2017–18 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball season

The 2017–18 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) men's basketball season began with practices in October 2017, followed by the start of the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play started in January and concluded in March 2018. 2017–18 was the 37th season of MAAC basketball.

2017–18 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
DurationNovember, 2017-March, 2018
Number of teams11
2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
Co-championsRider,
Canisius
Runners-upNiagara
Season MVPJermaine Crumpton (Canisius),
Kahlil Dukes (Niagara)
Top scorerTyler Nelson (Fairfield) 22.2
Tournament
ChampionsIona
  Runners-upFairfield
Finals MVPZach Lewis (Iona)
2017–18 MAAC men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Rider153 .833  2210  .688
Canisius153 .833  2112  .636
Niagara126 .667  1914  .576
Iona117 .611  2014  .588
Manhattan99 .500  1417  .452
Fairfield99 .500  1716  .515
Quinnipiac711 .389  1221  .364
Monmouth711 .389  1120  .355
Saint Peter's612 .333  1418  .438
Siena414 .222  824  .250
Marist414 .222  625  .194
2018 MAAC Tournament winner

On February 25, 2018, the last day of the MAAC regular season, both Rider and Canisius won their final game to claim a share of the MAAC Regular Season title. Rider and Canisius both split their regular season games, but Rider had a 1–0 record against third place Niagara and Canisius went 1–1, so Rider was awarded the No. 1 seed in the 2018 MAAC Tournament, while Canisius secured the No. 2 seed.

The 2018 MAAC Tournament was held from March 1–5, 2018 at the Times Union Center in Albany, NY. No. 4 seed Iona defeated No. 6 seed Fairfield 83–71 to win the tournament championship, their third consecutive. They joined former member La Salle University (1988–90) and Siena College (2008–10) as the only teams to ever win three consecutive tournament championships. No team has won four consecutive as of 2018.[1] As a result, Iona received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. They earned a No. 15 seed and lost to No. 2 seed Duke 67–89 in the First Round. Rider, a conference champion who failed to win it's conference's tournament, received a bid to the National Invitation Tournament, which they lost, 86–99 at Oregon. Canisius was invited to play in the College Basketball Invitational, and lost at home to Jacksonville State 78–80OT in the first round. Niagara was invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament, and lost at Eastern Michigan 65–83.

Head coaches

Coaching changes

On March 7, 2017, head coach Tom Moore was fired.[2] He finished at Quinnipiac with a ten-year record of 162–146. On March 27, Villanova assistant coach Baker Dunleavy was hired as the Bobcats next head coach.[3]

Coaches

Team Head coach Previous job Year at school Overall record MAAC record MAAC Tournament championships
Canisius Reggie Witherspoon Chattanooga
(asst.)
2 18–16 10–10 0
Fairfield Sydney Johnson Princeton 7 90–109 53–63 0
Iona Tim Cluess LIU Post 8 162–78 101–33 3
Manhattan Steve Masiello Louisville
(asst.)
7 102–93 63–53 2
Marist Mike Maker Williams College 4 22–72 14–46 0
Monmouth King Rice Vanderbilt
(asst.)
7 106–92 53–27 0
Niagara Chris Casey LIU Post 5 32–96 21–59 0
Quinnipiac Baker Dunleavy Villanova
(asst.)
1 0–0 0–0 0
Rider Kevin Baggett Rider
(assoc. HC)
6 85–79 54–44 0
Saint Peter's John Dunne Seton Hall
(asst.)
12 139–207 86–120 1
Siena Jimmy Patsos Loyola (MD) 5 69–68 43–37 1

Notes:

  • All records, appearances, titles, etc. are from time with current school only.
  • Year at school includes 2017–18 season.
  • Overall and MAAC records are from time at current school and are before the beginning of the season.
  • Previous jobs are head coaching jobs unless otherwise noted.

Preseason

Preseason Coaches Poll

[4]

Rank Team
1. Iona (9)
2. Manhattan (2)
3. Monmouth
4. Fairfield
5. Niagara
6. Siena
7. Rider
8. Saint Peter's
9. Canisius
10. Marist
11. Quinnipiac

() first place votes

Preseason All-MAAC teams

2017-18 MAAC Men's Basketball Preseason All-MAAC Teams [5]
First Team Second Team Third Team
  • Rickey McGill – Iona
  • Deyshonee Much – Iona
  • Rich Williams – Manhattan
  • Kahlil Dukes – Niagara
  • Nico Clareth – Siena
  • Zavier Turner – Manhattan
  • Brian Parker – Marist
  • Chaise Daniels – Quinnipiac
  • Stevie Jordan – Rider
  • Nick Griffin – Saint Peter's

† denotes unanimous selection

Preseason Player of the Year

Recipient School
Tyler Nelson Fairfield

MAAC regular season

Conference matrix

This table summarizes the final head-to-head results between teams in conference play.

