The 2019 MAAC Tournament was held from March 7 through March 11 at the Times Union Center in Albany , New York . This marked the 20th time Albany has hosted the event . No. 1 seed Iona defeated No. 6 seed Monmouth in the championship game 81 – 60 to win the conference 's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Tournament . With the win , Iona became the first MAAC team to win four consecutive MAAC Tournament championships . Quinnipiac was the first MAAC team of the season to see postseason action , as they accepted an invitation to participate in the 2019 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament , losing to NJIT 81 – 92 in the first round . Iona received a No. 16 seed in the NCAA Tournament Midwest Region , and faced No. 1 seed North Carolina in the first round on March 22 , 2019 . Iona led 38 – 33 at halftime , but despite Iona making 10 of 21 3-point tries in the first half , North Carolina started the second half on a 32 – 11 run to take control of the game , winning 88 – 73
2019 MAAC Tournament
2019 MAAC Men's Basketball Tournament
2018–19 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball season