2005 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament

2005 Mid-American Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2004–05
Teams	13
Site	Gund Arena Cleveland, Ohio
Champions	Ohio (4th title)
Winning coach	Tim O'Shea (1st title)
MVP	Leon Williams Ohio
Post-Mid-American Conference tournament(s)	2005 NIT, 2005 NCAA
Mid-American Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments «2004  2006»

The 2005 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament, a part of the 2004-05 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place from March 7–12 at the Gund Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. Its winner received the Mid-American Conference's automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA Tournament. It is a single-elimination tournament with four rounds and the three highest seeds received byes in the first round. All MAC teams were invited to participate. Miami, the MAC regular season winner, received the number one seed in the tournament.

Contents 1 Before the tournament 1.1 Standings 2 Tournament 2.1 Seeding 2.2 Bracket 2.3 First Round 2.4 Quarterfinals 2.5 Semi-finals 2.6 Finals 3 Notes 4 References

Before the tournament

Standings

2004–05 MAC men's basketball standings[ref 1]
	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	PCT	W	L	PCT
MAC East
Miami	12		6		.667			19		11		.633
Buffalo	11		7		.611			23		10		.697
Ohio	11		7		.611			21		11		.656
Akron	11		7		.611			19		10		.655
Kent State	11		7		.611			20		13		.606
Marshall	3		15		.167			6		22		.214
MAC West
Western Michigan	11		7		.611			20		13		.606
Toledo	11		7		.611			16		13		.552
Bowling Green	10		8		.556			18		11		.621
Ball State	10		8		.556			15		13		.536
Northern Illinois	7		11		.389			11		17		.393
Eastern Michigan	5		13		.278			12		18		.400
Central Michigan	4		14		.222			10		18		.357

Tournament

Seeding

1. Miami
2. Toledo
3. Western Michigan
4. Ohio
5. Kent State
6. Akron
7. Buffalo
8. Bowling Green
9. Ball State
10. Northern Illinois
11. Eastern Michigan
12. Central Michigan
13. Marshall

Bracket

	First Round March 7, 2005					Quarterfinals March 10, 2005					Semifinals March 11, 2005					Championship March 12, 2005
						1	Miami	85
						8	Bowling Green	65
	8	Bowling Green	75
	9	Ball State	73
											1	Miami	56
										4	Ohio	63
	4	Ohio	72
	13	Marshall	66
						4	Ohio	62
						5	Kent State	55
	5	Kent State	91
	12	Central Michigan	60
																4	Ohio	80*
																7	Buffalo	79
						2	Toledo	72
						7	Buffalo	85
	7	Buffalo	73
	10	Northern Illinois	66
											7	Buffalo	75
										3	Western Michigan	68
						3	Western Michigan	66*
						6	Akron	60
	6	Akron Zips	78
	11	Eastern Michigan	66

* – Denotes overtime period

First Round

Team[ref 2] 1st 2nd Final Ohio 33 39 72 Marshall 28 38 66 Team[ref 3] 1st 2nd Final Kent State 46 45 91 Central Michigan 26 34 60 Team[ref 4] 1st 2nd Final Akron 46 32 78 Eastern Michigan 33 33 66

Team[ref 5] 1st 2nd Final Buffalo 34 39 73 Northern Illinois 30 36 66 Team[ref 6] 1st 2nd Final Bowling Green 30 43 75 Ball State 45 30 73

Quarterfinals

Team[ref 7] 1st 2nd Final Buffalo 45 40 85 Toledo 37 35 72 Team[ref 8] 1st 2nd OT Final Western Michigan 31 27 8 66 Akron 37 21 2 60

Team[ref 9] 1st 2nd Final Miami 39 46 85 Bowling Green 29 36 65 Team[ref 10] 1st 2nd Final Ohio 23 39 62 Kent State 20 35 55

Semi-finals

Team[ref 11] 1st 2nd Final Ohio 26 37 63 Miami 24 32 56

Team[ref 12] 1st 2nd Final Buffalo 29 46 75 Western Michigan 37 31 68

Finals

Team[ref 13]	1st	2nd	OT	Final
Ohio	33	37	10	80
Buffalo	43	27	9	79

Notes

References

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