2020–21 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball season
2020–21 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball season | |
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League | NCAA Division I |
Sport | Basketball |
Duration | November 25, 2020–March 20, 2021 |
Number of teams | 11 |
Regular Season | |
Regular season co-champions | Siena Saints & Monmouth Hawks |
Runners-up | Saint Peter's Peacocks & Marist Red Foxes |
Season MVP | Manny Camper (Siena) |
Top scorer | Isaiah Ross (Iona) 18.4 |
2021 MAAC Tournament | |
Champions | Iona Gaels (13th) |
Runners-up | Fairfield Stags |
Finals MVP | Asante Gist (Iona) |
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball seasons | |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Siena | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 12 | – | 5 | .706 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Monmouth | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 12 | – | 8 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saint Peter's | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 14 | – | 11 | .560 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marist | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 12 | – | 9 | .571 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Niagara | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 9 | – | 11 | .450 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Canisius | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 7 | – | 6 | .538 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fairfield | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 10 | – | 17 | .370 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Quinnipiac | 7 | – | 10 | .412 | 9 | – | 13 | .409 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iona † | 6 | – | 3 | .667 | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manhattan | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 7 | – | 13 | .350 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rider | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 6 | – | 17 | .261 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Note: The MAAC has ordered standings based on league wins, not winning percentage, since all teams did not reach 20 conference games played. These standings were also used for seeding purposes in the 2021 MAAC tournament.[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2021 MAAC tournament winner |
The 2020–21 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) men's basketball season began with practices in October 2020, followed by the start of the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season on November 25. Conference play started in December and concluded in March 2021. This season was the 40th season of MAAC basketball.
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, the MAAC revised their scheduling policy for conference games as follows:[3]
- A 20-game double round robin conference schedule with five home series and five away series for each team.
- A Friday/Saturday playing schedule at the same venue for both games, with 24 hours of spacing between the two contests. The men’s and women’s schedules will mirror each other so that the women’s program may be playing a team for a 2-game home series, with the men’s program playing the same opponent on the road - and vice versa in subsequent weeks.
- Make up week retained for the second to last week of the season.
- The use of the same officiating crew for both games of a series, when possible.
- When teams are traveling, only institutional staff and student-athletes that are designated as Tier 1, along with Tier 2 Presidents, Athletic Directors, Senior Woman Administrators and key conference staff members are permitted entrance to a team’s facility.
- Retained a ban on fan attendance at venues through December.
- Approved the threshold for the minimum number of players available for the game to be contested as 8 counter (scholarship) players and at least one coach.
The 2021 MAAC tournament was held from March 8 through March 13 at the Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey for the second year in a row. For this season, since it was official that not all MAAC teams would reach the originally scheduled 20 conference game mark, team seeding in the tournament was based on overall conference regular season wins – not including any third games scheduled between teams in lieu of non-conference opponents. A tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records was also used.[4]
Head Coaches
Coaching changes
On March 13, 2020, Tim Cluess stepped down as head coach of the Iona Gaels due to health concerns.[5] A day later, the school named former Louisville coach Rick Pitino the Gaels' new head coach.[6]
Coaches
Team | Head coach | Previous job | Year at school | Overall record | MAAC record | MAAC Tournament championships |
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Canisius | Reggie Witherspoon | Chattanooga (asst.) | 5 | 66–65 | 43–33 | 0 |
Fairfield | Jay Young | Rutgers (asst.) | 2 | 12–20 | 8–12 | 0 |
Iona | Rick Pitino | Louisville | 1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 |
Manhattan | Steve Masiello | Louisville (asst.) | 10 | 140–149 | 88–84 | 2 |
Marist | John Dunne | Saint Peter's | 3 | 19–42 | 13–25 | 1 |
Monmouth | King Rice | Vanderbilt (asst.) | 10 | 149–146 | 82–54 | 0 |
Niagara | Greg Paulus | George Washington (asst.) | 2 | 12–20 | 9–11 | 0 |
Quinnipiac | Baker Dunleavy | Villanova (asst.) | 4 | 43–51 | 28–28 | 0 |
Rider | Kevin Baggett | Rider (assoc. HC) | 9 | 141–116 | 92–62 | 0 |
Saint Peter's | Shaheen Holloway | Seton Hall (asst.) | 3 | 28–34 | 20–18 | 0 |
Siena | Carmen Maciariello | Siena (asst.) | 2 | 20–10 | 15–5 | 0 |
Notes:
- All records, appearances, titles, etc. are from time with current school only.