  Canisius Fairfield Iona Manhattan Marist Monmouth Niagara Quinnipiac Rider Saint Peter's Siena
vs. Canisius 0–10–20–10–20–21–10–21–10–21–1
vs. Fairfield 1–01–12–01–10–21–11–12–00–10–2
vs. Iona 2–01–10–20–11–11–10–11–10–21–1
vs. Manhattan 1–00–22–01–11–11–11–12–00–10–2
vs. Marist 2–01–11–01–11–02–02–02–01–11–1
vs. Monmouth 2–02–01–11–10–12–01–01–11–10–2
vs. Niagara 1–11–11–11–10–20–20–21–01–10–1
vs. Quinnipiac 2–01–11–01–10–20–12–02–02–00–2
vs. Rider 1–10–21–10–20–21–10–10–20–20–1
vs. Saint Peter's 2–01–02–01–01–11–11–10–22–01–1
vs. Siena 1–12–01–12–01–12–01–02–01–01–1
Total 15–39–911–79–94–147–1112–67–1115–36–124-14

Player of the week

Throughout the regular season, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference offices named player(s) of the week and rookie(s) of the week.[6]

Week Player of the week Rookie of the week
November 13, 2017 Tyler Nelson, Fairfield Wassef Methnani, Fairfield
November 20, 2017 Isaiah Reese, Canisius Jordan Allen, Rider
November 27, 2017 Matt Scott, Niagara Jordan Allen (2), Rider
December 4, 2017 Matt Scott (2), Niagara Jordan Allen (3), Rider
December 11, 2017 Kahlil Dukes, Niagara Rich Kelly, Quinnipiac
December 18, 2017 Matt Scott (3), Niagara Roman Penn, Siena
December 26, 2017 Austin Tilghman, Monmouth Rich Kelly (2), Quinnipiac
January 2, 2018 Jermaine Crumpton, Canisius Takal Molson, Canisius
January 8, 2018 Frederick Scott, Rider Deion Hammond, Monmouth
January 15, 2018 Kahlil Dukes (2), Niagara Takal Molson (2), Canisius
January 22, 2018 Isaiah Reese (2), Canisius Aidas Kavaliauskas, Fairfield
January 29, 2018 Austin Tilghman (2), Monmouth Deion Hammond (2), Monmouth
February 5, 2018 Tyler Nelson (2), Fairfield Takal Molson (3), Canisius
February 12, 2018 Dimencio Vaughn, Rider Jordan Allen (4), Rider
February 19, 2018 Dimencio Vaughn (2), Rider Rich Kelly (3), Quinnipiac
February 26, 2018 Isaiah Reese (3), Canisius Takal Molson (4), Canisius

Records against other conferences

2017–18 records against non-conference foes. Records shown for regular season only.

Power 7 Conferences Record
American 0–4
ACC 0–4
Big East 0–6
Big Ten 1–4
Big 12 0–1
Pac-12 0–2
SEC 0–1
Power 7 Total 1–22
Other NCAA Division I Conferences Record
America East 4–8
A-10 3–6
ASUN 1–3
Big Sky 1–0
Big South 1–2
Big West 1–0
CAA 3–7
C-USA 0–1
Horizon League 2–2
Ivy League 8–4
MAC 1–3
MEAC 4–0
MVC 0–2
Mountain West 0–1
NEC 11–3
OVC 0–2
Patriot League 9–6
Pacific West 0–0
SoCon 1–0
Southland 1–0
SWAC 2–0
The Summit 0–0
Sun Belt 1–3
WAC 0–1
WCC 0–2
Other Division I Total 54–56
NCAA Division I Total 55–78

Postseason

MAAC Tournament

  First round
Thursday, March 1
ESPN3
Quarterfinals
Friday/Saturday, March 2/3
ESPN3
Semifinals
Sunday, March 4
ESPN3/ESPNU
Championship
Monday, March 5
ESPN
                                     
       
  1 Rider 55  
    9 Saint Peter's 66  
8 Monmouth 58
9 Saint Peter's 60  
  9 Saint Peter's 62  
  4 Iona 65  
       
       
  4 Iona 72
    5 Manhattan 60  
     
       
  4 Iona 83
  6 Fairfield 71
       
       
  2 Canisius 69
    7 Quinnipiac 72  
7 Quinnipiac 67
10 Siena 58  
  7 Quinnipiac 64
  6 Fairfield 74  
       
       
  3 Niagara 77
    Fairfield 90  
6 Fairfield 71
11 Marist 57  

* denotes number of overtimes

NCAA Tournament

Seed Region School First Four 1st Round
15 Midwest Iona L 67–89 vs. #2 Duke(Pittsburgh)

National Invitation Tournament

Seed Bracket School 1st Round
6 Notre Dame Rider L 86–99 at #3 Oregon(Eugene, OR)

College Basketball Invitational

School 1st Round
Canisius L 78–80OT vs. Jacksonville State(Buffalo, NY)

CollegeInsider.com Tournament

School 1st Round
Niagara L 65–83 at Eastern Michigan(Ypsilanti, MI)

Honors and awards

MAAC Awards

2017-18 MAAC Men's Basketball Major Individual Awards [7]
Award Recipient(s)
Co-Players of the Year Jermaine Crumpton, Sr, F, Quinnipiac
Kahlil Dukes, Sr, G, Niagara
Coach of the Year [8] Kevin Baggett, Rider
Rookie of the Year Takal Molson, Fr, G, Canisius
Defensive Player of the Year Pauly Paulicap, So, F, Manhattan
Sixth Player of the Year Frederick Scott, Fr, F, Rider
2017-18 MAAC Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams [9]
First Team Second Team Third Team Rookie Team
  • Rickey McGill, Jr, G, Iona
  • Stevie Jordan, So, G, Rider
  • Rich Williams, Sr, G, Manhattan
  • Matt Scott, Sr, G, Niagara
  • Cameron Young, Jr, G, Quinnipiac
  • Zane Waterman, Sr, F, Manhattan
  • Brian Parker, Jr, G, Marist
  • Frederick Scott, Fr, F, Rider
  • Austin Tilghman, Sr, G, Monmouth
  • Jordan Allen, Fr, G, Rider
  • Takal Molson, Fr, G, Canisius
  • Deion Hammond, Fr, G, Monmouth
  • Rich Kelly, Fr, G, Quinnipiac
  • Jordan Allen, Fr, G, Rider
  • Prince Oduro, Fr, G/F, Siena

† denotes unanimous selection

References

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