2009 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2009 Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament is the post-season basketball tournament for the Mid-American Conference (MAC) 2008–2009 season. The winner of the tournament receives the MAC's automatic bid into the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship tournament.

1 Format
2 Bracket
- 2.1 Tiebreakers
  - 2.1.1 Seeds
  - 2.1.2 West Division

Format

Each of the 12 men's basketball teams in the MAC receives a berth in the conference tournament. Teams are seeded by conference record with the following tie-breakers:

Head-to-head competition
Winning percentage vs. ranked conference teams (top to bottom, regardless of division, vs. common opponents regardless of the number of times played)
Coin flip

The top four seeds receive byes into the quarterfinals. The winners of each division are awarded the #1 and #2 seeds. The team with the best record of the two receives the #1 seed.

Bracket

	Conf			Overall
2008–09 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W	L	PCT	W	L	PCT
East
Bowling Green	11	5	.688	19	14	.576
Buffalo	11	5	.688	21	12	.636
Miami	10	6	.625	17	13	.567
Akron †	10	6	.625	23	13	.639
Kent State	10	6	.625	19	15	.559
Ohio	7	9	.438	15	17	.469
West
Ball State	7	9	.438	14	17	.452
Central Michigan	7	9	.438	12	19	.387
Western Michigan	7	9	.438	10	21	.323
Eastern Michigan	6	10	.375	8	24	.250
Northern Illinois	5	11	.313	10	20	.333
Toledo	5	11	.313	7	25	.219

† Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

First Round Tuesday, March 10			Quarterfinals Thursday, March 12			Semifinals Friday, March 13			Final Saturday, March 14


			1	Bowling Green	74

			9	Ohio	61
8	Western Michigan	55

9	Ohio	62
						1	Bowling Green	55

						5	Akron	63



			4	Miami	63

			5	Akron	73
5	Akron	93*

12	Toledo	92
									5	Akron	65

									3	Buffalo	53



			2	Ball State	64*

			7	Central Michigan	61
7	Central Michigan	62

10	Eastern Michigan	49
						2	Ball State	52

						3	Buffalo	64



			3	Buffalo	65

			6	Kent State	62
6	Kent State	64

11	Northern Illinois	61

* Overtime

Tiebreakers

Seeds

Seed	Team	Record	Tiebreaker #1	Tiebreaker #2	Tiebreaker #3	Tiebreaker #4	Tiebreaker #5
1	Bowling Green	11–5	2–0 head-to-head	–	–	–	–
2	Ball State	7–9	Division champ	–	–	–	–
3	Buffalo	11–5	0–2 head-to-head	–	–	–	–
4	Miami	10–6	3–1 head-to-head	–	–	–	–
5	Akron	10–6	2–2 head-to-head	–	–	–	–
6	Kent State	10–6	1–3 head-to-head	–	–	–	–
7	Central Michigan	7–9	2–1 head-to-head	1–1 head-to-head	0–1 vs. #1 BGSU	0–1 vs. #2 Buffalo	1–0 vs. #3 Miami
8	Western Michigan	7–9	2–1 head-to-head	1–1 head-to-head	0–1 vs. #1 BGSU	0–1 vs. #2 Buffalo	0–1 vs. #3 Miami
9	Ohio	7–9	0–2 head-to-head	–	–	–	–
10	Eastern Michigan	6–10	1–1 head-to-head	1–0 vs. #1 BGSU	–	–	–
11	Northern Illinois	6–10	1–1 head-to-head	0–1 vs. #1 BGSU	–	–	–
12	Toledo	1–15	–	–	–	–	–

West Division

Team	Record	Tiebreaker #1	Tiebreaker #2	Tiebreaker #3
Ball State	7–9	2–2 head-to-head	0–1 vs. #1 BGSU	1–0 vs. #2 Buffalo
Central Michigan	7–9	2–2 head-to-head	0–1 vs. #1 BGSU	0–1 vs. #2 Buffalo
Western Michigan	7–9	2–2 head-to-head	0–1 vs. #1 BGSU	0–1 vs. #2 Buffalo

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