- Year at school includes 2020–21 season.
- Overall and MAAC records are from time at current school and are before the beginning of the 2020–21 season.
- Previous jobs are head coaching jobs unless otherwise noted.
Preseason
Preseason Coaches Poll
Rank | Team [7] |
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1. | Siena (11) |
2. | Iona |
T3. | Monmouth |
T3. | Saint Peter's |
5. | Manhattan |
6. | Niagara |
7. | Quinnipiac |
8. | Fairfield |
9. | Marist |
10. | Canisius |
11. | Rider |
( ) first place votes
Preseason All-MAAC teams
2020-21 MAAC Men's Basketball Preseason All-MAAC Teams [7] | ||
First Team | Second Team | Third Team |
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† denotes unanimous selection
Preseason Player of the Year
Recipient | School |
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†Jalen Pickett | Siena |
MAAC Regular Season
Conference matrix
This table summarizes the final head-to-head results between teams in conference play.
Canisius | Fairfield | Iona | Manhattan | Marist | Monmouth | Niagara | Quinnipiac | Rider | Saint Peter's | Siena | |
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vs. Canisius | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | |||||
vs. Fairfield | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | ||
vs. Iona | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | ||||||
vs. Manhattan | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | ||
vs. Marist | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | ||
vs. Monmouth | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | ||
vs. Niagara | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |||
vs. Quinnipiac | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | ||
vs. Rider | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | ||
vs. Saint Peter's | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | ||
vs. Siena | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | |||
Total | 7–5 | 7–11 | 6–3 | 6–12 | 10–8 | 12–6 | 7–9 | 7–10 | 5–13 | 10–8 | 12–4 |
Player of the week
Throughout the regular season, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference offices named player(s) of the week and rookie(s) of the week.[8]
Week | Player of the week | Rookie of the week |
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November 30, 2020 | Fousseyni Drame, Saint Peter's | Tymu Chenery, Quinnipiac |
December 7, 2020 | Isaiah Ross, Iona | Nelly Junior Joseph, Iona |
December 14, 2020 | Ant Nelson, Manhattan | Hakim Byrd, Marist |
December 21, 2020 | Isaiah Ross (2), Iona | Nelly Junior Joseph (2), Iona |
December 28, 2020 | Isaiah Ross (3), Iona | Nelly Junior Joseph (3), Iona |
January 4, 2021 | Marcus Hammond, Niagara | Ricardo Wright, Marist |
January 11, 2021 | Manny Camper, Siena | Aidan Carpenter, Siena |
January 18, 2021 | Jordan King, Siena | Colin Golson, Jr., Siena |
January 25, 2021 | Dwight Murray, Jr., Rider | Ricardo Wright (2), Marist |
February 1, 2021 | Kobi Nwandu, Niagara | Ricardo Wright (3), Marist |
February 8, 2021 | Melik Martin, Monmouth | Luis Kortright, Quinnipiac |
February 15, 2021 | Elijah Buchanan, Manhattan | Nelly Junior Joseph (4), Iona |
February 22, 2021 | Malek Green, Canisius | Luis Kortright (2), Quinnipiac |
March 1, 2021 | Manny Camper (2), Siena | Luis Kortright (3), Quinnipiac |
March 8, 2021 | Jalen Pickett, Siena | Ricardo Wright (4), Marist |
Records against other conferences
Records against non-conference foes for the 2020–21 season. Records shown for regular season only.
