Post by FU73 on Mar 8, 2020 5:59:52 GMT -5
2020 MAAC Women’s Basketball Championship Field Set
The top-five teams in the bracket all earn a bye in the first round. Rider University (25-4, 18-2 MAAC) will enter the championship as the league’s top seed after winning a tiebreaker with preseason favorite Marist College (25-4, 18-2). The two Co-Regular Season Champions split their head to head matchups earlier in the year, but a Marist loss to Fairfield University (15-14, 12-8) on Jan. 30 gives the seeding advantage to the Broncs, per the MAAC tiebreaker policy.
The final opening day game will consist of No. 6 Siena College (10-19, 8-12) and No. 11 Canisius College (4-16, 5-24). The Saint got the better of the Griffs in both regular season matchups and will look for the season sweep. The winner of Tuesday’s final game will move on to face No. 3 Fairfield Thursday at 12:00 p.m. on ESPN3.
Round - Game - Matchup - Date - Times - ESPN Network
First Round Game 1 No. 8 Niagara vs No. 9 Saint Peter’s March 10 9:30 a.m. ESPN3
First Round Game 2 No. 7 Iona vs No. 10 Monmouth March 10 11:30 a.m. ESPN3
First Round Game 3 No. 6 Siena vs No. 11 Canisius March 10 1:30 p.m. ESPN3
Quarterfinal Game 4 No. 1 Rider vs Game 1 Winner March 11 1:00 p.m. ESPN3
Quarterfinal Game 5 No. 2 Marist vs Game 2 Winner March 11 3:30 p.m. ESPN3
Quarterfinal Game 6 No. 3 Fairfield vs Game 3 Winner March 12 12:00 p.m. ESPN3
Quarterfinal Game 7 No. 4 Manhattan vs No. 5 Quinnipiac March 12 2:30 p.m. ESPN3
Semifinal Game 8 Game 4 Winner vs Game 7 Winner March 13 11:00 a.m. ESPN3
Semifinal Game 9 Game 5 Winner vs Game 6 Winner March 13 1:30 p.m. ESPN3
Championship Game 10 Game 8 Winner vs Game 9 Winner March 14 11:00 a.m. ESPNN
maacsports.com/tournaments/?id=1578&path=wbball
MAAC Regular Season Standings
School-MAAC-Overall-Streak
Rider 18-2, 25-4 W8 (Co-Champion)
Marist 18-2, 25-4 W11 (Co-Champion)
Fairfield 12-8, 15-14 W2
Manhattan 12-8, 15-14 W5
Quinnipiac 12-8, 15-14 W2
Siena 8-12, 10-19 L2
Iona 8-12, 9-20 L4
Niagara 7-13, 9-20 L4
Saint Peter's 6-14, 9-20 W1
Monmouth 5-15, 8-21 L2
Canisius 4-16, 5-24 L3
In the Women's Basketball Mid-Major Top 25 Marist is ranked #5 and Rider is ranked #11.
www.collegeinsider.com/womens-mid-major-top-25