ATLANTIC CITY, NJ (Mar. 8, 2025) – With the regular season concluding on Saturday evening, the field has officially been determined for the 2025 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Women’s Basketball Championship. The annual conference tournament will take place from March 11-15 at historic Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
 
The league’s top six teams will earn a first round bye. Team’s clinching byes to the quarterfinals include back-to-back MAAC Regular Season Champions and top overall seed, Fairfield University (25-4, 19-1 MAAC), No. 2 Quinnipiac University (26-3, 18-2 MAAC), No. 3 Siena College (17-12, 14-6 MAAC), No. 4 Mount St. Mary’s University (14-15, 12-8 MAAC), No. 5 Marist University (16-14, 11-9 MAAC), and No. 6 Merrimack College (13-16, 9-11 MAAC).
 
The championship commences with the first round on Tuesday, March 11. Kicking-off the 2025 championship will be No. 8 Manhattan University (15-14, 9-11 MAAC) and No. 9 Canisius University (10-20, 9-11) at 12:00 p.m. The Jaspers and Golden Griffins met once during the regular season on February 27, with the contest resulting in a 71-35 home victory for Manhattan in Riverdale, NY. The winner will meet No. 1 Fairfield in the quarterfinals on Wednesday, March 12 at 12:00 p.m.
 
The second contest of the first round will put No. 7 Saint Peter’s University (11-18, 9-11 MAAC) against No. 10 Iona University (10-20, 8-12 MAAC) at 2:30 p.m. Back on December 21, the two teams played in Jersey City, NJ, and the visiting Gaels topped the Peacocks, 56-50. That contest was the lone regular season matchup between the two. No. 2 Quinnipiac awaits the winner of this game for a date in the quarters on March 12 at 2:30 p.m.
 
The two quarterfinal round matchups scheduled for Thursday, March 13 are predetermined games. No. 4 Mount St. Mary’s and No. 5 Marist will meet at 12:00 p.m. in one contest, while No. 3 Siena and No. 6 Merrimack will battle at 2:30 p.m. in the other. The Mountaineers and the Red Foxes split the regular season series in 2024-25, playing in the conference season opener and regular season finale. In the opener back on December 19, Marist edged the Mount, 61-50 in overtime in Emmitsburg, MD. On March 8 in the regular season finale, the Mountaineers topped the Red Foxes, by the exact same score of 61-50, earning the series split and locking down the No. 4 seed for the Mount. The Saints and Warriors played one time in 2024-25, facing each other in Loudonville, NY on January 18. Siena was victorious in the bout, winning 79-57 at home.
 
All games during the 2025 MAAC Women’s Basketball Championship will broadcast live on ESPN+. Saturday’s championship title game will air live for a national audience on ESPNU at 1:30 p.m.
 

Round	Game	Matchup	Date	Times	Network
First Round	Game 1	No. 8 Manhattan vs. No. 9 Canisius	March 11	12:00 PM	ESPN+
First Round	Game 2	No. 7 Saint Peter's vs. No. 10 Iona	March 11	2:30 PM	ESPN+
Quarterfinal	Game 3	No. 1 Fairfield vs. Game 1 Winner	March 12	12:00 PM	ESPN+
Quarterfinal	Game 4	No. 2 Quinnipiac vs. Game 2 Winner	March 12	2:30 PM	ESPN+
Quarterfinal	Game 5	No. 4 Mount St. Mary's vs. No. 5 Marist	March 13	12:00 PM	ESPN+
Quarterfinal	Game 6	No. 3 Siena vs. No. 6 Merrimack	March 13	2:30 PM	ESPN+
Semifinal	Game 7	Game 3 Winner vs. Game 5 Winner	March 14	12:00 PM	ESPN+
Semifinal	Game 8	Game 4 Winner vs. Game 6 Winner	March 14	2:30 PM	ESPN+
Championship	Game 9	Game 7 Winner vs. Game 8 Winner	March 15	1:30 PM	ESPNU/+

 
The 2024-25 campaign culminates with the 2025 Hercules Tires MAAC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships from March 11-15 at Atlantic City's Historic Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall for the sixth consecutive year dating back to 2020. For all information regarding the 2025 Hercules Tires MAAC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships, please visit MAACSports.com/basketball and by following @MAACHoops and #MAACHoops on Twitter.
 
About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 13 institutions strongly bound by the sound principles of quality and integrity in academics and excellence in athletics, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) is in its 44th year of competition during the 2024-25 academic year. Current conference members include: Canisius University, Fairfield University, Iona University, Manhattan University, Marist University, Merrimack College, Mount St. Mary’s University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Sacred Heart University, Saint Peter’s University, and Siena College.
 
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