Power 7 Conferences[9] | Record |
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American | 0–0 |
ACC | 0–2 |
Big East | 0–5 |
Big Ten | ––– |
Big 12 | ––– |
Pac-12 | ––– |
SEC | ––– |
Power 7 Total | 0–7 |
Other NCAA Division I Conferences | Record |
America East | 5–4 |
A-10 | 1–0 |
ASUN | ––– |
Big Sky | ––– |
Big South | ––– |
Big West | ––– |
CAA | 1–3 |
C-USA | ––– |
Horizon League | ––– |
Ivy League | ––– |
MAC | ––– |
MEAC | 2–1 |
MVC | ––– |
Mountain West | ––– |
NEC | 2–1 |
OVC | ––– |
Patriot League | ––– |
Pacific West | ––– |
SoCon | ––– |
Southland | ––– |
SWAC | ––– |
The Summit | ––– |
Sun Belt | ––– |
WAC | ––– |
WCC | ––– |
Other Division I Total | 11–9 |
NCAA Division I Total | 11–16 |
Postseason
MAAC Tournament
- 2021 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Basketball Tournament, Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey
First Round Monday/Tuesday, March 8/9 | Quarterfinals Wednesday/Thursday, March 10/11 | Semifinals Friday, March 12 | Championship Saturday, March 13 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Siena | 52 | |||||||||||||||||
9 | Iona | 55 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Quinnipiac | 48 | |||||||||||||||||
9 | Iona | 72 | |||||||||||||||||
9 | Iona | 70 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Niagara | 64 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Marist | 62 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Niagara | 67 | |||||||||||||||||
9 | Iona | 60 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Fairfield | 51 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Monmouth | 60 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Fairfield | 79 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Fairfield | 59* | |||||||||||||||||
10 | Manhattan | 58 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Fairfield | 52 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Saint Peter's | 47 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Saint Peter's | 75 | |||||||||||||||||
11 | Rider | 58 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Canisius | 76 | |||||||||||||||||
11 | Rider | 78 |
* denotes number of overtimes
NCAA Tournament
Seed | Region | School | 1st Round |
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15 | East | Iona[10] | L 55–68 vs. (2) Alabama – (Hinkle Fieldhouse|Indianapolis, IN |
Game summary
TBS |
March 20, 2021 4:00 pm |
Recap |
No. 15 Iona 55, No. 2 #5 Alabama 68 | ||
Scoring by half: 32–33, 23–35 | ||
Pts: Ross – 19 Rebs: Jr. Joseph – 6 Asts: 3 tied – 2 JeanLouis – 6 pts, 4 blk; Jr. Joseph – 6 pts, 3 blk | Pts: H. Jones – 20 Rebs: Petty, Jr. – 7 Asts: Ellis – 3 Quinerly – 11 pts, 3 reb, 2 ast | |
NCAA tournament first round |
Honors and awards
MAAC Awards
2020-21 MAAC Men's Basketball Major Individual Awards [11][12] | ||||||
Award | Recipient(s) | |||||
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Player of the Year | Manny Camper, Sr, G Siena | |||||
Coach of the Year | King Rice, Monmouth | |||||
Rookie of the Year | Nelly Junior Joseph, F, Iona | |||||
Defensive Player of the Year | KC Ndefo, Jr, G, Saint Peter's | |||||
Sixth Player of the Year | Malek Green, Jr, F, Canisius |
2020-21 MAAC Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams[13][14] | |||
First Team | Second Team | Third Team | Rookie Team |
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All-MAAC tournament team
2021 MAAC Men's Basketball All-Championship Team[15] |
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2020–21 Season statistic leaders
Completed for 2020–21 season [16][17]
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Individual statistic NCAA Top 100 leaders
Scoring
- Isaiah Ross, Iona (18.4/game): 57th
Rebounding
- Manny Camper, Siena (9.7/game): 22nd
Field Goal Percentage (minimum avg 5 made per game)
- KC Ndefo, Saint Peter's (127–252 .504): 82nd
Assists per game
- Jalen Pickett, Siena (4.8/game): 57th
Blocks per game
- KC Ndefo, Saint Peter's (3.64/game): 1st (3rd in total blocks)
- Seth Pinkney, Quinnipiac (2.32/game): 22nd
- Jordan Jones, Marist (1.90/game): 39th
- Nelly Jr. Joseph, Iona (1.61/game): 65th
- Warren Williams, Manhattan (1.60/game): 68th
Free Throw Percentage (minimum avg 2.5 made per game)
- Asante Gist, Iona (74–83 .891): 16th
