1982 MAAC men's basketball tournament

1982 MAAC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1981–82
Teams	6
First round site	Campus Sites Campus Arenas
Finals site	Meadowlands Arena East Rutherford, NJ
Champions	Iona (1st title)
Winning coach	Pat Kennedy (1st title)
MVP	Rory Grimes (Iona)
MAAC men's basketball tournaments

1981–82 MAAC men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Saint Peter's	9	–	1		.900			20	–	9		.690
Fordham	8	–	2		.800			18	–	11		.621
Iona †	7	–	3		.700			24	–	9		.727
Fairfield	3	–	7		.300			11	–	18		.379
Manhattan	3	–	7		.300			11	–	16		.407
Army	0	–	10		.000			5	–	22		.185
† 1982 MAAC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 1982 MAAC men's basketball tournament was held March 5–7 at a combination of on-campus gymnasiums and the Meadowlands Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey. This was the first edition of the tournament.

Iona upset top-seeded St. Peter's in the championship game, 66–61, to win their first MAAC men's basketball tournament.

No MAAC team was invited to the NCAA tournament this year.

Format

All six of the conference's members participated in the tournament field. They were seeded based on regular season conference records, with the top two teams earning byes into the semifinal round. The other four teams entered into the preliminary first round. An additional third place game was also played on the last day of the tournament.

First Round games were played at the home court of the higher-seeded team. All remaining games were played at a neutral site at the Meadowlands Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Bracket

	First round Friday, March 5					Semifinals Saturday, March 6					Championship Sunday, March 7
						1	St. Peter's	56
						4	Fairfield	50
	5	Manhattan	55
	4	Fairfield	61
											1	St. Peter's	61
											3	Iona	66
	3	Iona	69
	6	Army	53
						3	Iona	58			Third Place Sunday, March 7
						2	Fordham	55
											4	Fairfield	54
											2	Fordham	76