2018 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament

2018 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2017–18
Teams 12
Site Quicken Loans Arena
Cleveland, Ohio
First round site Campus sites
Champions Buffalo (3rd title)
Winning coach Nate Oats (2nd title)
MVP Wes Clark (Buffalo)
Television CBSSN, ESPN2[1]
2017–18 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
East
Buffalo †15–3 .833  27–9  .750
Kent State9–9 .500  17–17  .500
Miami (OH)8–10 .444  16–18  .471
Bowling Green7–11 .389  16–16  .500
Ohio7–11 .389  14–17  .452
Akron6–12 .333  14–18  .438
West
Toledo13–5 .722  23–11  .676
Eastern Michigan11–7 .611  22–13  .629
Ball State10–8 .556  19–13  .594
Western Michigan9–9 .500  17–15  .531
Central Michigan7–11 .389  21–15  .583
Northern Illinois6–12 .333  13–19  .406
† 2018 MAC Tournament winner

The 2018 Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament was the post-season men's basketball tournament for the Mid-American Conference (MAC).[2] Tournament first-round games were held on campus sites at the higher seed on March 5. The remaining rounds were held at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio between March 8–10, 2018.[3] Regular-season champion Buffalo defeated Toledo in the championship game to win the tournament and receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Seeds

All 12 MAC teams participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top four teams will receive a bye to quarterfinals.

Seed School Conference
record		 Division Tiebreaker
1 Buffalo 15–3 East
2 Toledo 13–5 West
3 Eastern Michigan 11–7 West
4 Ball State 10–8 West
5 Kent State 9–9 East 1–0 vs. WMU
6 Western Michigan 9–9 West 0–1 vs. KSU
7 Miami (OH) 8–10 East
8 Central Michigan 7–11 West 3–0 vs. tied teams (2–0 vs. Ohio, 1–0 vs. BGSU)
9 Bowling Green 7–11 East 1–2 vs. tied teams (1–1 vs. Ohio, 0–1 vs. CMU)
10 Ohio 7–11 East 1–3 vs. tied teams (1–1 vs. BGSU, 0–2 vs. CMU)
11 Akron 6–12 East 1–0 vs. NIU
12 Northern Illinois 6–12 West 0–1 vs. Akron

Schedule

Game Time Matchup Score Television
First round – Monday March 5 – Campus sites
1 7:00 pm No. 9 Bowling Green at No. 8 Central Michigan 77–81OT ESPN3
2 7:00 pm No. 12 Northern Illinois at No. 5 Kent State 59–61 ESPN3
3 7:00 pm No. 10 Ohio at No. 7 Miami (OH) 55–68 ESPN3
4 7:45 pm No. 11 Akron at No. 6 Western Michigan 79–78 ESPN3
Quarterfinals – Thursday March 8 – Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH
5 12:00 pm No. 8 Central Michigan vs. No. 1 Buffalo 74–89 BCSN
ESPN3
6 2:30 pm No. 5 Kent State vs. No. 4 Ball State 76–73
7 6:30 pm No. 7 Miami (OH) vs. No. 2 Toledo 69–71
8 9:00 pm No. 11 Akron vs. No. 3 Eastern Michigan 58–67
Semifinals – Friday March 9 – Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH
9 6:30 pm No. 5 Kent State vs. No. 1 Buffalo 61–78 CBSSN
10 9:00 pm No. 3 Eastern Michigan vs. No. 2 Toledo 64–63
Championship – Saturday March 10 – Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH
11 7:00 pm No. 2 Toledo vs. No. 1 Buffalo 66–76 ESPN2
Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

  First round
Monday, March 5		 Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 8		 Semifinals
Friday, March 9		 Championship
Saturday, March 10
                                     
       
  1 Buffalo 89  
    8 Central Michigan 74  
8 Central Michigan 81*
9 Bowling Green 77  
  1 Buffalo 78  
  5 Kent State 61  
       
       
  4 Ball State 73
    5 Kent State 76  
5 Kent State 61
12 Northern Illinois 59  
  1 Buffalo 76
  2 Toledo 66
       
       
  2 Toledo 71
    7 Miami (OH) 69  
7 Miami (OH) 68
10 Ohio 55  
  2 Toledo 64
  3 Eastern Michigan 63  
       
       
  3 Eastern Michigan 67
    11 Akron 58  
6 Western Michigan 78
11 Akron 79  

* denotes overtime period

References

  1. ↑ "MAC Tournament 2018: Tiebreakers abound with three games remaining".
  2. ↑ "College Basketball 2018 MAC Tournament".
  3. ↑ "2018 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament". MAC Sports. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
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