# 2008 MAAC men's basketball tournament

The 2008 MAAC men's basketball tournament was an NCAA college basketball tournament held at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York on March 7–10, 2007, to decide the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference champion. On Monday, March 10 2008, top-seeded Siena defeated #2 seed Rider 74–53 in the championship game, and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. Siena received a #13 seed and upset #4 seed Vanderbilt 83–62, then were defeated in the second round by #12 seed Villanova 84–72.

## Seeds

All 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.
| Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker | Tiebreaker 2 | Tiebreaker 3 |
| 1 | Siena | 13–5 | 1–1 vs Rider | 2–2 vs Niag/Loy | 3–1 vs FF/Mar |
| 2 | Rider | 13–5 | 1–1 vs Siena | 2–2 vs Niag/Loy | 2–2 vs FF/Mar |
| 3 | Niagara | 12–6 | 2–0 vs Loyola | | |
| 4 | Loyola (MD) | 12–6 | 0–2 vs Niagara | | |
| 5 | Fairfield | 11–7 | 1–1 vs Mar | 1–1 vs Siena | |
| 6 | Marist | 11–7 | 1–1 vs FF | 0–2 vs Siena | |
| 7 | Iona | 8–10 | | | |
| 8 | Manhattan | 5–13 | | | |
| 9 | Saint Peter's | 3–15 | | | |
| 10 | Canisius | 2–16 | | | |

## Schedule

| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup$^#$ | Score | Television |
| First round – Friday, March 7 ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 7:30 pm | No. 8 Manhattan vs No. 9 Saint Peter's | 73–59 | MSG |
| 1 | 2 | 10:00 pm | No. 7 Iona vs No. 10 Canisius | 59–64 | MSG |
| MSG ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 2:15 pm | No. 4 Loyola vs No. 5 Fairfield | 64–59 | MSG |
| 2 | 4 | 4:30 pm | No. 1 Siena vs No. 8 Manhattan | 66–58 | MSG |
| Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 8 ||||||
| 3 | 5 | 7:30 pm | No. 2 Rider vs No. 10 Canisius | 75–71 | MSG |
| 3 | 6 | 10:00 pm | No. 3 Niagara vs No. 6 Marist | 62–66 | MSG |
| Semifinals – Sunday, March 9 ||||||
| 4 | 7 | 6:00 pm | No. 1 Siena vs No. 4 Loyola | 65–63 | MSG |
| 4 | 8 | 8:00 pm | No. 2 Rider vs No. 6 Marist | 76–71 | MSG |
| Championship – Monday, March 10 ||||||
| 5 | 9 | 7:00 pm | No. 1 Siena vs No. 2 Rider | 74–53 | ESPN2 |
| *Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding. ||||||

## Bracket

| First round Friday, March 7 | First round Friday, March 7 | First round Friday, March 7 | Quarterfinals Saturday, March 8 | Quarterfinals Saturday, March 8 | Quarterfinals Saturday, March 8 | Semifinals Sunday, March 9 | Semifinals Sunday, March 9 | Semifinals Sunday, March 9 | Final Monday, March 10 | Final Monday, March 10 | Final Monday, March 10 |
| | | | 1 | Siena | 66 | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | Manhattan | 58 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Manhattan | 73 | 8 | Manhattan | 58 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Saint Peter's | 59 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Saint Peter's | 59 | | | | 1 | Siena | 65 | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Loyola (MD) | 63 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Loyola (MD) | 64 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Fairfield | 59 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | Siena | 74 |
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | Rider | 53 |
| | | | 2 | Rider | 75 | | | | | | |
| | | | 10 | Canisius | 71 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Iona | 59 | 10 | Canisius | 71 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Canisius | 64 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Canisius | 64 | | | | 2 | Rider | 76 | | | |
| | | | | | | 6 | Marist | 71 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Niagara | 62 | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Marist | 66 | | | | | | |

## Game summaries
### First round

* MSG
* March 7, 2008 7:30 pm
No. 8 Manhattan 73, No. 9 Saint Peter's 59 :
| Scoring by half: 33–24, 40–35 |||
| Pts: Austin – 26 Rebs: Gabriel – 9 Asts: Smith – 5 Pearson – 15 pts | Pts: Sowell – 20 Rebs: Gooding – 6 Asts: Leon – 6 Leon – 3 stl |
* Times Union Center Albany, NY Attendance: n/a Referees: Jim Haney, William Bush, Ray Perone
* MSG
* March 7, 2008 7:00 pm
No. 7 Iona 59, No. 10 Canisius 64 :
| Scoring by half: 35–26, 24–38 |||
| Pts: Prodanovic – 14 Rebs: Springer – 8 Asts: Camper – 5 Camper – 4 stl | Pts: Johnson – 14 Rebs: Logins – 7 Asts: Turner – 6 Vazquez-Simmons – 5 blk |
* Times Union Center Albany, NY Attendance: n/a Referees: John Cahill, Brian O'Connell, Michael Berry

