Riverdale, NY - The 2018-2019 men's and women's basketball television schedule for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) features eight
ESPNU contests during the regular season and the conference championships, starting Thursday, January 10.
During the regular season five Fridays (January 11, 25, February 8, 22, and March 1) will feature a men's basketball matchup on
ESPNU. Four-of-the-five Fridays can have any game on the MAAC schedule flexed on to
ESPNU as the MAAC Wildcard Game.
Manhattan has three home games slated as potential ESPNU wildcard games:
Friday, February 8 - Siena at Manhattan
Friday, February 22 - Iona at Manhattan
Friday, March 1 - Monmouth at Manhattan
ESPN and the MAAC will announce the wildcard game 21 days prior to the game. The wildcard format allows
ESPN to pick any game scheduled for that specific date to air on ESPNU and allows the MAAC and
ESPN the flexibility to showcase the best matchups as the season progresses.
On January 11 at 7:00 pm, Marist College hosts Siena College for the first men's game of the season. Both programs are under new leadership this season—Jamion Christian at Siena and John Dunne at Marist.
Additionally, the MAAC will have one women's basketball regular season contest airing on
ESPNU. A rematch of the 2018 MAAC Championship Game between Quinnipiac University and Marist College will tip-off at 12:00 pm from the McCann Athletic Center in Poughkeepsie, NY.
In 2019, the MAAC Basketball Championships will be at the Times Union Center in Albany, NY on March 7-11. The men's basketball championship semifinals will air on ESPN3 and
ESPNU. The first semifinal will air at 6:00 pm live on
ESPN3 and will re-air at 10:30 pm on
ESPNU. The second semifinal will be live on
ESPNU at 8:30 pm. The women's basketball Championship Game will air live on
ESPNU at 2:30 pm on Monday, March 11. The men's basketball Championship Game will be on
ESPN or
ESPN2 on Monday, March 11 at 9:00 pm. The network for the men's championship game will be determined 7-10 days before the championship. The remainder of the MAAC Championships games will air on
ESPN3 or
ESPN+.
All events will be available for replay on the
ESPN App or the
MAAC ESPN Channel.
