Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Data
Classification	NCAA Division I (Football Championship Subdivision)
Established	1980
Members	10
Sports fielded	25
Region	Northeast
States	4 ? Connecticut, Maryland, New Jersey, New York
Headquarters	Edison, New Jersey
Commissioner	Richard J. Ensor
Locations

The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC, pronounced "mack") is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. It used to participates in the NCAA's Football Championship Subdivison (formerly Division I-AA) for football (http://www.maacsports.com/ more details). It competes in Division I for all other sports. Most of the members are Catholic or formerly Catholic institutions, the only exception is the private but secular Rider University.

Richard J. Ensor is the commissioner of the MAAC, a post he has held since 1988.

The conference was founded in 1980 by six charter members: the U.S. Military Academy, Fairfield University, Fordham University, Iona College, Manhattan College and Saint Peter's College. Competition officially began the next year, in the sports of men?s cross-country and men?s soccer.

Competition in men's and women's basketball began in the 1981-1982 season. In 1984, the MAAC received an automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, where Iona was the first team to represent the MAAC on the men's side. In 1982, Saint Peter's was the first women's basketball team to represent the MAAC in the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament.

The 2006-07 Marist women's basketball team became the first MAAC school since LaSalle in 1989 to win an NCAA Tournament game. Marist, as a 13 seed, defeated #4 Ohio State and #5 Middle Tennessee State before falling in the Sweet 16 to #1 Tennessee. Ironically, the 1989 LaSalle team also lost to Tennessee after beating #8 Connecticut in the first round.

The league added football in 1993, and dropped it following the 2007 season.

From 1997 to 2003, the MAAC sponsored ice hockey. At that time, the hockey league split from the MAAC and changed its name to Atlantic Hockey.

The NCAA named the MAAC and Rider as co-hosts for the one of the first and second round sites for the 2006 NCAA Division I Women?s Basketball Championship. The MAAC, along with Canisius and Niagara, were also approved to host the 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament First and Second Rounds.

Member Institutions

The MAAC has ten Member Institutions:

Associate Member Institutions

• Men's Lacrosse
  • Mount Saint Mary's University
  • Providence College
  • Saint Joseph's University
  • Virginia Military Institute
• Water Polo
  • Saint Francis College (New York)
  • Villanova University
• Both Men's Lacrosse and Water Polo
  • Wagner College

Former Members

Army
Fordham
LaSalle
Holy Cross

Football

The MAAC Football League was formed in 1993 and folded in the 2007-08 academic year. At its peak, it consisted of Canisius, Duquesne, Fairfield, Georgetown, Iona, La Salle, Marist, Saint John's, Saint Peter's and Siena.

Canisius, Fairfield, Saint John's and Siena have since disbanded their football programs. St. Peter's disbanded their football team in June 2007, while La Salle did the same in November 2007.

Georgetown, a former MAACFL member, has moved to the Patriot League. Duquesne will leave the MAACFL after the 2007 season to join the Northeast Conference. Marist and Iona will compete as FCS independents for 2008, with Marist joining the Pioneer Football League in 2009.

Champions

• 1993 Iona
• 1994 Marist & St. John's
• 1995 Duquesne
• 1996 Duquesne
• 1997 Georgetown
• 1998 Fairfield
• 1999 Duquesne
• 2000 Duquesne
• 2001 Duquesne
• 2002 Duquesne
• 2003 Duquesne
• 2004 Duquesne
• 2005 Duquesne
• 2006 Duquesne & Marist
• 2007 Duquesne, Iona & Marist

Basketball

Men's Basketball Champions

• MAAC men's basketball conference tournament locations

Postseason Men's Basketball History

Baseball

Champions

From 1990 through 1993, the MAAC, split into two divisions.
~North Division Champion
^South Division Champion

Soccer

Champions

Swimming & Diving

Champions

Conference facilities

External links

• Official site of the MAAC