Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC, ) is a NCAA Division I college athletic conference consisting of ten schools coming from various parts of the northeastern United States: Connecticut, Maryland, New Jersey and New York.

The members are all relatively small private institutions, many of them Catholic or formerly Catholic; the only exception being the private but secular Rider University.

The conference headquarters is located in Edison, New Jersey. The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference sponsors 22 sports and has many associate member institutions.

Richard J. Ensor is the commissioner of the MAAC, a post he has held since 1988.

The conference was founded in 1980 by six charter members: the U.S. Military Academy, Fairfield University, Fordham University, Iona College, Manhattan College and Saint Peter's College. Competition officially began the next year, in the sports of men’s cross-country and men’s soccer.

Competition in men's and women's basketball began in the 1981-1982 season. In 1984, the MAAC received an automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, where Iona was the first team to represent the MAAC on the men's side. In 1982, Saint Peter's was the first women's basketball team to represent the MAAC in the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament.

The conference currently possesses 14 automatic bids to NCAA Championships. In 2013, the MAAC will become eligible for its 15th NCAA Championship when Women's Rowing will fulfill qualifying requirements.

MAAC teams have achieved national and international acclaim in many sports. In the summer of 2002 the Marist men's varsity eight boat advanced to the semifinals of the Temple Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta. In 2007, the Marist women's basketball team advanced to the Sweet 16 of the Women's NCAA basketball tournament. In the fall of 2009, the No. 11 Iona men's cross country team finished tied for eighth place at the NCAA Championship race, extended the Gaels' streak to eight straight Top 10 national finishes. In basketball MAAC teams have made a total of 77 NIT appearances and 47 NCAA appearances.

The league added football in 1993, and discontinued it following the 2007 season.

From 1997 to 2003, the MAAC sponsored ice hockey. At that time, the hockey league split from the MAAC and changed its name to Atlantic Hockey. Also in 1997, Marist College and Rider, which were both a part of the Northeast Conference, moved the majority of their intercollegiate athletic programs to the MAAC with the intent the MAAC would enhance media exposure and competition to their men's and women's Division I basketball programs.

In September 2011, the conference announced the launch of MAAC.TV, the league's first broadband network. The MAAC is also in the midst of a three-year agreement to have their March men's and women's basketball conference tournaments held at the MassMutual Center.

Sports
The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference sponsors championship competition in ten men's and thirteen women's NCAA sanctioned sports. The conference also sponsors a championship in men's rowing, which is not currently sanctioned by the NCAA.

Full member institutions
The MAAC currently has 10 member institutions. One of them, Loyola University Maryland, has announced it will leave for the Patriot League after the 2012–13 school year, while Quinnipiac University and Monmouth University announced on December 14, 2012, they will be joining the MAAC on July 1, 2013.

Men's Basketball

 * MAAC men's basketball conference tournament locations

Men's Basketball NCAA Tournament at-large bids
In 2012, Iona, which had lost in the semifinals of that year's MAAC tournament, received a NCAA at-large tournament bid. This was the second time the conference was awarded multiple men's NCAA bids.

After St. Peter’s won the 1995 MAAC tournament, the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament selection committee awarded Manhattan College an at large bid. The Jaspers proved the committee correct by defeating Oklahoma in the first round.

However, the same first-round success Manhattan enjoyed in the 1995 NCAA tournament could not be matched by Iona. In the 2012 NCAAs, the Gaels unexpectedly relinquished a 25-point, first-half lead to the Brigham Young Cougars, falling 78-72 in Dayton, Ohio. Further, Iona's offense, the highest-scoring (per game) in the nation, managed just 17 points in the second half of that upset.

It was the largest comeback in NCAA tournament history, besting the 22-point hole the Duke Blue Devils rallied from to defeat the Maryland University Terrapins in the Final Four of the 2001 NCAA Tournament.

Baseball
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Champions
From 1990 through 1993, the MAAC, split into two divisions.

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Football
The MAAC Football League was formed before the 1993 season and folded after the 2007 season.

