MAAC Men’s Basketball Seeding Possibilities and Tie-Breakers Through Games Played on Feb.24
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MAAC Men’s Basketball Seeding Possibilities and Tie-Breakers
Through games played on 2/24/2017
Monmouth (17-2) at Iona
Clinched #1 seed
Will play Friday, March 3rd at 7:00pm vs. the winner of #8/#9
Saint Peter’s (13-6) at Canisius
Clinches #2 seed with WIN OR Iona LOSS
Clinch #3 seed with LOSS and Iona WIN
Iona (12-7) vs. Monmouth
Clinches #2 seed with WIN and Saint Peter’s LOSS
Clinches #3 seed with LOSS or Saint Peter’s WIN
Siena (11-8) vs. Marist
Clinches #4 with WIN
Clinches #5 with LOSS and Canisius WIN
Will play Saturday, March 4th at 9:30pm as either the #4 or #5 seed
Canisius (10-9) vs. Saint Peter’s
Clinches #4 with WIN and Siena LOSS
Clinches #5 with WIN and Siena WIN
Clinches #5 with LOSS, Fairfield LOSS and Rider LOSS
Clinches #6 with LOSS, Fairfield WIN and Rider LOSS
Clinches #6 with LOSS, Fairfield LOSS and Rider WIN
Clinches #7 with LOSS, Fairfield WIN and Rider WIN
Fairfield (10-9) at Niagara
Clinches #5 with WIN and Canisius LOSS
Clinch #5 with LOSS, Canisius LOSS and Rider WINS
Clinches #6 with WIN and Canisius WIN
Clinches #6 with LOSS, Canisius LOSS and Rider LOSS
Rider (9-10) at Quinnipiac
Clinch #6 with WIN, Canisius LOSS and Fairfield WIN
Clinch #7 with WIN and Canisius WIN
Clinches #7 with WIN, Canisius LOSS and Fairfield LOSS
Clinched #7 with LOSS
Quinnipiac (7-12) vs. Rider
Clinched #8 seed
Will play Thursday, March 2nd at 5:00pm vs. #9 seed
Niagara (6-13) vs. Fairfield
Clinches #9 with WIN
Clinches #9 with LOSS and Marist LOSS
Clinches #10 with LOSS and Marist WIN
Manhattan (5-15) – season complete
Clinches #10 with Marist LOSS, Saint Peter’s WIN and Rider WIN (win coin flip)
Clinches #11 with Marist WIN or Canisius WIN or Quinnipiac WIN or (loss in coin flip)
Marist (5-14) at Siena
Clinches #9 with WIN and Niagara LOSS
Clinches #10 with WIN and Niagara WIN
Clinches #10 with LOSS and Canisius WIN or Quinnipiac WIN
Clinches #10 with LOSS, Saint Peter’s WIN and Rider WIN (win coin flip)
Clinches #11 with LOSS, Saint Peter’s WIN and Rider WIN (lose coin flip)
Tiebreakers
If Saint Peter’s and Iona tie at (13-7)
Iona swept Saint Peter’s head to head giving them the tiebreaker.
#2 Iona/#3 Saint Peter’s
If Iona and Siena tie at (12-8)
Both teams split head to head. Both teams were swept by Monmouth. Iona swept Saint Peter’s where Siena split with Saint Peter’s.
#3 Iona/#4 Siena
If Siena, Canisius and Fairfield tie at (11-9)
All three teams would enter a mini conference. Canisius is (3-1) in the mini conference. Canisius is (3-1) in the mini conference where Siena is (2-2) and Fairfield is (1-3). Therefore, Canisius would win the tiebreaker followed by Siena and then Fairfield.
Canisius #4/Siena #5/Fairfield #6
If Siena and Canisius tie at (11-9)
Siena was swept by Canisius giving them the tiebreaker.
Canisius #4/Siena #5
If Siena and Fairfield tie at (11-9)
Siena swept Fairfield giving them the tiebreaker.
Siena #4/Fairfield #5
If Canisius and Fairfield tie at (10-10)
Both teams split head to head. Both were swept by Monmouth. Canisius split with Saint Peter’s whereas Fairfield was swept by Saint Peter’s.
Canisius #5/Fairfield #6
If Canisius, Fairfield and Rider tie at (10-10)
All three teams would enter a mini conference. Fairfield is (3-1) in the mini conference where Canisius is (2-2) and Rider is (1-3). Therefore, Fairfield would win the tiebreaker followed by Canisius and then Rider.
Fairfield #5/Canisius #6/Rider #7
If Canisius and Rider tie at (10-10)
Both teams split head to head. Rider beat Monmouth whereas Canisius was swept by Monmouth.
Rider #6/Canisius #7
If Quinnipiac and Niagara tie at (7-13)
Quinnipiac swept Niagara head to head giving them the tiebreaker.
Quinnipiac #8/Niagara #9
If Niagara and Marist tie at (6-14)
Marist swept Niagara head to head giving them the tiebreaker.
Marist #9/Niagara #10
If Manhattan and Marist tie at (5-15)
Both teams split head to head. Both were swept by Monmouth, Saint Peter’s, Iona, Siena and Fairfield.
The next two teams in the standings are Canisius and Rider. If Canisius finishes ahead of Rider, Marist will get the #10 seed.
If Canisius and Rider tie at 10-10 then per MAAC tiebreaker guidelines, when arriving at another group of tied teams while comparing records, use each team’s record against the collective tied teams as a group (prior to their own tie-breaking procedure).
Those results would cancel because both teams have the same record against the tied teams - Quinnipiac (1-1) and Niagara – (0-2). Therefore if a tie still exists, then the commissioner or his designee shall use a coin toss to break the tie.