2026 MAAC women's basketball tournament

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2026 MAAC women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season202526
Teams10
SiteJim Whelan Boardwalk Hall
Atlantic City, New Jersey
ChampionsFairfield (7th title)
Winning coachCarly Thibault-DuDonis (3rd title)
TelevisionESPN+,
 2025
2027 
2025–26 MAAC women's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Quinnipiac191 .950277  .794
Fairfield191 .950285  .848
Merrimack155 .7501913  .594
Iona128 .6002012  .625
Siena119 .5501317  .433
Mount St. Mary's119 .5501515  .500
Sacred Heart1010 .5001318  .419
Manhattan1010 .5001120  .355
Marist812 .4001120  .355
Saint Peter's614 .300723  .233
Rider515 .250722  .241
Canisius317 .150524  .172
Niagara119 .050128  .034
2026 MAAC tournament winner

The 2026 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference for the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The tournament was played March 5–10, 2026, at the Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.[1][2] The tournament winner, Fairfield received the conference's automatic bid to the 2026 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.

This was the last conference tournament under the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference name. In July 2026, the conference will rebrand.[3]

Only the top 10 teams in the conference participated in the tournament.[4] 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
1 Quinnipiac 19–1 2–0 vs. Merrimack
2 Fairfield 19–1 1–0 vs. Merrimack
3 Merrimack 15–5
4 Iona 12–8
5 Siena 11–9 1–0 vs. Mount St. Mary's
6 Mount St. Mary's 11–9 0–1 vs. Siena
7 Sacred Heart 10–10 1–0 vs Manhattan
8 Manhattan 10–10 0–1 vs. Sacred Heart
9 Marist 8–12
10 Saint Peter's 6–14
DNQ Rider 5–15
DNQ Canisius 3–17
DNQ Niagara 1–19

Schedule

Session Game Time* Matchup Score Attendance Television
First round – Thursday, March 5
1 1 Noon No. 8 Manhattan vs. No. 9 Marist 64–55 ESPN+
2 2:30 p.m. No. 7 Sacred Heart vs. No. 10 Saint Peter's 47–34
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 6
2 3 Noon No. 1 Quinnipiac vs. No. 8 Manhattan 59–43 1,785 ESPN+
4 2:30 p.m. No. 2 Fairfield vs. No. 7 Sacred Heart 69–53
Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 7
3 5 Noon No. 4 Iona vs. No. 5 Siena 59–50 937 ESPN+
6 2:30 p.m. No. 3 Merrimack vs. No. 6 Mount St. Mary's 62–48
Semifinals – Sunday, March 8
4 7 Noon No. 1 Quinnipiac vs. No. 4 Iona 63–62OT 1,059 ESPN+
8 2:30 p.m. No. 2 Fairfield vs. No. 3 Merrimack 65–48
Championship – Monday, March 9
5 9 6:00 p.m. No. 1 Quinnipiac vs. No. 2 Fairfield 44–51 826 ESPN+
*Game times in EST. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

See also

References

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