2009 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament

2009 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament
Logo for the 2009 Mid-American Conference tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2008–09
Teams 12
Site Quicken Loans Arena
Cleveland, Ohio
Champions Akron Zips (1st title)
Winning coach Keith Dambrot (1st title)
MVP Nate Linhart (Akron)
Television ESPN2, Fox Sports Net

The 2009 Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament is the post-season basketball tournament for the Mid-American Conference (MAC) 2008–2009 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.

Bracket

2008–09 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
East
Bowling Green11–5 .688  19–14  .576
Buffalo11–5 .688  21–12  .636
Miami10–6 .625  17–13  .567
Akron †10–6 .625  23–13  .639
Kent State10–6 .625  19–15  .559
Ohio7–9 .438  15–17  .469
West
Ball State7–9 .438  14–17  .452
Central Michigan7–9 .438  12–19  .387
Western Michigan7–9 .438  10–21  .323
Eastern Michigan6–10 .375  8–24  .250
Northern Illinois5–11 .313  10–20  .333
Toledo5–11 .313  7–25  .219
† Conference tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll
  First Round
Tuesday, March 10		 Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 12		 Semifinals
Friday, March 13		 Final
Saturday, March 14
                                     
       
  1 Bowling Green 74  
    9 Ohio 61  
8 Western Michigan 55
9 Ohio 62  
  1 Bowling Green 55  
  5 Akron 63  
       
       
  4 Miami 63
    5 Akron 73  
5 Akron 93*
12 Toledo 92  
  5 Akron 65
  3 Buffalo 53
       
       
  2 Ball State 64*
    7 Central Michigan 61  
7 Central Michigan 62
10 Eastern Michigan 49  
  2 Ball State 52
  3 Buffalo 64  
       
       
  3 Buffalo 65
    6 Kent State 62  
6 Kent State 64
11 Northern Illinois 61  

* Overtime

Tiebreakers

Seeds

SeedTeamRecordTiebreaker #1Tiebreaker #2Tiebreaker #3Tiebreaker #4Tiebreaker #5
1Bowling Green11–52–0 head-to-head––––
2Ball State7–9Division champ––––
3Buffalo11–50–2 head-to-head––––
4Miami10–63–1 head-to-head––––
5Akron10–62–2 head-to-head––––
6Kent State10–61–3 head-to-head––––
7Central Michigan7–92–1 head-to-head1–1 head-to-head0–1 vs. #1 BGSU0–1 vs. #2 Buffalo1–0 vs. #3 Miami
8Western Michigan7–92–1 head-to-head1–1 head-to-head0–1 vs. #1 BGSU0–1 vs. #2 Buffalo0–1 vs. #3 Miami
9Ohio7–90–2 head-to-head––––
10Eastern Michigan6–101–1 head-to-head1–0 vs. #1 BGSU–––
11Northern Illinois6–101–1 head-to-head0–1 vs. #1 BGSU–––
12Toledo1–15–––––

West Division

TeamRecordTiebreaker #1Tiebreaker #2Tiebreaker #3
Ball State7–92–2 head-to-head0–1 vs. #1 BGSU1–0 vs. #2 Buffalo
Central Michigan7–92–2 head-to-head0–1 vs. #1 BGSU0–1 vs. #2 Buffalo
Western Michigan7–92–2 head-to-head0–1 vs. #1 BGSU0–1 vs. #2 Buffalo
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