| 1984 MAAC men's basketball tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 1983–84 |
| Teams | 8 |
| First round site | New Haven Coliseum New Haven, Connecticut |
| Finals site | Meadowlands Arena East Rutherford, New Jersey |
| Champions | Iona (2nd title) |
| Winning coach | Pat Kennedy (2nd title) |
| MVP | Steve Burtt (Iona) |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| La Salle | 11 | – | 3 | .786 | 20 | – | 11 | .645 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Peter's | 11 | – | 3 | .786 | 23 | – | 6 | .793 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iona † | 11 | – | 3 | .786 | 23 | – | 8 | .742 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fordham | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 19 | – | 15 | .559 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fairfield | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 10 | – | 18 | .357 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Holy Cross | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 12 | – | 18 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Army | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 11 | – | 17 | .393 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manhattan | 2 | – | 12 | .143 | 9 | – | 19 | .321 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 1984 MAAC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1984 MAAC men's basketball tournament was held March 8–10 with the quarterfinal round held at the New Haven Coliseum in New Haven, Connecticut and the semifinals and championship game held at the Meadowlands Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
Iona defeated Fordham in the championship game, 72–61, to win their second MAAC men's basketball tournament in three years.
The Gaels received a bid to the 1984 NCAA tournament where they were beaten by Virginia in the opening round, 57–56.
Format
All eight of the conference's members participated in the tournament field. They were seeded based on regular season conference records, with all teams starting play in the quarterfinal round. An additional third place game was also played on the last day of the tournament.
Quarterfinal games were played at the New Haven Coliseum in New Haven, Connecticut. All remaining games were played at a neutral site at the Meadowlands Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
Bracket
| Quarterfinals Friday, March 8 | Semifinals Saturday, March 9 | Championship Sunday, March 10 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | La Salle | 76 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Manhattan | 60 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | La Salle | 60 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Fordham | 62 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Fordham | 80 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Fairfield | 69 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Fordham | 61 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Iona | 72 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Iona | 73 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Holy Cross | 66 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Iona | 59 | Third Place Sunday, March 10 | |||||||||||
| 2 | St. Peter's | 56 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Saint Peter's | 69 | 1 | La Salle | 63 | |||||||||
| 7 | Army | 41 | 2 | St. Peter's | 65 | |||||||||
References
- sports-reference.com 1983-84 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Season Summary
- "1983-84 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Season Summary". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
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