2006 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament

2006 Mid-American Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2005–06
Teams 12
Site Quicken Loans Arena
Cleveland, Ohio
Champions Kent State (4th title)
Winning coach Jim Christian (2nd title)
MVP Kevin Warzynski (Kent State)
2005–06 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
East
Kent State†15–3 .833  24–8  .750
Akron14–4 .778  23–9  .719
Miami14–4 .778  18–12  .600
Ohio10–8 .556  19–11  .633
Buffalo8–10 .444  19–13  .594
Bowling Green5–13 .278  9–21  .300
West
Northern Illinois12–6 .667  17–11  .607
Toledo10–8 .556  20–10  .667
Western Michigan10–8 .556  14–17  .452
Ball State6–12 .333  10–18  .357
Eastern Michigan3–15 .167  7–21  .250
Central Michigan1–17 .056  4–24  .143
† 2006 MAC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2006 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament, a part of the 2005-06 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place from March 6–March 11, 2006 at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. The March 6 first-round games were held at the higher seeds home arenas. Its winner received the Mid-American Conference's automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA Tournament. It is a single-elimination tournament with four rounds and the four highest seeds received byes in the first round. All MAC teams were invited to participate. Kent State, the MAC regular season winner, received the number one seed in the tournament.

Tournament

Seeds

The top two seeds of the tournament were given to division winners. Since Kent State had a better record than Northern Illinois, they were given the #1 seed, and the Huskies were given the #2 seed. The remainder of the bracket was determined by overall record. For the #3 seed, Akron and Miami were tied with a 14–4 conference record. They had also split their two regular season matches.[1][2] The next tiebreaker is to determine the teams performance against ranked teams in order. Akron was able to win one game against the Golden Flashes[3] while Miami was unable to win one, so Akron was given the fourth seed and Miami was given the final bye in the tournament. The #5 seed was determined through a three-way tie between Ohio, Toledo, and Western Michigan. Ohio had won its matches against Western Michigan[4] and Toledo[5] so they were given the #5 seed. Since Toledo was able to defeat Kent State in the regular season and Western Michigan was not, they were given the #6 seed.[6] Buffalo was seven games behind Kent State and had earned the eighth seed. Ball State was the #9 seed and the final East Division team, Bowling Green was the #10 seed. The final two teams, Eastern Michigan and Central Michigan were given the eleventh and twelfth seeds, respectively.

Bracket

  First Round
March 6, 2006		 Quarterfinals
March 9, 2006		 Semifinals
March 10, 2006		 Championship
March 11, 2006
                                     
       
  1 Kent State 76  
    8 Buffalo 67  
8 Buffalo 80
9 Ball State 72  
  1 Kent State 72  
  5 Ohio 59  
       
       
  4 Miami 58
    5 Ohio 73  
5 Ohio 82
12 Central Michigan 53  
  1 Kent State 71
  7 Toledo 66
       
       
  2 Northern Illinois 77
    7 Toledo 78  
7 Toledo 77
10 Bowling Green 52  
  7 Toledo 77
  3 Akron 69  
       
       
  3 Akron 72
    6 Western Michigan 57  
6 Western Michigan 60
11 Eastern Michigan 55  

First Round

Team[7]1st2ndFinal
Central Michigan503282
Ohio322153
Team[8]1st2ndFinal
Western Michigan332255
Eastern Michigan253560
Team[9]1st2ndFinal
Toledo344377
Bowling Green213152
Team[10]1st2ndFinal
Buffalo443680
Ball State284472

Quarterfinals

Team[11]1st2ndFinal
Toledo393978
Northern Illinois235477
Team[12]1st2ndFinal
Akron314172
Western Michigan282957
Team[13]1st2ndFinal
Kent State354176
Buffalo274067
Team[14]1st2ndFinal
Ohio403373
Miami322658

Semi-finals

Team[15]1st2ndFinal
Kent State333972
Ohio263359
Team[16]1st2ndFinal
Toledo344377
Akron402969

Finals

Team[17]1st2ndFinal
Kent State323971
Toledo214566

References

  1. ↑ "Miami (OH) RedHawks vs. Akron Zips - Box Score". ESPN. 2006-01-26. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
  2. ↑ "Akron Zips vs. Miami (OH) RedHawks - Box Score". ESPN. 2006-02-22. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
  3. ↑ "Kent State Golden Flashes vs. Akron Zips - Box Score". ESPN. 2006-03-04. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
  4. ↑ "Ohio Bobcats vs. Western Michigan Broncos - Box Score". ESPN. 2006-02-12. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
  5. ↑ "Ohio Bobcats vs. Toledo Rockets - Box Score". ESPN. 2006-01-21. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
  6. ↑ "Toledo Rockets vs. Kent State Golden Flashes - Box Score". ESPN. February 7, 2006. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Central Michigan Chippewas vs. Ohio Bobcats - Box Score". ESPN. 2006-03-06. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
  8. ↑ "Eastern Michigan Eagles vs. Western Michigan Broncos - Box Score". ESPN. 2006-03-06. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
  9. ↑ "Bowling Green Falcons vs. Toledo Rockets - Box Score". ESPN. 2006-03-06. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
  10. ↑ "Ball State Cardinals vs. Buffalo Bulls - Box Score". ESPN. 2006-03-06. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
  11. ↑ "Toledo Rockets vs. Northern Illinois Huskies - Box Score". ESPN. 2006-03-09. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
  12. ↑ "Western Michigan Broncos vs. Akron Zips - Box Score". ESPN. 2006-03-09. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
  13. ↑ "Buffalo Bulls vs. Kent State Golden Flashes - Box Score". ESPN. 2006-03-09. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
  14. ↑ "Ohio Bobcats vs. Miami (OH) RedHawks - Box Score". ESPN. 2006-03-09. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
  15. ↑ "Ohio Bobcats vs. Kent State Golden Flashes - Box Score". ESPN. 2006-03-10. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
  16. ↑ "Toledo Rockets vs. Akron Zips - Box Score". ESPN. 2006-03-10. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
  17. ↑ "Toledo Rockets vs. Kent State Golden Flashes - Box Score". ESPN. 2006-03-11. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
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