"7"^^ . "4"^^ . . "4"^^ . "6"^^ . "9"^^ . "''' No. 9 Duke"@en . . . "Bond \u2013 8"@en . . . "The 2017\u201318 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) men's basketball season began with practices in October 2017, followed by the start of the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season on November 10th. Conference play started in January and concluded on March 15, 2018. This was the 37th season of MAAC basketball."@en . . . "420.0"^^ . . "Niagara"@en . . "NIT First Round"@en . "ESPN3/ESPNU"@en . . "Bagley III \u2013 22"@en . . "Wooten \u2013 10"@en . "Molson \u2013 5"@en . . . . "200"^^ . "Burnell \u2013 16 pts, 8 reb, 3 ast"@en . . . . "1115586427"^^ . "ESPN3"@en . "Regular season co-champions"@en . "Championship"@en . "Canisius"@en . "'''Jacksonville State"@en . . "Pritchard \u2013 8"@en . . . "First round"@en . . "Minnie \u2013 29"@en . . . . . . "Tyler Nelson 22.2"@en . "Reese \u2013 24"@en . "ESPN"@en . "870"^^ . "Bond \u2013 11 pts, 12 reb"@en . "34"^^ . . . "38"^^ . "36"^^ . "Casimir \u2013 6"@en . "37"^^ . "2017\u201318 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball season"@en . "99"^^ . . "Dukes \u2013 16"@en . "18757"^^ . "2018-03-15"^^ . . . . . . "86"^^ . "53"^^ . "--03-02"^^ . "83"^^ . . . . "80"^^ . . . "165.0"^^ . . . "CIT First Round"@en . . "89"^^ . . "67"^^ . . "Prochet \u2013 12 pts, 3 ast"@en . "65"^^ . . "78"^^ . . . "Chris Rastatter, Tim Comer, Courtney Green"@en . "Giga \u2013 11"@en . "Marist"@en . . "OT"@en . "Allen \u2013 9"@en . "60185422"^^ . "Iona"@en . "McGill \u2013 10 pts, 5 ast"@en . . . "27"^^ . . . . . "38"^^ . . "Tim Stewart, Scott Siville, Ed Phillips"@en . . "Fairfield"@en . "2018"^^ . "--11-10"^^ . . "Iona"@en . "#ffffff"@en . . "Tournament"@en . "Fairfield"@en . "Iona"@en . . "E. Brown \u2013 18 pts, 4 ast"@en . . . "Fairfield"@en . "Iona"@en . . . "Fairfield"@en . "#ffdead"@en . "Jordan \u2013 6"@en . "10"^^ . "11"^^ . "8"^^ . . "9"^^ . "55"^^ . "2018"^^ . "2018"^^ . "1138"^^ . . "2017"^^ . . "60"^^ . "--03-04"^^ . . "6"^^ . "7"^^ . "62"^^ . . "Griffin \u2013 21"@en . "57"^^ . "'''Eastern Michigan"@en . "15"^^ . "#244BA6"@en . . "58"^^ . "Drumwright \u2013 6"@en . "60"^^ . . . "Carter Jr. \u2013 8"@en . "Pritchard & Bailey Jr. \u2013 23"@en . . "21"^^ . . . . . "The 2017\u201318 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) men's basketball season began with practices in October 2017, followed by the start of the 2017\u201318 NCAA Division I men's basketball season on November 10th. Conference play started in January and concluded on March 15, 2018. This was the 37th season of MAAC basketball. 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\u20130 record against third place Niagara and Canisius went 1\u20131, 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\u20135, 2018 at the Times Union Center in Albany, NY. No. 4 seed Iona defeated No. 6 seed Fairfield 83\u201371 to win the tournament championship, their third consecutive. They joined former member La Salle University (1988\u201390) and Siena College (2008\u201310) as the only teams to ever win three consecutive tournament championships. No team has won four consecutive as of 2018. 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\u201389 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, losing 86\u201399 at Oregon. Canisius was invited to play in the College Basketball Invitational, and lost at home to Jacksonville State 78\u201380OT in the first round. Niagara was invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament, and lost at Eastern Michigan 65\u201383."@en . . . "9"^^ . "''' Oregon"@en . . "Niagara"@en . . "600.0"^^ . . "--03-01"^^ . . . "25"^^ . . . . . . "Scott \u2013 16 pts, 5 reb, 2 stl"@en . "Drumwright \u2013 20"@en . . "Thompson IV \u2013 16"@en . . "Semifinals"@en . . . "Rider"@en . . . "Siena"@en . "Monmouth"@en . "Ron Tyburski, Kevin O'Connell, Joseph Palacz"@en . . . "CBI First Round"@en . . . . . . "high"@en . . . "Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball"@en . "Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year"@en . . . . "2018-03-13"^^ . "Edogi \u2013 9"@en . . . . . "Quinnipiac"@en . "Quarterfinals"@en . . . "Quinnipiac"@en . . "Vaughn \u2013 25"@en . . "Manhattan"@en . "Quinnipiac"@en . "Prochet \u2013 11"@en . . "2016"^^ . "2018-03-14"^^ . "26917"^^ . . . . "2016"^^ . "2018"^^ . "11"^^ . . "Zach Lewis"@en . . "Duval \u2013 19 pts, 8 ast"@en . "Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference logo.svg"@en . . "Rider"@en . "Crumpton \u2013 16 pts, 3 stl"@en . . "Molson & Crumpton \u2013 5"@en . "67"^^ . . "Canisius"@en . . "90"^^ . . "71"^^ . "Dukes \u2013 4"@en . "83"^^ . "Saint Peter's"@en . "--03-05"^^ . "64"^^ . "69"^^ . "Doran Gotschall, Klaus Endrissat, Nate Harris"@en . "65"^^ . . "Saint Peter's"@en . . . "66"^^ . . "Saint Peter's"@en . . "77"^^ . . "Marshall \u2013 8"@en . "74"^^ . . . "71"^^ . "72"^^ . . . . . . . "NCAA tournament first round"@en . . "2327"^^ . "6"^^ . . . "7"^^ . "4"^^ . . "5"^^ . . "2"^^ . "3"^^ . "1"^^ . "9"^^ . "6"^^ .