2018 MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament
Seed School Conference Tiebreaker
1 Rider 15-3 1-1 vs Canisius , 1-0 vs Niagara
2 Canisius 15-3 1-1 vs Rider , 1-1 vs Niagara
3 Niagara 12-6
4 Iona 11-7
5 Manhattan 9-9 2-0 vs Fairfield
6 Fairfield 9-9 0-2 vs Manhattan
7 Quinnipiac 7-11 1-0 vs Monmouth
8 Monmouth 7-11 0-1 vs Quinnipiac
9 Saint Peter 's 6-12
10 Siena 4-14 1-1 vs Marist , 1-2 vs Rider/Canisius
11 Marist 4-14 1-1 vs Siena , 0-4 vs Rider/Canisius
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 .
The 2018 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference for the 2017-18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was held from March 1-5, 2018 at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York. No. 4 seed Iona 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.