The 2020–21 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) men's basketball season began with practices in October 2020, followed by the start of the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season on November 25.

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, the MAAC revised their scheduling policy for conference games as follows:[3] The 2021 MAAC tournament was held from March 8 through March 13 at the Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey for the second year in a row.

A tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records was also used.

[4] On March 13, 2020, Tim Cluess stepped down as head coach of the Iona Gaels due to health concerns.

[6] Notes: ( ) first place votes † denotes unanimous selection This table summarizes the final head-to-head results between teams in conference play.