2005 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament
2005 Mid-American Conference Men's Basketball Tournament |
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Classification |
Division I |
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Season |
2004–05 |
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Teams |
13 |
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Site |
Gund Arena Cleveland, Ohio |
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Champions |
Ohio (4th title) |
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Winning coach |
Tim O'Shea (1st title) |
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MVP |
Leon Williams (Ohio) |
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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.
Tournament
Seeds
- Miami
- Toledo
- Western Michigan
- Ohio
- Kent State
- Akron
- Buffalo
- Bowling Green
- Ball State
- Northern Illinois
- Eastern Michigan
- Central Michigan
- Marshall
Bracket
* – Denotes overtime period
First Round
Team[ref 1] | 1st | 2nd | Final |
Ohio | 33 | 39 | 72 |
Marshall | 28 | 38 | 66 |
Team[ref 2] | 1st | 2nd | Final |
Kent State | 46 | 45 | 91 |
Central Michigan | 26 | 34 | 60 |
Team[ref 3] | 1st | 2nd | Final |
Akron | 46 | 32 | 78 |
Eastern Michigan | 33 | 33 | 66 |
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Team[ref 4] | 1st | 2nd | Final |
Buffalo | 34 | 39 | 73 |
Northern Illinois | 30 | 36 | 66 |
Team[ref 5] | 1st | 2nd | Final |
Bowling Green | 30 | 43 | 75 |
Ball State | 45 | 30 | 73 |
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Quarterfinals
Team[ref 6] | 1st | 2nd | Final |
Buffalo | 45 | 40 | 85 |
Toledo | 37 | 35 | 72 |
Team[ref 7] | 1st | 2nd | OT | Final |
Western Michigan | 31 | 27 | 8 | 66 |
Akron | 37 | 21 | 2 | 60 |
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Team[ref 8] | 1st | 2nd | Final |
Miami | 39 | 46 | 85 |
Bowling Green | 29 | 36 | 65 |
Team[ref 9] | 1st | 2nd | Final |
Ohio | 23 | 39 | 62 |
Kent State | 20 | 35 | 55 |
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Semi-finals
Team[ref 10] | 1st | 2nd | Final |
Ohio | 26 | 37 | 63 |
Miami | 24 | 32 | 56 |
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Team[ref 11] | 1st | 2nd | Final |
Buffalo | 29 | 46 | 75 |
Western Michigan | 37 | 31 | 68 |
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Finals
Team[ref 12] | 1st | 2nd | OT | Final |
Ohio | 33 | 37 | 10 | 80 |
Buffalo | 43 | 27 | 9 | 79 |
References