2018–19 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball season

The 2018–19 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) men's basketball season began with practices in October 2018, followed by the start of the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play started in January and concluded March 22, 2019. This season was the 38th season of MAAC basketball.

2018–19 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
DurationNovember, 2018-March, 2019
Number of teams11
2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
Season championsIona Gaels
Runners-upCanisius Golden Griffins
Season MVPCameron Young (Quinnipiac)
Top scorerCameron Young (Quinnipiac) 23.5
Tournament
ChampionsIona Gaels
  Runners-upMonmouth Hawks
Finals MVPRickey McGill
2018–19 MAAC men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Iona†12–6 .667  17–16  .515
Canisius11–7 .611  15–17  .469
Quinnipiac11–7 .611  16–15  .516
Rider11–7 .611  16–15  .516
Siena11–7 .611  17–16  .515
Monmouth10–8 .556  14–21  .400
Manhattan8–10 .444  11–21  .344
Marist7–11 .389  12–19  .387
Saint Peter's6–12 .333  10–22  .313
Fairfield6–12 .333  9–22  .290
Niagara6–12 .333  13–19  .406
† 2019 MAAC Tournament winner

The MAAC season saw four teams spend considerable time being in first place; Rider, Monmouth, Canisius and Iona. Rider started MAAC play off strong, winning seven of their first eight MAAC games, and looking like they would prove the preseason #1 pick correct. But then a five-game losing streak left them at 7–6, and two games out of first place. Monmouth started the regular season 0–12 at one point, but rebounded when MAAC play started, posting a 9–4 conference mark by February 9. Then a four-game losing streak struck down the Hawks, knocking them out of first place. Canisius had a solid season, keeping up with Monmouth the whole way. Consecutive losses to Iona and Niagara late in the season struck down their first place hopes. Iona, which had won the MAAC Tournament three consecutive times coming into the season, started off 5–2, but like the others, a four-game losing streak left them at 5–6 in MAAC play. Sitting in sixth place, Iona found their new starting five combination, and reeled off seven straight wins to end the MAAC season, and take the regular season crown in 2019. It was the 11th MAAC regular season championship for the Gaels.

The 2019 MAAC Tournament was held from March 7 through March 11 at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York. This marked the 20th time Albany has hosted the event.[1] No. 1 seed Iona defeated No. 6 seed Monmouth in the championship game 81–60 to win the conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Tournament. With the win, Iona became the first MAAC team to win four consecutive MAAC Tournament championships.[2]

Quinnipiac was the first MAAC team of the season to see postseason action, as they accepted an invitation to participate in the 2019 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament,[3] losing to NJIT 81–92 in the first round.[4] Iona received a No. 16 seed in the NCAA Tournament Midwest Region, and faced No. 1 seed North Carolina in the first round on March 22, 2019. Iona led 38–33 at halftime, but despite Iona making 10 of 21 3-point tries in the first half, North Carolina started the second half on a 32–11 run to take control of the game, winning 88–73.[5]

Head coaches

Coaching changes

On March 5, 2018, Marist head coach Mike Maker was fired.[6] He finished at Marist with a four-year record of 28–97. Marist hired Saint Peter's coach John Dunne as Maker's successor on April 3.[7][8]

On April 10, 2018, Seton Hall assistant coach Shaheen Holloway was hired as the new head coach at Saint Peter's.[9]

On April 13, 2018, Siena head coach Jimmy Patsos resigned amid an investigation regarding abusive conduct and financial improprieties within the program.[10][11] On May 2, the Saints hired Mount St. Mary's head coach Jamion Christian for the job.[12]

Coaches
Team Head coach Previous job Year at school Overall record MAAC record MAAC Tournament championships
Canisius Reggie Witherspoon Chattanooga
(asst.)		 3 39–28 25–13 0
Fairfield Sydney Johnson Princeton 8 107–125 62–72 0
Iona Tim Cluess LIU Post 9 182–92 112–40 4
Manhattan Steve Masiello Louisville
(asst.)		 8 116–110 72–62 2
Marist John Dunne Saint Peter's 1 0–0 0–0 1
Monmouth King Rice Vanderbilt
(asst.)		 8 117–112 60–38 0
Niagara Chris Casey LIU Post 6 51–110 33–65 0
Quinnipiac Baker Dunleavy Villanova
(asst.)		 2 12–21 7–11 0
Rider Kevin Baggett Rider
(assoc. HC)		 7 107–89 69–47 0
Saint Peter's Shaheen Holloway Seton Hall
(asst.)		 1 0–0 0–0 0
Siena Jamion Christian Mount St. Mary's 1 0–0 0–0 0

