2010 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament

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.

2010 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament
Logo for the 2010 Mid-American Conference tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season200910
Teams12
SiteQuicken Loans Arena
Cleveland, Ohio
ChampionsOhio Bobcats (5th title)
Winning coachJohn Groce (1st title)
MVPArmon Bassett (Ohio)
Top scorerArmon Bassett (Ohio)
(116 points)
TelevisionFSN Ohio, FSN Detroit, and ESPN2
MAC Men's Basketball Tournaments

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. 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
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
East
Kent State133 .813  2410  .706
Akron124 .750  2411  .686
Miami97 .563  1418  .438
Buffalo97 .563  1812  .600
Ohio79 .438  2215  .595
Bowling Green610 .375  1416  .467
West
Central Michigan97 .563  1515  .500
Eastern Michigan88 .500  1715  .531
Western Michigan88 .500  1815  .545
Ball State88 .500  1515  .500
Northern Illinois610 .375  1020  .333
Toledo115 .063  428  .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

SeedTeamRecordTiebreaker #1Tiebreaker #2Tiebreaker #3
1Kent State13–3
2Central Michigan9–7Division champ
3Akron12–4
4Miami9–71–1 head-to-head1–1 vs. #1 KSU1–1 vs. #2 Akron
5Buffalo9–71–1 head-to-head1–1 vs. #1 KSU0–2 vs. #2 Akron
6Eastern Michigan8–83–1 head-to-head
7Western Michigan8–82–2 head-to-head
8Ball State8–81–3 head-to-head
9Ohio7–9
10Bowling Green6–101–0 head-to-head
11Northern Illinois6–100–1 head-to-head
12Toledo1–15

All-tournament team

References

  1. "MAC Council of Presidents Approve Recommendations" (Press release). Mid-American Conference. 2009-06-08. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2009-10-26.
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