2010 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2010 Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament is the post-season basketball tournament for the Mid-American Conference (MAC) 2009–2010 season. The winner of the tournament receives the MAC's automatic bid into the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship tournament.

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. First round games will be played on campus sites at the higher seed. The remaining rounds will be held at Quicken Loans Arena.^[1]

Bracket

2009–10 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
East
Kent State	13	–	3	.813	24	–	10	.706
Akron	12	–	4	.750	24	–	11	.686
Miami	9	–	7	.563	14	–	18	.438
Buffalo	9	–	7	.563	18	–	12	.600
Ohio†	7	–	9	.438	22	–	15	.595
Bowling Green	6	–	10	.375	14	–	16	.467
West
Central Michigan	9	–	7	.563	15	–	15	.500
Eastern Michigan	8	–	8	.500	17	–	15	.531
Western Michigan	8	–	8	.500	18	–	15	.545
Ball State	8	–	8	.500	15	–	15	.500
Northern Illinois	6	–	10	.375	10	–	20	.333
Toledo	1	–	15	.063	4	–	28	.125

† Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

First Round Sunday, March 7			Quarterfinals Thursday, March 11			Semifinals Friday, March 12			Final Saturday, March 13


			1	Kent State	64

			9	Ohio	81
8	Ball State	77

9	Ohio	85*
						9	Ohio	54

						4	Miami	42



			4	Miami	73

			5	Buffalo	59
5	Buffalo	72

12	Toledo	54
									9	Ohio	81*

									3	Akron	75



			2	Central Michigan	60

			7	Western Michigan	69
7	Western Michigan	75

10	Bowling Green	73
						7	Western Michigan	64

						3	Akron	66



			3	Akron	97**

			6	Eastern Michigan	89
6	Eastern Michigan	65

11	Northern Illinois	59

* Overtime

Tiebreakers

Seed	Team	Record	Tiebreaker #1	Tiebreaker #2	Tiebreaker #3
1	Kent State	13–3	–	–	–
2	Central Michigan	9–7	Division champ	–	–
3	Akron	12–4	–	–	–
4	Miami	9–7	1–1 head-to-head	1–1 vs. #1 KSU	1–1 vs. #2 Akron
5	Buffalo	9–7	1–1 head-to-head	1–1 vs. #1 KSU	0–2 vs. #2 Akron
6	Eastern Michigan	8–8	3–1 head-to-head	–	–
7	Western Michigan	8–8	2–2 head-to-head	–	–
8	Ball State	8–8	1–3 head-to-head	–	–
9	Ohio	7–9	–	–	–
10	Bowling Green	6–10	1–0 head-to-head	–	–
11	Northern Illinois	6–10	0–1 head-to-head	–	–
12	Toledo	1–15	–	–	–

All-tournament team

Armon Bassett (MVP)
Jimmy Conyers
David Kool
Carlos Medlock
Chris McKnight

References

↑ "MAC Council of Presidents Approve Recommendations" (Press release). Mid-American Conference. 2009-06-08. Retrieved 2009-10-26.

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