2010 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament

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2010 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament
2010 MAC Tournament Logo.png
Logo for the 2010 Mid-American Conference tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2009–10
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
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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.

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
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
Kent State 13 – 3   .813 24 – 10   .706
Akron 12 – 4   .750 24 – 11   .686
Miami 9 – 7   .563 14 – 18   .438
Buffalo 9 – 7   .563 18 – 12   .600
Ohio† 7 – 9   .438 22 – 15   .595
Bowling Green 6 – 10   .375 14 – 16   .467
West
Central Michigan 9 – 7   .563 15 – 15   .500
Eastern Michigan 8 – 8   .500 17 – 15   .531
Western Michigan 8 – 8   .500 18 – 15   .545
Ball State 8 – 8   .500 15 – 15   .500
Northern Illinois 6 – 10   .375 10 – 20   .333
Toledo 1 – 15   .063 4 – 28   .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[]

Seed Team Record Tiebreaker #1 Tiebreaker #2 Tiebreaker #3
1 Kent State 13–3 – – –
2 Central Michigan 9–7 Division champ – –
3 Akron 12–4 – – –
4 Miami 9–7 1–1 head-to-head 1–1 vs. #1 KSU 1–1 vs. #2 Akron
5 Buffalo 9–7 1–1 head-to-head 1–1 vs. #1 KSU 0–2 vs. #2 Akron
6 Eastern Michigan 8–8 3–1 head-to-head – –
7 Western Michigan 8–8 2–2 head-to-head – –
8 Ball State 8–8 1–3 head-to-head – –
9 Ohio 7–9 – – –
10 Bowling Green 6–10 1–0 head-to-head – –
11 Northern Illinois 6–10 0–1 head-to-head – –
12 Toledo 1–15 – – –

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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