### Quarterfinals

* MSG
* March 8, 2008 2:15 pm
No. 4 Loyola 64, No. 5 Fairfield 59 :
| Scoring by half: 34–21, 30–38 |||
| Pts: Brown – 18 Rebs: Tuck – 8 Asts: Rudolph – 6 Harvey – 16 points | Pts: Han – 14 Rebs: Johnson & O'Sullivan – 6 Asts: Han – 8 Diakhate – 3 stl |
* Times Union Center Albany, NY Attendance: n/a Referees: Bob Adams, Kevin Ferguson, Ken Turner
* MSG
* March 8, 2008 4:30 pm
No. 1 Siena 66, No. 8 Manhattan 58 :
| Scoring by half: 32–23, 34–35 |||
| Pts: Franklin – 26 Rebs: Franklin – 9 Asts: Moore – 10 Franklin – 3 stl | Pts: Austin – 17 Rebs: Austin – 11 Asts: Pearson – 3 Austin – 2 blk |
* Times Union Center Albany, NY Attendance: 7,894 Referees: John Hughes, Jeff Anderson, Joe DeMayo
* MSG
* March 8, 2008 7:30 pm
No. 2 Rider 75, No. 10 Canisius 71 :
| Scoring by half: 41–29, 34–42 |||
| Pts: Thompson – 18 Rebs: Thompson – 11 Asts: Ringgold – 4 Ringgold – 2 stl | Pts: Logins – 20 Rebs: Turner – 7 Asts: Turner – 7 Vazquez-Simmons – 3 blk |
* Times Union Center Albany, NY Attendance: 3,879 Referees: Gary Tracy, John Sweeney, Doug Aprahamian
* MSG
* March 8, 2008 10:00 pm
No. 3 Niagara 62, No. 6 Marist 66 :
| Scoring by half: 33–32, 29–34 |||
| Pts: Fisher – 23 Rebs: Fisher – 16 Asts: Nelson – 4 Lewis – 21 pts | Pts: Devezin – 14 Rebs: Benjamin – 11 Asts: Devezin – 3 Farmer – 7 reb |
* Times Union Center Albany, NY Attendance: n/a Referees: n/a

### Semifinals

* MSG
* March 10, 2019 6:00 pm
No. 1 Siena 65, No. 4 Loyola 63 :
| Scoring by half: 28–38, 37–25 |||
| Pts: Franklin – 22 Rebs: Franklin – 12 Asts: Moore – 5 Franklin – 3 blk | Pts: Sullivan – 14 Rebs: Israel – 18 Asts: Brown & Israel – 3 Israel – 12 pts, 3 blk |
* Times Union Center Albany, NY Attendance: n/a Referees: Ed Corbett, Earl Walton, Joe DeMayo
* MSG
* March 10, 2019 8:00 pm
No. 2 Rider 76, No. 6 Marist 71 :
| Scoring by half: 32–39, 44–32 |||
| Pts: Thompson – 32 Rebs: Thompson – 18 Asts: Mansell & Griffin – 4 Johnson – 2 stl | Pts: Gavin – 21 Rebs: McCroskey – 9 Asts: Farmer & Devezin – 4 McCroskey – 16 pts |
* Times Union Center Albany, NY Attendance: 6,577 Referees: Pat Driscoll, Ray Perone, Brian O'Connell

### Championship

* ESPN2
* March 11, 2019 7:00 pm
No. 1 Siena 74, No. 2 Rider 53 :
| Scoring by half: 41–30, 33–23 |||
| Pts: Fisher – 21 Rebs: Fisher & Hasbrouck – 5 Asts: Hasbrouck & Moore – 4 Fisher – 3 stl | Pts: Thompson – 22 Rebs: Thompson – 12 Asts: Mansell – 3 Thompson – 2 blk |
* Times Union Center Albany, NY Attendance: 9,279 Referees: Ed Corbett, Mike Kitts, Jim Haney

## Honors

| MAAC All-Championship Team | Player | School | Position | Year |
| MAAC All-Championship Team | Harris Mansell | Rider | G | Junior |
| MAAC All-Championship Team | Jason Thompson | Rider | C | Senior |
| MAAC All-Championship Team | Tay Fisher | Siena | G | Senior |
| MAAC All-Championship Team | Edwin Ubiles | Siena | F | Sophomore |
| MAAC All-Championship Team | Alex Franklin | Siena | F | Sophomore |
| MAAC All-Championship Team | Kenny Hasbrouck † | Siena | G | Junior |
† Most Valuable Player