Updated after Niagara's 86-84 victory over Canisius Wednesday night, here are the latest Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference tiebreaker scenarios leading up to next week's MAAC Tournament in Albany:
Iona (11-6): Has clinched a first-round bye. Gaels can finish as either No. 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 seed.
Quinnipiac (10-6): Can finish as either No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 seed. Can clinch first-round bye with win Friday at Saint Peter's OR Sunday vs. Manhattan.
Rider (10-6): Can finish as either No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 seed. Can clinch first-round bye with win Friday vs. Iona OR Sunday at Marist.
Siena (10-6): Can finish as either No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 seed. Can clinch first-round bye with win Friday at Canisius OR Sunday at Niagara.
Canisius (10-7): Can finish as either No. 2, 3, 4, or 5 seed. Has clinched a first-round bye.
Quinnipiac, Rider, and Siena can also clinch first-round byes with a Monmouth loss Friday at Manhattan.
If Iona, Quinnipiac, Rider, Siena and Canisius all finish 11-7:
Iona would be the No. 1 seed and earn the automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament. Both Iona and Canisius would be 5-3 in the mini-conference tiebreaker, but Iona's head-to-head sweep of Canisius would make the Gaels the No. 1 seed, and the Golden Griffins the No. 2 seed.
Rider would be the No. 3 seed by virtue of its regular-season win over Canisius, who swept Quinnipiac. Rider and Quinnipiac would both be 3-4 in the mini-conference tiebreaker, and both the Broncs and Bobcats split with Iona in the head-to-head series, which would make Canisius the next tiebreaker. Rider's win makes the Broncs the No. 3 seed, and the Bobcats the No. 4 seed.
Siena would be the No. 5 seed by virtue of its 2-4 record in the mini-conference tiebreaker.
If Rider, Siena and Canisius all finish 11-7:
Canisius would be the No. 3 seed by virtue of its 3-1 record in the mini-conference tiebreaker. Siena would be the No. 4 seed and Rider would be the No. 5 seed, as Siena's win over Rider in the lone regular season meeting between the two would break the 1-2 tie in the mini-conference.
Monmouth (9-8): Can finish as either No. 4, 5, 6, or 7 seed.
Marist (7-9): Is assured of competing in an opening-round game Thursday, March 7. Can finish as either No. 6, 7, 8, or 9 seed.
Manhattan (7-9): Is assured of competing in an opening-round game Thursday, March 7. Can finish as either No. 6, 7, 8 or 9 seed.
Niagara (6-11): Is assured of competing in an opening-round game Thursday, March 7. Can finish as either No. 9, 10, or 11 seed.
Fairfield (5-11): Is assured of competing in an opening-round game Thursday, March 7. Can finish as either No. 7, 8, 9, 10, or 11 seed.
Saint Peter's (5-11): Is assured of competing in an opening-round game Thursday, March 7. Can finish as either No. 7, 8, 9, 10, or 11 seed.
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 7.
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