Monmouth: Has already clinched regular season MAAC championship and automatic bid to National Invitation Tournament. Hawks will be #1 seed in MAAC Tournament, and will face winner of #8/#9 game on Friday, March 3 at 7 p.m.
Saint Peter's: Has clinched a first-round bye. Peacocks will finish as #2 seed with a win at Canisius Sunday, or #3 seed with a loss AND an Iona win over Monmouth Sunday.
Iona: Has clinched a first-round bye. Gaels will finish as #2 seed with a win over Monmouth AND a Saint Peter's loss at Canisius Sunday, or as #3 seed with a Saint Peter's win.
Siena: Is assured of competing in the #4/#5 quarterfinal at 9:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 4. Saints will finish as #4 seed with a win over Marist Sunday, or as #5 seed with a loss AND a Canisius win over Saint Peter's Sunday.
Canisius: Can clinch a first-round bye with a win over Saint Peter's Sunday. Golden Griffins can finish as #4 seed with a win AND a Siena loss to Marist Sunday, as #5 seed with a Siena win regardless of their own result, as #6 seed with a loss AND a Rider loss at Quinnipiac Sunday, OR a Fairfield loss/Rider win, and #7 seed with a loss AND a Rider win.
Fairfield: Can clinch a first-round bye and #5 seed with a win at Niagara Sunday AND a Canisius loss to Saint Peter's Sunday. Stags will finish as #6 seed with a loss or a Canisius win.
Rider: Will finish as #6 seed with a win at Quinnipiac Sunday AND a Canisius loss to Saint Peter's Sunday, or as #7 seed with a loss, OR a win/Fairfield loss at Niagara Sunday.
Quinnipiac: Will be #8 seed, and will play in #8/#9 opening-round game at 5 p.m. on Thursday, March 2, against either Niagara or Marist.
Niagara: Will finish as #9 seed with a win over Fairfield Sunday OR a Marist loss at Siena Sunday. Will finish as #10 seed with a loss AND a Marist win.
Manhattan: Will finish as #10 seed with a Marist loss at Siena Sunday, a Fairfield win at Niagara Sunday, a Rider win at Quinnipiac Sunday, AND a Saint Peter's win at Canisius Sunday. Will finish as #11 seed if Canisius finishes ahead of Rider in the MAAC standings.
Marist: Will finish as #9 seed with a win at Siena Sunday AND a Niagara loss to Fairfield Sunday. Will finish as #10 seed with a loss or Niagara win, PLUS a Rider loss at Quinnipiac Sunday. Will finish as #11 seed with a loss, a Fairfield win over Niagara, a Rider win at Quinnipiac, AND a Canisius loss to Saint Peter's Sunday.
These tiebreaker scenarios will be updated frequently, both on this site and on Twitter (@DalyDoseOfHoops) in the days leading up to the opening-round games on Thursday, March 2.
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