| Year: | 2008 |
| Conference: | MAAC |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 10 |
| Arena: | Times Union Center |
| City: | Albany, New York |
| Champions: | Siena |
| Titlecount: | 3rd |
| Coach: | Fran McCaffery |
| Coachcount: | 1st |
| Mvp: | Kenny Hasbrouck |
| Mvpteam: | Siena |
| Topscorer: | Jason Thompson |
| Topscorerteam: | Rider |
| Points: | 72 |
| Television: | MSG, ESPN2 |
The 2008 MAAC men's basketball tournament was an NCAA college basketball tournament held at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York on March 7 - 10, 2007,[1] to decide the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference champion. On Monday, March 10 2008, top-seeded Siena defeated #2 seed Rider 74–53 in the championship game, and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. Siena received a #13 seed and upset #4 seed Vanderbilt 83–62, then were defeated in the second round by #12 seed Villanova 84–72.
All 10 teams in the conference participated in the Tournament. The top six teams received byes to the quarterfinals. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
| Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker | Tiebreaker 2 | Tiebreaker 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Siena | 13–5 | 1–1 vs Rider | 2–2 vs Niag/Loy | 3–1 vs FF/Mar |
| 2 | Rider | 13–5 | 1–1 vs Siena | 2–2 vs Niag/Loy | 2–2 vs FF/Mar |
| 3 | Niagara | 12–6 | 2–0 vs Loyola | ||
| 4 | Loyola (MD) | 12–6 | 0–2 vs Niagara | ||
| 5 | Fairfield | 11–7 | 1–1 vs Mar | 1–1 vs Siena | |
| 6 | Marist | 11–7 | 1–1 vs FF | 0–2 vs Siena | |
| 7 | Iona | 8–10 | |||
| 8 | Manhattan | 5–13 | |||
| 9 | Saint Peter's | 3–15 | |||
| 10 | Canisius | 2–16 | |||
| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup# | Score | Television | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round – Friday, March 7 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 7:30 pm | No. 8 Manhattan vs No. 9 Saint Peter's | 73–59 | MSG | |
| 2 | 10:00 pm | No. 7 Iona vs No. 10 Canisius | 59–64 | |||
| Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 8 | ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 2:15 pm | No. 4 Loyola vs No. 5 Fairfield | 64–59 | MSG | |
| 4 | 4:30 pm | No. 1 Siena vs No. 8 Manhattan | 66–58 | |||
| Quarterfinals – Saturday, March 8 | ||||||
| 3 | 5 | 7:30 pm | No. 2 Rider vs No. 10 Canisius | 75–71 | MSG | |
| 6 | 10:00 pm | No. 3 Niagara vs No. 6 Marist | 62–66 | |||
| Semifinals – Sunday, March 9 | ||||||
| 4 | 7 | 6:00 pm | No. 1 Siena vs No. 4 Loyola | 65–63 | MSG | |
| 8 | 8:00 pm | No. 2 Rider vs No. 6 Marist | 76–71 | |||
| Championship – Monday, March 10 | ||||||
| 5 | 9 | 7:00 pm | No. 1 Siena vs No. 2 Rider | 74–53 | ESPN2 | |
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| MAAC All-Championship Team | Player | School | Position | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harris Mansell | Rider | G | Junior | |
| Jason Thompson | Rider | C | Senior | |
| Tay Fisher | Siena | G | Senior | |
| Edwin Ubiles | Siena | F | Sophomore | |
| Alex Franklin | Siena | F | Sophomore | |
| Kenny Hasbrouck † | Siena | G | Junior |