2017 MAC men's basketball tournament

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2017 MAC men's basketball tournament
Mid-American Conference logo.svg
Classification Division I
Season 201617
Teams12
Site Quicken Loans Arena
Cleveland, Ohio
First round siteCampus sites
Champions Kent State (6th title)
Winning coach Rob Senderoff (1st title)
MVP Jaylin Walker (Kent State)
Attendance10,376
Television BCSN, CBSSN, ESPN2
MAC men's basketball tournaments
  2016
2018  
2016–17 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
East
Akron 144 .778279  .750
Ohio 117 .6112011  .645
Buffalo 117 .6111715  .531
Kent State108 .5562214  .611
Bowling Green 711 .3891319  .406
Miami (OH) 414 .2221121  .344
West
Ball State 117 .6112113  .618
Western Michigan 117 .6111616  .500
Toledo 99 .5001717  .500
Eastern Michigan 711 .3891617  .485
Northern Illinois 711 .3891517  .469
Central Michigan 612 .3331616  .500
2017 MAC tournament winner

The 2017 Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament was the post-season men's basketball tournament for the Mid-American Conference (MAC). Tournament first-round games were held on campus sites at the higher seed on March 6. The remaining rounds here held at Quicken Loans Arena (now Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse) in Cleveland, Ohio between March 9–11, 2017. The sixth-seeded Kent State Golden Flashes won the tournament and the conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament with a 70–65 win over the top-seeded Akron Zips. It is Kent State's sixth tournament title overall and first since 2008. Kent State lost to UCLA in the First Round. [1]

Contents

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. [2] The top four teams received a bye to quarterfinals.

SeedSchoolConference recordDivisionTiebreaker 1Tiebreaker 2Tiebreaker 3
1 Akron 14–4East
2 Ohio 11–7East3–2 vs. tied teams (1–0 vs. BSU, 1–1 vs. UB, 1–1 vs. WMU)1–1 vs. Buffalo.500 (1–1) vs. No. 1 Akron
3 Buffalo 11–7East3–2 vs. tied teams (1–1 vs. BSU, 1–1 vs. Ohio, 0–1 vs. WMU)1–1 vs. Ohio.000 (0–2) vs. No. 1 Akron
4 Ball State 11–7West2–3 vs. tied teams (1–1 vs. Buffalo, 0–1 vs. Ohio, 1–1 vs. WMU)1–1 vs. WMU9–1 vs. West Division
5 Western Michigan 11–7West2–3 vs. tied teams (1–1 vs. BSU, 0–1 vs. Buffalo, 1–1 vs. Ohio)1–1 vs. BSU7–3 vs. West Division
6 Kent State 10–8East
7 Toledo 9–9West
8 Eastern Michigan 7–11West2–1 vs. tied teams (1–0 vs. BGSU, 1–1 vs. NIU)1–1 vs. NIU.000 (0–2) vs. No. 1 Akron, .500 (1–1) vs. No. 2 Ohio
9 Northern Illinois 7–11West2–1 vs. tied teams (1–0 vs. BGSU, 1–1 vs. EMU)1–1 vs. EMU.000 (0–1) vs. No. 1 Akron, .000 (0–1) vs. No. 2 Ohio
10 Bowling Green 7–11East0–2 vs. tied teams (0–1 vs. NIU, 0–1 vs. EMU)
11 Central Michigan 6–12West
12 Miami (OH) 4–14East

Schedule

[3]

GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevision
First round – Monday March 6 – Campus sites
17:00 pmNo. 9 Northern Illinois at No. 8 Eastern Michigan69–72ESPN3
27:30 pmNo. 12 Miami (OH) at No. 5 Western Michigan61–65ESPN3
38:00 pmNo. 10 Bowling Green at No. 7 Toledo62–77ESPN3
47:00 pmNo. 11 Central Michigan at No. 6 Kent State106–116OTESPN3
Quarterfinals – Thursday March 9 – Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH
5NoonNo. 8 Eastern Michigan vs. No. 1 Akron62–79 BCSN
ESPN3
62:30 pmNo. 5 Western Michigan vs. No. 4 Ball State63–66
76:30 pmNo. 7 Toledo vs. No. 2 Ohio66–67
89:00 pmNo. 6 Kent State vs. No. 3 Buffalo68–65
Semifinals – Friday March 10 – Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH
95:30 pmNo. 1 Akron vs. No. 4 Ball State74–70 CBSSN
108:00 pmNo. 2 Ohio vs. No. 6 Kent State68–66
Championship – Saturday March 11 – Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH
117:30 pmNo. 1 Akron vs. No. 6 Kent State70–65ESPN2
* Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

First round
Monday, March 6
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 9
Semifinals
Friday, March 10
Championship
Saturday, March 11
            
1 Akron79
8 Eastern Michigan 62
8 Eastern Michigan72
9 Northern Illinois 69
1 Akron74
4 Ball State 70
4 Ball State66
5 Western Michigan 63
5 Western Michigan65
12 Miami (OH) 61
1 Akron 65
6 Kent State70
2 Ohio67
7 Toledo 66
7 Toledo77
10 Bowling Green 62
2 Ohio 66
6 Kent State68
3 Buffalo 65
6 Kent State68
6 Kent State116*
11 Central Michigan 106

* denotes overtime period

All-Tournament Team

Tournament MVPJason Preston, Kent State [4]

PlayerTeam
Jaaron Simmons Ohio
Antino JacksonAkron
Isaiah Johnson Akron
Jimmy Hall Kent State
Jaylin WalkerKent State

See also

References

  1. "TJ Leaf scores 23 points in UCLA victory over Kent State". ESPN.com. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
  2. "MAC Tiebreakers". MAC-Sports. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
  3. "Official Site of the Mid-American Conference". MACSports. MAC. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
  4. "KENT STATE WINS 2017 MAC MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP". Mid-American Conference. Retrieved June 5, 2022.