Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Data
Classification	NCAA Division I-AA
Established	1980
Members	10
Sports fielded	25
Region	Northeast
States	4 â€" Connecticut, Maryland, New Jersey, New York
Headquarters	Edison, New Jersey
Commissioner	Richard J. Ensor

The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC, pronounced "mack") is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I-AA for football and Division I for all other sports. Most of the members are Catholic institutions.

Richard J. Ensor is the Commissioner of the MAAC, a post he has held since 1988.

The conference was founded in 1980 by six charter members: the U.S. Military Academy, Fairfield University, Fordham University, Iona College, Manhattan College and Saint Peter's College. Competition officially began the next year, in the sports of men's cross-country and men's soccer.

Competition in men's and women's basketball began in 1982. In 1984, the MAAC received an automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, where Iona was the first team to represent the MAAC on the men's side. In 1982, Saint Peter's was the first women's basketball team to represent the MAAC in the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament.

The league added football in 1993.

From 1997 to 2003, the MAAC sponsored ice hockey. At that time, the hockey league split from the MAAC and changed its name to Atlantic Hockey.

The NCAA named the MAAC and Rider as co-hosts for the one of the first and second round sites for the 2006 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship. The MAAC, along with Canisius and Niagara, were also approved to host the 2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship First and Second Rounds.

Member Institutions

The MAAC has ten Member Institutions:

Institution	Location	Founded	Affiliation!Enrollment
Canisius College	Buffalo, New York	1870	Private/Catholic	4,708
Fairfield University	Fairfield, Connecticut	1942	Private/Catholic	5,100
Iona College	New Rochelle, New York	1940	Private/Catholic	4,648
Loyola College in Maryland	Baltimore, Maryland	1852	Private/Catholic	4,747
Manhattan College	Riverdale, New York	1853	Private/Catholic	3,502
Marist College	Poughkeepsie, New York	1929	Private/Non-sectarian	6,115
Niagara University	Niagara, New York	1856	Private/Catholic	3,746
Rider University	Lawrenceville, New Jersey	1865	Private/Non-sectarian	5,039
Siena College	Loudonville, New York	1937	Private/Catholic	3,705
Saint Peter's College	Jersey City, New Jersey	1872	Private/Catholic	3,700

Teams
* Canisius Golden Griffins
* Fairfield Stags
* Iona Gaels
* Loyola (MD) Greyhounds
* Manhattan Jaspers
* Marist Red Foxes
* Niagara Purple Eagles
* Rider Broncs
* Siena Saints
* Saint Peter's Peacocks

Associate Member Institutions

* Football
** Duquesne University
** La Salle University
* Baseball
** Le Moyne College
* Men's Lacrosse
** Mount Saint Mary's University
** Providence College
** Saint Joseph's University
** Virginia Military Institute
** Wagner College
* Women's Lacrosse
** Le Moyne College
*Water Polo
** Saint Francis College (New York)
** Villanova University
** Wagner College

MAAC Football Conference

The MAAC Football Conference was formed in 1993 and currently consists of only five schools:
* Duquesne University
* La Salle University
* Iona College
* Marist College
* Saint Peter's College

Canisius, Fairfield, Saint John's and Siena, all former members of the MAACFL, have since shut down their football programs.

Champions

*1993 Iona
*1994 Marist & St. John's
*1995 Duquesne
*1996 Duquesne
*1997 Georgetown
*1998 Fairfield & Georgetown
*1999 Georgetown
*2000 Duquesne
*2001 Duquesne
*2002 Duquesne
*2003 Duquesne
*2004 Duquesne
*2005 Duquesne

Men's Basketball Champions

Year	Regular Season Champion(s)!Tournament Champion
1982	Saint Peter's (20-9, 9-1)	(3) Iona (24-9, 7-3)
-	1983	Iona (22-9, 8-2)	(2) Fordham (19-11, 7-3)
-	1984	La Salle (20-11, 11-3), Saint Peter's (23-6, 11-3), Iona	(3) Iona (23-8, 11-3)
-	1985	Iona	(1) Iona (26-5, 11-3)
-	1986	Fairfield	(1) Fairfield (24-7, 13-1)
-	1987	Saint Peter's (21-9, 11-3)	(7) Fairfield (15-16, 5-9)
-	1988	La Salle	(1) La Salle (24-10, 14-0)
-	1989	La Salle	(1) La Salle (26-6, 13-1)
-	1990	(N) Holy Cross (24-6, 14-2), (S) La Salle	(S1) La Salle (30-2, 16-0)
-	1991	Siena (25-10, 12-4)	(3) Saint Peter's (24-7, 11-5)
-	1992	Manhattan (25-9, 13-3)	(2) La Salle (20-11, 12-4)
-	1993	Manhattan	(1) Manhattan (23-7, 12-2)
-	1994	Canisius (22-7, 12-2)	(5) Loyola (MD) (17-13, 6-8)
-	1995	Manhattan (26-5, 12-2)	(3) Saint Peter's (19-11, 10-4)
-	1996	Iona (21-8, 10-4)	(5) Canisius (19-11, 7-7)
-	1997	Iona (22-8, 11-3)	(8) Fairfield (11-19, 2-12)
-	1998	Iona	(1) Iona (27-6, 15-3)
-	1999	Niagara (17-12, 13-5), Siena	(2) Siena (25-6, 13-5)
-	2000	Siena (24-9, 15-3)	(2) Iona (20-11, 13-5)
-	2001	Iona	(1) Iona (22-11, 12-6)
-	2002	Rider (17-11, 13-5), Marist (19-9, 13-5)	(7) Siena (18-18, 9-9)
-	2003	Manhattan	(1) Manhattan (23-7, 14-4)
-	2004	Manhattan	(1) Manhattan (25-6, 16-2)
-	2005	Rider (19-11, 13-5), Niagara	(1) Niagara (20-10, 13-5)
-	2006	Manhattan (18-9, 14-4)	(2) Iona (23-7, 13-5)

