MAAC Women's Basketball Tournament Seeding Possibilities & Tiebreakers Through Games Played on Feb. 24
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MAAC Women’s Basketball Seed Possibilities and Tie-Breakers through games played 2/24/2017
Quinnipiac (16-3)
Vs. Canisius
Clinch #1 with WIN & At least Regular Season ‘Co-Champs’ with Rider
Clinch #1 with WIN & Rider LOSS and Clinch Regular Season Champs
Clinch #1 with WIN & Rider WIN and Clinch Regular Season ‘Co-Champs’
Clinch #1 with LOSS & Rider LOSS & Clinch Regular Season ‘Co-Champs’
Clinch #2 with LOSS & Rider WIN
Will play Friday, March 3rd
Clinched First Round Bye*
Rider (16-3)
@ Fairfield
Clinch #1 with WIN & Quinnipiac LOSS (Regular Season Champs)
Clinch #2 with WIN and Quinnipiac WIN & Share Regular Season ‘Co-Champs’ with Quinnipiac
Clinch #2 with LOSS & Quinnipiac LOSS & Clinch Regular Season ‘Co-Champs’
Clinch #2 with LOSS & Quinnipiac WIN
Will play Friday, March 3rd
Clinched First Round Bye*
Fairfield (12-7)
Vs. Rider
Clinch #3 with WIN
Clinch #4 with LOSS & Iona LOSS
Clinch #4 with LOSS & Siena LOSS
Will play Saturday, March 4th
Clinched First Round Bye*
Iona (12-7)
@ Siena
Clinch #3 with WIN & Fairfield LOSS
Clinch #4 with WIN & Fairfield WIN
Clinch #5 with LOSS & Fairfield WIN
Will play Saturday, March 4th
Clinched First Round Bye*
Siena (12-7)
Vs. Iona
Clinch #3 with WIN & Fairfield LOSS
Clinch #4 with WIN & Fairfield WIN
Clinch #5 LOSS & Fairfield WIN
Will play Saturday, March 4th
Clinched First Round Bye*
Marist (10-9)
Vs. Manhattan
Secured #6 Seed
Will play Thursday, March 2nd at 1:30pm vs. #11 St. Peter’s.
Monmouth (8-11)
Vs. Niagara
Clinch #7 with WIN & Canisius LOSS
Clinch #7 with WIN & Canisius WIN
Clinch #7 with LOSS & Canisius LOSS
Clinch #8 with LOSS & Canisius WIN
Will play Thursday, March 2nd
Canisius (8-11)
@ Quinnipiac
Clinch #7 with WIN & Monmouth LOSS
Clinch #8 with WIN & Monmouth WIN
Clinch #8 with LOSS & Monmouth LOSS
Clinch #8 with LOSS & Monmouth WIN
Will play Thursday, March 2nd
Niagara (5-14)
@Monmouth
Secured #9 Seed
Will play Thursday, March 2nd at 9:30am vs. #8 seed
Manhattan (4-15)
@ Marist
Secured #10 Seed
Will play Thursday, March 2nd at 11:30am vs. #7 seed
Saint Peter’s (2-18)
Secured #11 Seed
Will play Thursday, March 2nd at 1:30pm vs. #6 Marist.
Tiebreakers
If Quinnipiac & Rider tie for #1 (17-3)
Quinnipiac swept Rider head to head giving them the tiebreaker; both teams would share the regular season title.
Quinnipiac: #1/ Rider: #2
If Quinnipiac & Rider tie for #1 (16-4)
Quinnipiac swept Rider head to head giving them the tiebreaker; both teams would share the regular season title.
Quinnipiac: #1/ Rider: #2
If Siena & Fairfield tie for #3 (13-7)
The teams split during the regular season.
Siena got swept by Quinnipiac. Fairfield split with Quinnipiac.
Siena got swept by Rider. Fairfield would have swept Rider for this to occur.
Therefore, Fairfield would win the tiebreaker.
Fairfield #3/ Siena #4
If Siena & Fairfield tie for #4 (12-8)
The teams split during the regular season.
Siena got swept by Quinnipiac. Fairfield split with Quinnipiac.
Siena got swept by Rider. Fairfield would have split with Rider for this to occur.
Therefore, Fairfield would win the tiebreaker.
Fairfield #4/ Siena #5
If Fairfield & Iona tie for #3 (13-7)
The teams split during the regular season.
Fairfield split with Quinnipiac. Iona split with Quinnipiac.
Fairfield would have swept Rider for this to occur. Iona got swept by Rider.
Therefore, Fairfield would win the tiebreaker.
Fairfield #3/ Iona #4
If Fairfield & Iona tie for #4 (12-8)
The teams split during the regular season.
Fairfield split with Quinnipiac. Iona split with Quinnipiac.
Fairfield would have had to split with Rider for this to occur. Iona got swept by Rider.
Therefore, Fairfield would win the tiebreaker.
Fairfield #4/ Iona #5
If Canisius & Monmouth tie for #7 (8-12)
The teams split during the regular season.
Canisius will have to be swept by Quinnipiac for this to occur. Monmouth split with Quinnipiac.
Therefore, Monmouth would win the tiebreaker.
Monmouth #7/ Canisius #8
If Canisius & Monmouth tie for #7 (9-11)
The teams split during the regular season.
Canisius would have split with Quinnipiac for this to occur. Monmouth split with Quinnipiac.
Canisius got swept by Rider. Monmouth got swept by Rider.
If Fairfield is the #3 seed, Iona is the #4 seed & Siena is the #5 seed:
Canisius split with Fairfield. Monmouth split with Fairfield.
Canisius got swept by Iona. Monmouth split with Iona.
Therefore, Monmouth would win the tie-breaker.
Monmouth #7/ Canisius #8
If Iona is the #3 seed, Fairfield is the #4 seed & Siena is the #5 seed:
Canisius got swept by Iona. Monmouth split with Iona.
Therefore, Monmouth would win the tie-breaker.
Monmouth #7/ Canisius #8
If Siena is the #3 seed, Fairfield is the #4 seed & Iona is the #5 seed:
Canisius split with Siena. Monmouth got swept by Siena.
Therefore, Canisius would win the tie-breaker.
Canisius #7/ Monmouth #8
If Manhattan & Niagara tie for #9 (5-15)
Niagara swept Manhattan, therefore they would win the tiebreaker.
Niagara #9/ Manhattan #10
Clinched Seeds as of 2/24:
Marist: #6
Niagara: #9
Manhattan: #10
Saint Peter’s: #11