Notes:

  • All records, appearances, titles, etc. are from time with current school only.
  • Year at school includes 2018–19 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
Rank Team [13]
1. Rider (11)
2. Canisius
T3. Iona
T3. Quinnipiac
5. Monmouth
6. Marist
7. Fairfield
8. Manhattan
9. Niagara
10. Saint Peter's
11. Siena

() first place votes

Preseason All-MAAC teams
2018-19 MAAC Men's Basketball Preseason All-MAAC Teams [13]
First Team Second Team Third Team
  • †Isaiah Reese – Canisius
  • Rickey McGill – Iona
  • Cameron Young – Quinnipiac
  • Stevie Jordan – Rider
  • †Dimencio Vaughn – Rider
  • Takal Molson – Canisius
  • Roland Griffin – Iona
  • Pauly Paulicap – Manhattan
  • Brian Parker – Marist
  • Frederick Scott – Rider
  • E.J. Crawford – Iona
  • Deion Hammond – Monmouth
  • Marvin Prochet – Niagara
  • Rich Kelly – Quinnipiac
  • Jordan Allen – Rider

† denotes unanimous selection

Preseason Player of the Year
Recipient School
Isaiah Reese Canisius

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 –0–22–01–01–10–22–00–21–10–10–2
vs. Fairfield 2–0–1–11–10–22–01–11–01–01–12–0
vs. Iona 0–21–1–0–11–11–11–11–10–20–11–1
vs. Manhattan 0–11–11–0–2–02–00–21–11–10–22–0
vs. Marist 1–12–01–10–2–0–10–11–12–02–02–0
vs. Monmouth 2–00–21–10–21–0–1–02–01–10–20–2
vs. Niagara 0–21–11–12–01–00–1–1–12–02–02–0
vs. Quinnipiac 2–00–11–11–11–10–21–1–1–10–20–1
vs. Rider 1–10–12–01–10–21–10–21–1–0–21–0
vs. Saint Peter's 1–01–11–02–00–22–00–22–02–0–1–1
vs. Siena 2–00–21–10–20–22–00–21–00–11–1–
Total 11–76–1212–68–107–1110–86–1211–715–36–1211–7

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.[14]

Week Player of the week Rookie of the week
November 12, 2018 Brian Parker, Marist Neftali Alvarez, Fairfield
November 19, 2018 Marvin Prochet, Niagara Neftali Alvarez (2), Fairfield
November 26, 2018 Dimencio Vaughn, Rider Jalen Pickett, Siena
December 3, 2018 Jalen Pickett, Siena Jalen Pickett (2), Siena
December 10, 2018 James Towns, Niagara Tyrese Williams, Quinnipiac
December 17, 2018 Marvin Prochet (2), Niagara Calvin Whipple, Fairfield
December 24, 2018 James Towns (2), Niagara Neftali Alvarez (3), Fairfield
December 31, 2018 Evan Fisher, Siena Jalen Pickett (3), Siena
January 7, 2019 Rickey McGill, Iona Jalen Pickett (4), Siena
January 14, 2019 Cameron Young, Quinnipiac Jalen Pickett (5), Siena
January 21, 2019 Isaiah Reese, Canisius Jalen Pickett (6), Siena
January 28, 2019 Cameron Young (2), Quinnipiac Jalen Pickett (7), Siena
February 4, 2019 Cameron Young (3), Quinnipiac Samir Stewart, Manhattan
February 11, 2019 Evan Fisher (2), Siena Jalen Pickett (8), Siena
February 18, 2019 Cameron Young (4), Quinnipiac Jalen Pickett (9), Siena
February 25, 2019 Rickey McGill (2), Iona Jalen Pickett (10), Siena
March 4, 2019 E.J. Crawford, Iona Jalen Pickett (11), Siena

Records against other conferences

2018–19 records against non-conference foes. Records shown for regular season only.

