2010 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament

2010 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament

Logo for the 2010 Mid-American Conference tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2009–10
Teams 12
Site Quicken Loans Arena
Cleveland, Ohio
Champions Ohio Bobcats (5th title)
Winning coach John Groce (1st title)
MVP Armon Bassett (Ohio)
Top scorer Armon Bassett (Ohio)
(116 points)
Television FSN Ohio, FSN Detroit, and ESPN2

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:

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

References

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