The 2018 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the

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for the

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. It was held from March 1–5, 2018 at the

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. No. 4 seed

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defeated No. 6 seed Fairfield in the championship game to receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. This was Iona's third consecutive MAAC tournament championship, while also being their MAAC-record leading sixth straight championship game appearance.

Seeds

All 11 teams in the conference participated in the Tournament. The top five 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.

Schedule

Bracket

All-Championship Team

References

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MAAC men's basketball tournament The MAAC men's basketball tournament (popularly known as the MAAC Tournament) is the conference championship tournament in basketball for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC). The tournament has been held every year since 1982, the MAAC' ...

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Seeds

Schedule

Bracket

All-Championship Team

See also

References