2000 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament

2000 Mid-American Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1999–00
Teams 13
Site Gund Arena
Cleveland, Ohio
Champions Ball State (7th title)
Winning coach Ray McCallum (2nd title)
MVP Duane Clemens (Ball State)
Mid-American Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1999  2001»

The 2000 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament, a part of the 1999–00 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place at Gund Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. Its winner received the Mid-American Conference's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Tournament. It was 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. Bowling Green, the MAC regular season winner, received the number one seed in the tournament.

1999–2000 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
East
Bowling Green 14 – 4   .778     22 – 8   .733
Kent State 13 – 5   .722     23 – 8   .742
Akron 11 – 7   .611     17 – 11   .607
Marshall 11 – 7   .611     21 – 9   .700
Ohio 11 – 7   .611     20 – 13   .606
Miami 8 – 10   .444     15 – 15   .500
Buffalo 3 – 15   .167     5 – 23   .179
West
Ball State† 11 – 7   .611     22 – 9   .710
Toledo 11 – 7   .611     18 – 13   .581
Eastern Michigan 9 – 9   .500     15 – 13   .536
Northern Illinois 7 – 11   .389     13 – 15   .464
Western Michigan 6 – 12   .333     10 – 18   .357
Central Michigan 2 – 16   .111     6 – 23   .207
† 2000 MAC Tournament winner
As of [1]; Rankings from AP Poll

Tournament

Seeds

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

Bracket

[2]

  First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
                                     
        
  1  Bowling Green 56  
    9  Miami 58*  
8  Eastern Michigan 51
9  Miami 64  
  9  Miami 69  
  5  Marshall 63  
4  Akron 73  
13  Central Michigan 75  
  13  Central Michigan 56
    5  Marshall 58  
5  Marshall 83
12  Buffalo 66  
  9  Miami 58
  2  Ball State 61
        
        
  2  Ball State 64
    7  Toledo 63  
7  Toledo 68**
10  Northern Illinois 64  
  2  Ball State 70
  6  Ohio 67  
        
        
  3  Kent State 68
    6  Ohio 69  
6  Ohio 77
11  Western Michigan 52  

* – Denotes overtime period

References

  1. ↑ "Year-By-Year Standings" (PDF). 2009-10 MAC Men’s Basketball Record Book. Mid-American Conference. 2009-11-11. pp. 75–78. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
  2. ↑ "MAC Tournament History" (PDF). 2009-10 MAC Men’s Basketball Record Book. Mid-American Conference. 2009-11-11. Retrieved 2009-12-14.
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