1991 MAAC men's basketball tournament

1991 MAAC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1990–91
Teams	9
Site	Knickerbocker Arena Albany, NY
Champions	Saint Peter's (1st title)
Winning coach	Ted Fiore (1st title)
MVP	Marvin Andrews (Saint Peter's)
MAAC men's basketball tournaments

1990–91 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Siena	12	–	4		.750			25	–	10		.714
La Salle	12	–	4		.750			19	–	10		.655
Saint Peter's †	11	–	5		.688			24	–	7		.774
Iona	11	–	5		.688			17	–	13		.567
Manhattan	8	–	8		.500			13	–	15		.464
Niagara	6	–	10		.375			8	–	20		.286
Loyola (MD)	5	–	11		.313			12	–	16		.429
Fairfield	4	–	12		.250			8	–	20		.286
Canisius	3	–	13		.188			10	–	19		.345
† 1991 MAAC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 1991 MAAC men's basketball tournament was held March 1–4 at Knickerbocker Arena in Albany, New York.

Number three seed Saint Peter's defeated Iona in the championship game, 64–58, to win their first MAAC men's basketball tournament.

The Peacocks received an automatic bid to the 1991 NCAA tournament as the No. 12 seed in the Midwest region.

Format

All nine of the conference's members participated in the tournament field. Teams were seeded based on regular season conference records. All games were played at the new Knickerbocker Arena in Albany, New York.

Bracket

	First round Friday, March 1					Quarterfinals Saturday, March 2					Semifinals Sunday, March 3					Championship Monday, March 4
						1	Siena	76
						9	Canisius	62
	8	Fairfield	54
	9	Canisius	61
											1	Siena	90
											4	Iona	95
						4	Iona	69
						5	Manhattan	54
																4	Iona	58
																3	Saint Peter's	64
						3	Saint Peter's	81
						6	Niagara	59
											3	Saint Peter's	57
											2	La Salle	50
						7	Loyola (MD)	70
						2	La Salle	86