2006 MAAC men's basketball tournament

2006 MAAC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2005–06
Teams	10
Site	Pepsi Arena Albany, New York
Champions	Iona (7th title)
Winning coach	Jeff Ruland (3rd title)
MVP	Steve Burtt Jr. (Iona)
MAAC men's basketball tournaments

2005–06 MAAC men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Manhattan †	14	–	4		.778			20	–	11		.645
Iona	13	–	5		.722			23	–	8		.742
Marist	12	–	6		.667			19	–	10		.655
Siena	10	–	8		.556			15	–	13		.536
Saint Peter's	9	–	9		.500			17	–	15		.531
Loyola (MD)	8	–	10		.444			15	–	13		.536
Niagara	7	–	11		.389			11	–	18		.379
Fairfield	7	–	11		.389			9	–	19		.321
Canisius	6	–	12		.333			9	–	20		.310
Rider	4	–	14		.222			8	–	20		.286
† 2006 MAAC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 2006 MAAC men's basketball tournament was held March 3–6 at Pepsi Arena in Albany, New York.

Second-seeded Iona defeated Saint Peter's in the championship game, 80–61, to win their seventh MAAC men's basketball tournament.

The Gaels received an automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA tournament.

Format

All ten of the conference's members participated in the tournament field. They were seeded based on regular season conference records.

As the regular-season champion, top seed Manhattan received a bye to the semifinals.

Bracket

First round Friday, March 3

Quarterfinals Saturday, March 4

Semifinals Sunday, March 5

Final Monday, March 6

March 5

(1) Manhattan

74

(5) Saint Peter's

84

March 4

(4) Siena

62

March 3

(5) Saint Peter's

63

(5) Saint Peter's

80

March 6

(10) Rider

51

(5) Saint Peter's

61

(2) Iona

80

March 4

(2) Iona

80

March 3

(7) Niagara

54

(7) Niagara

84

March 5

(8) Fairfield

77

(2) Iona

100

(3) Marist

84

March 4

(3) Marist

68

March 3

(9) Canisius

62

(6) Loyola (MD)

72

(9) Canisius

74