | 2,437 |
| *Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. |||||||

## Bracket

* All times are Eastern.
| First round Thursday, March 1 ESPN3 | First round Thursday, March 1 ESPN3 | First round Thursday, March 1 ESPN3 | Quarterfinals Friday, March 2 Saturday, March 3 ESPN3 | Quarterfinals Friday, March 2 Saturday, March 3 ESPN3 | Quarterfinals Friday, March 2 Saturday, March 3 ESPN3 | Semifinals Sunday, March 4 ESPN3 | Semifinals Sunday, March 4 ESPN3 | Semifinals Sunday, March 4 ESPN3 | Championship Monday, March 5 ESPNU | Championship Monday, March 5 ESPNU | Championship Monday, March 5 ESPNU |
| | | | 1 | Quinnipiac | 83 | | | | | | |
| | | | 9 | Monmouth | 44 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Canisius | 58 | 9 | Monmouth | 44 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Monmouth | 61 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Monmouth | 61 | | | | 1 | Quinnipiac | 82 | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | Rider | 62 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Fairfield | 64 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Rider | 71 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | Quinnipiac | 67 |
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | Marist | 58 |
| | | | 2 | Marist | 84 | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Manhattan | 60 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Manhattan | 55 | 7 | Manhattan | 60 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Iona | 39 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Iona | 39 | | | | 2 | Marist | 67 | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | Siena | 51 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Siena | 71 | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Niagara | 60 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Niagara | 60 | 6 | Niagara | 60 | | | | | | |
| 11 | Saint Peter's | 48 | | | | | | | | | |