At its peak in 1997, it consisted of 10 teams:


 * Canisius (1993-2002, discontinued football after 2002 season)
 * Duquesne (1994-2007, joined Northeast Conference after 2007 season)
 * Fairfield (1996-2002, discontinued football after 2002 season)
 * Georgetown (1993-1999, joined Patriot League after 1999 season)
 * Iona (1993-2007, became independent, discontinued football after 2008 season)
 * La Salle (1997-2007, discontinued football after 2007 season)
 * Marist (1994-2007, became independent, joined Pioneer Football League after 2008 season)
 * St. John's (1993-1997, became independent, joined Northeast Conference after 1999 season, discontinued football after 2002 season)
 * Saint Peter's (1993-2006, discontinued football after 2006 season)
 * Siena (1993-2003, discontinued football after 2003 season)

Champions

 * 1993 Iona (5-0-0)
 * 1994 Marist (6-1) & St. John's (6-1)
 * 1995 Duquesne (7-0)
 * 1996 Duquesne (8-0)
 * 1997 Georgetown (7-0)
 * 1998 Fairfield (6-1) & Georgetown (6-1)
 * 1999 Duquesne (7-1)
 * 2000 Duquesne (7-0)
 * 2001 Duquesne (6-0)
 * 2002 Duquesne (8-0)
 * 2003 Duquesne (5-0)
 * 2004 Duquesne (4-0)
 * 2005 Duquesne (4-0)
 * 2006 Duquesne (3-1) & Marist (3-1)
 * 2007 Duquesne, Iona & Marist (all 2-1)

Notable sports figures
Some of the notable sport figures who played collegiately and/or graduated from a MAAC school, include:

Baseball

 * Jack Armstrong, former MLB pitcher; 1990 MLB All-Star and World Champion (Rider)
 * Kevin Barry, former MLB pitcher (Rider)
 * Shad Barry, former MLB player (Niagara)
 * Chris Begg, pitcher for Team Canada at the 2004 Summer Olympics and World Baseball Classic (Niagara)
 * Frank Brooks, former MLB relief pitcher (Saint Peter's)
 * Frank Cashen, former General Manager of the Baltimore Orioles and 1986 World Series Champion New York Mets (Loyola)
 * Keefe Cato, former MLB pitcher (Fairfield)
 * Tim Christman, former MLB relief pitcher (Siena)
 * Harry Croft, former MLB player (Niagara)
 * Pete Harnisch, MLB All-Star Pitcher (Fordham)
 * Billy Harrell, former MLB infielder (Siena)
 * Jim Hoey, current MLB relief pitcher (Rider)
 * Gary Holle, former MLB first baseman (Siena)
 * Miguel Jimenez, former MLB pitcher (Fordham)
 * Jeff Kunkel, former MLB player; 3rd overall pick of the 1983 MLB Draft by the Texas Rangers (Rider)
 * Joe McCarthy, former MLB catcher (Niagara)
 * Rinty Monahan, former MLB player (Niagara)
 * Ray Montgomery, former MLB player (Fordham)
 * Danny Napoleon, former MLB outfielder (Rider)
 * Mike Parisi, former MLB pitcher (Manhattan)
 * Victor Santos, former MLB relief pitcher (Saint Peter's)
 * Chuck Schilling, former MLB second baseman (Manhattan)
 * Tom Waddell, former MLB pitcher (Manhattan)

