# 2024 MAAC women's basketball tournament

The 2024 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament will be the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference for the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The tournament will be played March 12–16, 2024, at the Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, for the fifth year in a row. The tournament winner will receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.

## Seeds

All 11 teams in the conference are scheduled participated in the Tournament. The top five teams will receive byes to the quarterfinals. Teams will be seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
| Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker |
| 1 | Fairfield | 20–0 | |
| 2 | Niagara | 15–5 | |
| 3 | Siena | 14–6 | |
| 4 | Manhattan | 11–9 | 2–0 vs. Canisius |
| 5 | Canisius | 11–9 | 0–2 vs. Canisius |
| 6 | Mount St. Mary's | 10–10 | |
| 7 | Quinnipiac | 9–11 | |
| 8 | Rider | 6–14 | 2–0 vs. Iona |
| 9 | Iona | 6–14 | 0–2 vs. Rider |
| 10 | Saint Peter's | 4–16 | 2–0 vs. Marist |
| 11 | Marist | 4–16 | 0–2 vs. Saint Peter's |

## Schedule

| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup | Score | Television |
| First round – Tuesday, March 12 ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 10:30 am | No. 8 Rider vs No. 9 Iona | 66–56 | ESPN+ |
| 1 | 2 | 12:45 pm | No. 7 Quinnipiac vs No. 10 Saint Peter's | 68–63 | ESPN+ |
| 1 | 3 | 3:00 pm | No. 6 Mount St. Mary's vs No. 11 Marist | 60–47 | ESPN+ |
| Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 13 ||||||
| 2 | 4 | 1:00 pm | No. 1 Fairfield vs No. 8 Rider | 57–51 | ESPN+ |
| 2 | 5 | 3:30 pm | No. 2 Niagara vs No. 7 Quinnipiac | 70–56 | ESPN+ |
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 14 ||||||
| 3 | 6 | 1:00 pm | No. 3 Siena vs No. 6 Mount St. Mary's | 80–57 | ESPN+ |
| 3 | 7 | 3:30 pm | No. 4 Manhattan vs No. 5 Canisius | 55–58 | ESPN+ |
| Semifinals – Friday, March 15 ||||||
| 4 | 8 | 11:00 am | No. 1 Fairfield vs No. 5 Canisius | 77–64 | ESPN+ |
| 4 | 9 | 1:30 pm | No. 2 Niagara vs No. 3 Siena | 87–70 | ESPN+ |
| Championship – Saturday, March 16 ||||||
| 5 | 10 | 3:30 pm | No. 1 Fairfield vs No. 2 Niagara | 70–62$^{OT}$ | ESPNU |
| *Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seeding. ||||||

## Bracket

| First round Tuesday, March 12 | First round Tuesday, March 12 | First round Tuesday, March 12 | Quarterfinals Wednesday & Thursday, March 13/14 | Quarterfinals Wednesday & Thursday, March 13/14 | Quarterfinals Wednesday & Thursday, March 13/14 | Semifinals Friday, March 15 | Semifinals Friday, March 15 | Semifinals Friday, March 15 | Championship Saturday, March 16 | Championship Saturday, March 16 | Championship Saturday, March 16 |
| | | | 1 | Fairfield | 57 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Rider | 66 | 8 | Rider | 51 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Iona | 56 | | | | 1 | Fairfield | 77 | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | Canisius | 64 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Manhattan | 55 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Canisius | 58 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | Fairfield | 70* |
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | Niagara | 62 |
| | | | 2 | Niagara | 70 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Quinnipiac | 68 | 7 | Quinnipiac | 56 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Saint Peter's | 63 | | | | 2 | Niagara | 87 | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | Siena | 70 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Siena | 80 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Mount St. Mary's | 60 | 6 | Mount St. Mary's | 57 | | | | | | |
| 11 | Marist | 47 | | | | | | | | | |
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