1999 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament

1999 Mid-American Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1998–99
Teams 8
Site SeaGate Centre
Toledo, Ohio
Champions Kent State (1st title)
Winning coach Gary Waters (1st title)
MVP John Whorton (Kent State)

The 1999 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament, a part of the 1998–99 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place at SeaGate Centre in Toledo, Ohio. It was a single-elimination tournament with three rounds and included only the top eight conference teams. The quarterfinal round was held on the campus sites of the top four seeds, and the winners advanced to play the semifinal and final rounds in Toledo. It was the final Mid-American Conference Men's Basketball Tournament that did not include all conference members, and the final tournament held in Toledo. Miami, the MAC regular season winner, received the number one seed in the tournament. Second-seeded Kent State won the tournament with a 49–43 win over Miami and received the Mid-American Conference's automatic bid to the 1999 NCAA Tournament. It was Kent State's first MAC Tournament win and marked their first appearance in the NCAA Tournament. Miami was selected as an at-large entry for the NCAA Tournament. Through the 2016–17 season, it is the most recent time the MAC has had more than one team participate in the NCAA Tournament.

1998–99 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
East
Miami†15–3 .833  24–8  .750
Kent State13–5 .722  23–7  .767
Akron12–6 .667  18–9  .667
Ohio12–6 .667  18–10  .643
Bowling Green12–6 .667  18–10  .643
Marshall11–7 .611  16–11  .593
Buffalo1–17 .056  5–24  .172
West
Toledo11–7 .611  19–9  .679
Ball State10–8 .556  16–11  .593
Central Michigan7–11 .389  10–16  .385
Western Michigan6–12 .333  11–15  .423
Eastern Michigan5–13 .278  5–20  .200
Northern Illinois2–16 .111  6–20  .231
† 1999 MAC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

Tournament

Seeds

  1. Miami
  2. Kent State
  3. Ohio
  4. Akron
  5. Bowling Green
  6. Toledo
  7. Marshall
  8. Ball State

Bracket

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
1 Miami 69
8 Ball State 43
1 Miami 60*
5 Bowling Green 56
4 Akron 74
5 Bowling Green 80
1 Miami 43
2 Kent State 49
2 Kent State 79
7 Marshall 76
2 Kent State 68
3 Ohio 57
3 Ohio 70
6 Toledo 60

* – 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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