Basketball

 * Joe Arlauckas, former NBA player (Niagara)
 * John Beilein, collegiate men's basketball head coach (Canisius)
 * Matt Brady, current James Madison men's basketball coach (Siena)
 * Steve Burtt, Sr., former NBA player (Iona)
 * Al Butler, former NBA player (Niagara)
 * Keydren Clark, two-time NCAA scoring leader; seventh all-time NCAA scoring leader (Saint Peter's)
 * Larry Costello, former NBA player and coach; six-time NBA All-Star (Niagara)
 * Joe DeSantis, former men's college basketball coach; 1979 NCAA All-American (Fairfield)
 * Chris D'Orso, current Orlando Magic executive (Fairfield)
 * Kathy Fedorjaka, current Bucknell women's basketball coach (Fairfield)
 * Luis Flores, former NBA player (Manhattan)
 * Greg Francis, current Alberta men's basketball coach; former Canadian Olympic basketball player (Fairfield)
 * Deng Gai, former NBA player; 2006 NCAA block shot leader (Fairfield)
 * Sean Green, former NBA player (Iona)
 * Kenny Hasbrouck, current Miami Heat player (Siena)
 * Frank Layden, former NBA coach and executive; NBA Coach of the Year and Executive of the Year (Niagara)
 * Manny Leaks, former NBA player (Niagara)
 * Tim Legler, former NBA player; current ESPN analyst (La Salle)
 * Ralph Lewis, former NBA player (La Salle)
 * Nick Macarchuk, former men's college basketball coach (Fairfield)
 * Bob MacKinnon, former NBA Head Coach and General Manager of the New Jersey Nets (Canisius)
 * Johnny McCarthy, member of the 1963-64 NBA Champion Boston Celtics and first of just three players in NBA history to record a triple-double in a playoff debut (Canisius)
 * Brendan Malone, former NBA head coach (Iona)
 * Michael Meeks, former Canadian Olympic basketball player (Canisius)
 * Juan Mendez, professional basketball player in Europe; highest scoring Canadian in Division I men's basketball history (Niagara)
 * Mike Morrison, former NBA player (Loyola)
 * Dan O'Sullivan, former NBA player (Fordham)
 * Tim O'Toole, current ESPN analyst; former men's college basketball coach (Fairfield)
 * Doug Overton, former NBA player (La Salle)
 * Digger Phelps, current ESPN analyst; former men's college basketball coach (Rider)
 * Darren Phillip, 2000 NCAA Top Rebounder (Fairfield)
 * Rick Pych, current San Antonio Spurs executive (Fairfield)
 * Jeff Ruland, former NBA player (Iona)
 * Tricia Fabbri, current Quinnipiac women's basketball coach (Fairfield)
 * Lionel Simmons, former NBA player (La Salle)
 * Mike Smrek, former NBA player (Canisius)
 * Jason Thompson, current Sacramento Kings player (Rider)
 * Edwin Ubiles current Washington Wizards player (Siena)
 * Randy Woods, former NBA player (La Salle)
 * A. J. Wynder, former NBA player (Fairfield)
 * Bobby Joe Hatton - former professional basketball player; member of the Puerto Rico national basketball team at the 2004 Olympic Games (Marist)
 * Jared Jordan - professional basketball player; 45th pick in the 2007 NBA Draft (Marist)
 * Sean N. Kennedy - former professional basketball player (Marist)
 * Maureen Magarity - current University of New Hampshire women's head basketball coach (Marist)

Soccer

 * Abby Allan, New Zealand women's national football team (Fairfield)
 * Jamie Darvill, USL-2 player (Loyola)
 * Anthony Di Biase, USL-2 player (Niagara)
 * Bryan Harkin, USL-2 player (Fairfield)
 * Christof Lindenmayer, former MLS player (Loyola)
 * Mark Longwell, former U.S. National and NASL defender (Fairfield)
 * Brett Maron, Women's Professional Soccer player (Fairfield)
 * Jim McElderry, Fordham men's soccer coach and A-League player (Fairfield)
 * Jim McKeown, former NASL defender (Rider)
 * Tennant McVea, Finnish Premier Division player (Loyola)
 * Michael O'Keeffe, New Zealand national football team (Fairfield)
 * Thomas Skara, Melbourne Knights FC player
 * Bobby Smith, National Soccer Hall of Fame member; former U.S. National and NASL defender (Rider)
 * Murphy Wiredu, S. League player (Saint Peter's)
 * Dennis Wit, former U.S. National and NASL player (Loyola)
 * Krystian Witkowski, current MLS player (Marist)
 * Matt Wendelken, US under 20 national team player (Marist)