Power 7 Conferences Record
American 0–3
ACC 1–4
Big East 0–4
Big Ten 0–1
Big 12 0–2
Pac-12 0–1
SEC 0–2
Power 7 Total 1–17
Other NCAA Division I Conferences Record
America East 8–10
A-10 2–8
ASUN 1–0
Big Sky 1–0
Big South 2–1
Big West 1–3
CAA 1–8
C-USA 0–3
Horizon League 0–3
Ivy League 6–7
MAC 0–3
MEAC 5–0
MVC 0–3
Mountain West 1–1
NEC 5–9
OVC 0–0
Patriot League 5–13
Pacific West 0–0
SoCon 0–0
Southland 0–1
SWAC 0–1
The Summit 1–0
Sun Belt 1–0
WAC 0–1
WCC 0–0
Other Division I Total 40–75
NCAA Division I Total 41–92

Postseason

MAAC Tournament
Main article: 2019 MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament
  First round
Thursday, March 7
ESPN3		 Quarterfinals
Friday/Saturday, March 8/9
ESPN3		 Semifinals
Sunday, March 10
ESPN3/ESPNU		 Championship
Monday, March 11
ESPN2
                                     
       
  1 Iona 73  
    9 Saint Peter's 71  
8 Marist 68
9 Saint Peter's 71*  
  1 Iona 73  
  5 Siena 57  
       
       
  4 Rider 81
    5 Siena 87  
     
       
  1  Iona 81
  6 Monmouth 60
       
       
  2 Canisius 69*
    7 Manhattan 65  
7 Manhattan 57
10 Fairfield 53  
  2 Canisius 59
  6 Monmouth 73  
       
       
  3 Quinnipiac 92
    6  Monmouth 98  
6 Monmouth 76
11 Niagara 72  

* denotes number of overtimes

NCAA Tournament
Main article: 2019 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
Seed Region School First Four 1st Round 2nd Round Sweet 16 Elite Eight Final Four Championship
16 Midwest Iona [15] L 73–88 vs. #1 North Carolina – (Columbus)

Game summary

TBS
March 22, 2019
9:30 pm
No. 16 Iona 73, No. 1 North Carolina 88
Scoring by half: 38–33, 35–55
Pts: McGill – 26
Rebs: Ristanovic – 6
Asts: Gist – 5
Gist – 17 pts		 Pts: Johnson – 21
Rebs: Maye – 9
Asts: Johnson & White – 4
Little– 19 pts
Nationwide Arena
Columbus, OH
Attendance: 19,426
Referees: Don Daily, Jose Carrion, Todd Austin

CollegeInsider.com Tournament
Main article: CollegeInsider.com Tournament
School 1st Round
Quinnipiac L 81–92 at NJIT – (Newark, NJ)

Honors and awards

MAAC Awards
2018-19 MAAC Men's Basketball Major Individual Awards [16]
Award Recipient(s)
Player of the Year †Cameron Young, Sr, G, Quinnipiac
Coach of the Year [17] Tim Cluess, Iona
Rookie of the Year †Jalen Pickett, Fr, G, Siena
Defensive Player of the Year Jonathan Kasibabu, Sr, F, Fairfield
Sixth Player of the Year Ryan Funk, Sr, G/F, Marist
2018-19 MAAC Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams [18]
First Team Second Team Third Team Rookie Team
  • †Cameron Young, Sr, G, Quinnipiac
  • Rickey McGill, Sr, G, Iona
  • Jalen Pickett, Fr, G, Siena
  • E.J. Crawford, Jr, G/F, Iona
  • Takal Molson, So, F, Canisius
  • Rich Kelly, So, G, Quinnipiac
  • Stevie Jordan, Jr, G, Rider
  • Tajuan Agee, Jr, F, Iona
  • Marvin Prochet, Sr, F, Niagara
  • Evan Fisher, Sr, F, Siena
  • Brian Parker, Sr, G, Marist
  • Davauhnte Turner, Sr, G, Saint Peter's
  • Malik Johnson, Jr, G, Canisius
  • Frederick Scott, So, F, Rider
  • Diago Quinn, Sr, C, Monmouth
  • †Jalen Pickett, Fr, G, Siena
  • Neftali Alvarez, Fr, G, Fairfield
  • Tyrese Williams, Fr, G, Quinnipiac
  • Warren Williams, Fr, F, Manhattan
  • Sloan Seymour, Fr, F, Siena

† denotes unanimous selection

2018–19 Season statistic leaders

Completed for 2018–19 season [19]

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