1982 MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1982 MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 5–7 at a combination of on-campus gymnasiums and the Meadowlands Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey.[2] This was the first edition of the tournament.
| 1982 MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 1981–82 |
| Teams | 6 |
| First round site | Campus Sites Campus Arenas |
| Finals site | Meadowlands Arena East Rutherford, NJ |
| Champions | Iona (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Pat Kennedy (1st title) |
| MVP | Rory Grimes (Iona) |
| 1981–82 MAAC men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Peter's | 9 | – | 1 | .900 | 20 | – | 9 | .690 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fordham | 8 | – | 2 | .800 | 18 | – | 11 | .621 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iona † | 7 | – | 3 | .700 | 24 | – | 9 | .727 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fairfield | 3 | – | 7 | .300 | 11 | – | 18 | .379 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manhattan | 3 | – | 7 | .300 | 11 | – | 16 | .407 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Army | 0 | – | 10 | .000 | 5 | – | 22 | .185 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 1982 MAAC Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iona upset top-seeded St. Peter's in the championship game, 66–61, to win their first MAAC men's basketball tournament.
The Gaels, however, did not receive a bid to the 1982 NCAA Tournament. No other MAAC teams were invited to the tournament this year.
Format
All six of the conference's members participated in the tournament field. They were seeded based on regular season conference records, with the top two teams earning byes into the semifinal round. The other four teams entered into the preliminary first round. An additional third place game was also played on the last day of the tournament.
First Round games were played at the home court of the higher-seeded team. All remaining games were played at a neutral site at the Meadowlands Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
Bracket
| First Round Friday, March 5 |
Semifinals Saturday, March 6 |
Championship Sunday, March 7 | |||||||||||
| 1 | St. Peter's | 56 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Fairfield | 50 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Manhattan | 55 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Fairfield | 61 | |||||||||||
| 1 | St. Peter's | 61 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Iona | 66 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Iona | 69 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Army | 53 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Iona | 58 | Third Place Sunday, March 7 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Fordham | 55 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Fairfield | 54 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Fordham | 76 | |||||||||||
References
- sports-reference.com 1981-82 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Season Summary
- "1981-82 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2016. Retrieved April 30, 2016.