Records in Conference Games
Decided by 2 possessions (6 points or less)
2008-09 Regular Season & Tournament
[Total: 40 out of 99 games: 40.4% of MAAC Games)
Rider 6-3
Siena 5-1
St. Peter’s 5-3
Fairfield 5-4
Manhattan 5-5
Iona 4-6
Marist 3-5
Loyola 3-5
Niagara 2-2
Canisius 2-6
Some food for thought as we enter the season. So if you went to five MAAC games, there’s a good chance you saw two that were decided in the final minutes. I’ll have more on Rider’s historic win and how the MAAC did this weekend on Sunday.
[...] MAAC Stat of the Day: turns out 40% of all MAAC games (including conference tournament) were close games last year. I did this by finding every team’s margin of victory less than or equal to 6 out of all the conference games. It will be interesting to see if this number increases or stays the same. [...]