The 2016 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the

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. It was held from March 3–7, 2016 at the

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. No. 2 seed

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79–76 in the championship game and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA tournament. It was the fourth consecutive championship game for Iona, and their conference leading ninth MAAC tournament championship.

Seeds

All 11 teams in the conference participated in the Tournament. The top five teams received byes to the Quarterfinals. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Schedule

Bracket

All-Championship Team

References

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