*MAAC men's basketball conference tournament locations

Postseason Men's Basketball History

NCAA Tournament

Year	MAAC Rep.	Opponent	Result
1984	(10) Iona	(7) Virginia	L 57-58
1985	(13) Iona	(4) Loyola-IL	L 58-59
1986	(13) Fairfield	(4) Illinois	L 51-75
1987	(16) Fairfield	(1) Indiana	L 58-92
1988	(13) La Salle	(4) Kansas St.	L 53-66
1989	(8) La Salle	(9) Louisiana Tech	L 74-83
1990	(4) La Salle	(13) So. Mississippi (5) Clemson	W 79-63 L 75-79
1991	(12) Saint Peter's	(5) Texas	L 65-73
1992	(13) La Salle	(4) Seton Hall	L 76-78
1993	(11) Manhattan	(6) Virginia	L 66-78
1994	(15) Loyola-MD	(2) Arizona	L 55-81
1995	(15) Saint Peter's (13) Manhattan	(2) Massachusetts (4) Oklahoma (5) Arizona St.	L 51-68 W 77-67 L 54-64
1996	(13) Canisius	(4) Utah	L 43-72
1997	(16) Fairfield	(1) North Carolina	L 74-82
1998	(12) Iona	(5) Syracuse	L 61-63
1999	(13) Siena	(4) Arkansas	L 80-94
2000	(14) Iona	(3) Maryland	L 59-74
2001	(14) Iona	(3) Mississippi	L 70-72
2002	(65) Siena (16) Siena	(64) Alcorn St. (1) Maryland	W 81-77 L 70-85
2003	(14) Manhattan	(3) Syracuse	L 65-76
2004	(12) Manhattan	(5) Florida (4) Wake Forest	W 75-60 L 80-84
2005	(14) Niagara	(3) Oklahoma	L 67-84
2006	(13) Iona	(4) LSU	L 64-80

NIT Tournament

Year	MAAC Rep.	Opponent	Result
1982	Fordham Saint Peter's Iona	Virginia Tech Syracuse Rutgers	L 58-69 L 75-84 L 51-55
1983	Fordham Iona	So. Florida St. Bonaventure Nebraska	L 69-81 W 90-76 L 73-85
1984	Fordham Saint Peter's La Salle	Weber State Tennessee Pittsburgh	L 63-75 L 40-55 L 91-95
1985	Fordham	Richmond	L 57-59
1987	Saint Peter's La Salle	Oklahoma Villanova Niagara Illinois St. Arkansas-LR So. Mississippi	L 60-76 W 86-84 W 89-81 W 70-50 W 92-72 L 80-84
1988	Fordham	Houston	L 61-69
1989	Saint Peter's	Villanova	L 56-76
1990	Holy Cross Fordham	Rutgers Southern U. Rutgers	L 78-87 W 106-70 L 74-81
1991	La Salle Siena	Massachusetts Fairleigh Dickinson South Carolina Massachusetts	L 90-93 W 90-85 W 63-58 L 80-82
1992	Manhattan	Wisconsin-GB Rutgers Notre Dame	W 67-65 W 62-61 L 58-74
1993	Niagara	Boston College	L 83-87
1994	Manhattan Canisius Siena	Old Dominion Villanova Georgia Tech Tulane Bradley Villanova Kansas St.	L 74-76 L 79-103 W 78-68 W 89-79 W 75-62 L 58-66 W 92-79
1995	Canisius	Seton Hall Bradley Washington St. Virginia Tech Penn State	W 83-71 W 55-53 W 89-80 L 59-71 L 62-66
1996	Iona Fairfield Manhattan	St. Joseph's PA Providence Wisconsin	L 78-82 L 79-91 L 42-55
1997	Iona	Connecticut	L 66-71
1998	Rider	Penn State	L 68-82
2000	Siena	Massachusetts Penn State	W 66-65 L 103-105
2002	Manhattan	Villanova	L 69-84
2003	Fairfield Siena	Boston College Villanova W. Michigan Alabama-Birm.	L 78-90 W 74-59 W 68-62 L 71-80
2004	Niagara	Troy State Nebraska	W 87-83 L 70-78
2006	Manhattan	Fairleigh Dickinson Maryland Old Dominion	W 80-77 W 87-84 L 66-70

Conference facilities

School	Football stadium	Capacity	Basketball arena!Capacity
Canisius	Non-Football School	N/A	Koessler Athletic Center	2,176
Fairfield	Non-Football School	N/A	Arena at Harbor Yard	9,500
Iona	Mazzella Field	2,440	Hynes Athletic Center	2,611
Loyola	Non-Football School	N/A	Reitz Arena	3,000
Manhattan	Non-Football School	N/A	Draddy Gymnasium	2,500
Marist	Leonidoff Field	2,500	McCann Field House	3,200
Niagara	Non-Football School	N/A	Gallagher Center	2,400
Rider	Non-Football School	N/A	Alumni Gymnasium	1,650
Siena	Non-Football School	N/A	Pepsi Arena	15,500
Saint Peter's	Cochrane Stadium	4,000	Yanitelli Center	3,200

External links

*Official site of the MAAC

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