2001 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament

2001 Mid-American Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2000–01
Teams 13
Site Gund Arena
Cleveland, Ohio
Champions Kent State (2nd title)
Winning coach Gary Waters (2nd title)
MVP Trevor Huffman (Kent State)
2000–01 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
East
Kent State† 13 – 5   .722     24 – 10   .706
Marshall 12 – 6   .667     18 – 9   .667
Ohio 12 – 6   .667     19 – 11   .633
Bowling Green 10 – 8   .556     15 – 14   .517
Miami 10 – 8   .556     17 – 16   .515
Akron 9 – 9   .500     12 – 16   .429
Buffalo 2 – 16   .111     4 – 24   .143
West
Central Michigan 14 – 4   .778     20 – 8   .714
Toledo 12 – 6   .667     22 – 11   .667
Ball State 11 – 7   .611     18 – 12   .600
Western Michigan 7 – 11   .389     7 – 21   .250
Northern Illinois 4 – 14   .222     5 – 23   .179
Eastern Michigan 1 – 17   .056     3 – 25   .107
† 2001 MAC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2001 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament, a part of the 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place at Gund Arena (now known as Quicken Loans Arena) in Cleveland. Its winner received the Mid-American Conference's automatic bid to the 2001 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. Central Michigan, the MAC regular season winner, received the number one seed in the tournament.

Tournament

Seeds

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

Bracket

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  First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
                                     
       
  1 Central Michigan 56  
    8 Miami 65  
8 Miami 69
9 Akron 56  
  8 Miami 62  
  5 Ohio 61  
4 Toledo 67  
13 Eastern Michigan 43  
  4 Toledo 63
    5 Ohio 64  
5 Ohio 101
12 Buffalo 78  
  8 Miami 61
  2 Kent State 67
       
       
  2 Kent State 71
    7 Bowling Green 50  
7 Bowling Green 74
10 Western Michigan 68  
  2 Kent State 67
  6 Ball State 55  
       
       
  3 Marshall 81
    6 Ball State 84  
6 Ball State 89
11 Northern Illinois 57  

* – Denotes overtime period

References

  1. ↑ "MAC Tournament History" (PDF). 2009-10 MAC Men’s Basketball Record Book. Mid-American Conference. 2009-11-11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2009-12-14.
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