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The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference ('''MAAC''', pronounced "mack") is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. It participates in the NCAA 's Division I-AA for football and Division I for all other sports. Most of the members are Catholic institutions. Richard J. Ensor is the Commissioner of the MAAC , a post he has held since 1988 . The conference was founded in , 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 1982 . In 1984, the MAAC receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, where Iona is 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 league added Football in 1993 . 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 Division I Men’s Basketball Championship First and Second Rounds. MEMBER INSTITUTIONS The MAAC has ten Member Institutions: POSTSEASON MEN'S BASKETBALL HISTORY CONFERENCE STADIA EXTERNAL LINKS |