Yes, the athletic teams representing Fairfield University, known as the Fairfield Stags, compete fully at the highest tier of intercollegiate athletics governed by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, officially operating as an NCAA Division I institution. The university's men's and women's basketball programs participate as active core members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC), playing rigorous regular-season schedules and competing annually for conference tournament championships and automatic bids into national postseason tournaments.