- Dwight Murray, Jr., Rider (67–78 .859): 49th
- Jacob Rigoni, Quinnipiac (65–76 .855): 53rd
- Jake Wojcik, Fairfield (76–89 .853): 57th
- Taj Benning, Fairfield (74–88 .840): 80th
Steals per game
- Berrick JeanLouis, Iona (2.22/game): 18th
- Miles Ruth, Monmouth (1.80/game): 66th
- Elijah Buchanan, Manhattan (1.74/game): 76th
Three-point percentage (minimum 1.5 made per game)
- Isaiah Ross, Iona (46–120 .383): 55th
Team statistic NCAA rankings
of 340 Division I teams [18]
Canisius | Fairfield | Iona | Manhattan | Marist | Monmouth | Niagara | Quinnipiac | Rider | Saint Peter's | Siena | |
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Scoring/game | 195 (70.4) | 332 (61.8) | 172 (71.3) | 322 (63.4) | 321 (63.4) | 63 (76.0) | 311 (64.7) | 263 (67.5) | 262 (67.5) | 325 (63.2) | 259 (67.6) |
Defense/game | 199 (71.2) | 68 (66.7) | 58 (66.1) | 85 (67.2) | 27 (63.6) | 269 (74.3) | 48 (65.2) | 134 (69.0) | 265 (74.0) | 9 (61.5) | 22 (63.0) |
FG% | 305 (.408) | 323 (.398) | 169 (.441) | 337 (.378) | 243 (.426) | 260 (.422) | 308 (.407) | 315 (.401) | 239 (.427) | 317 (.400) | 68 (.459) |
FG% defense | 254 (.452) | 190 (.437) | 26 (.402) | 130 (.424) | 11 (.391) | 98 (.420) | 131 (.424) | 8 (.389) | 284 (.462) | 4 (.386) | 42 (.408) |
Three Point % | 318 (.296) | 276 (.315) | 128 (.346) | 339 (.264) | 292 (.310) | 61 (.363) | 283 (.313) | 240 (.323) | 105 (.352) | 244 (.322) | 138 (.343) |
Free Throw % | 174 (.709) | 218 (.695) | 60 (.744) | 290 (.665) | 248 (.683) | 179 (.707) | 178 (.707) | 236 (.687) | 89 (.733) | 213 (.697) | 307 (.657) |
Scoring margin | 217 (-0.8) | 276 (-4.9) | 91 (5.2) | 257 (-3.8) | 204 (-0.2) | 158 (1.7) | 212 (-0.5) | 224 (-1.5) | 294 (-6.5) | 159 (1.7) | 106 (4.6) |
Rebound margin | 246 (-1.9) | 160 (0.8) | 47 (4.7) | 199 (-0.6) | 168 (0.4) | 252 (-2.1) | 307 (-4.5) | 285 (-3.7) | 215 (-0.8) | 127 (1.8) | 107 (2.3) |
References
- ^ "2020-21 Basketball Tiebreakers" (PDF). MAAC Sports. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
- ^ "2020-21 Men's Basketball Standings". MAAC Sports. Retrieved February 16, 2021.
- ^ "MAAC Council of Presidents Revises 2020-21 Basketball Scheduling Policy for COVID-19 Impacted Season". MAAC Sports. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
- ^ "MAAC Men's Basketball Schedule Update". MAAC Sports. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
- ^ "Iona's Cluess steps down to focus on health". ESPN.com. March 13, 2020. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
- ^ "Rick Pitino returns to college hoops as Iona coach". ESPN.com. March 14, 2020. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
- ^ a b "Siena Selected as Unanimous Men's Basketball Preseason Favorite; Jalen Pickett Named Unanimous Preseason Player of the Year". MAAC Sports. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
- ^ "Athlete Awards". MAAC Sports. Retrieved January 1, 2020.
- ^ Connors, Kevin (January 6, 2022). "Loyola Chicago Ramblers lead Kevin Connors' weekly Mid-Major Top 10". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
- ^ "Iona, Rick Pitino back in NCAA Tournament as 15-seed, will play SEC champion Alabama". lohud.com. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
- ^ "Siena's Manny Camper Named Player of the Year, Saint Peter's Ndefo, Canisius' Green and Iona's Joseph Take Home Awards". MAAC Sports. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
- ^ "King Rice Named "The Rock" MAAC Coach of the Year". MAAC Sports. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
- ^ "MAAC Announces 2020-21 Men's Basketball All-MAAC Teams". MAAC Sports. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
- ^ "MAAC Announces 2020-21 Men's Basketball All-Rookie Team". MAAC Sports. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
- ^ "Iona Wins the 2021 MAAC Men's Basketball Championship". MAAC Sports. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
- ^ "2020-2021 Men's Basketball - Overall Statistics". MAAC Sports. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
- ^ "Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Statistics". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 24, 2021.[dead link]
- ^ "NCAA College Men's Basketball DI Stats". ncaa.com. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
External links
- MAAC website