2018 MAC men's basketball tournament

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2018 MAC men's basketball tournament
Mid-American Conference logo.svg
Classification Division I
Season 201718
Teams12
Site Quicken Loans Arena
Cleveland, Ohio
First round siteCampus sites
Champions Buffalo (3rd title)
Winning coach Nate Oats (2nd title)
MVP Wes Clark (Buffalo)
Television CBSSN, ESPN2 [1]
MAC men's basketball tournaments
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2017–18 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
East
Buffalo153 .833279  .750
Kent State 99 .5001717  .500
Miami (OH) 810 .4441618  .471
Bowling Green 711 .3891616  .500
Ohio 711 .3891417  .452
Akron 612 .3331418  .438
West
Toledo 135 .7222311  .676
Eastern Michigan 117 .6112213  .629
Ball State 108 .5561913  .594
Western Michigan 99 .5001715  .531
Central Michigan 711 .3892115  .583
Northern Illinois 612 .3331319  .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. There they defeated Arizona before losing to Kentucky. [4] [5]

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. The top four teams will receive a bye to quarterfinals.

SeedSchoolConference
record
DivisionTiebreaker
1 Buffalo 15–3East
2 Toledo 13–5West
3 Eastern Michigan 11–7West
4 Ball State 10–8West
5 Kent State 9–9East1–0 vs. WMU
6 Western Michigan 9–9West0–1 vs. KSU
7 Miami (OH) 8–10East
8 Central Michigan 7–11West3–0 vs. tied teams (2–0 vs. Ohio, 1–0 vs. BGSU)
9 Bowling Green 7–11East1–2 vs. tied teams (1–1 vs. Ohio, 0–1 vs. CMU)
10 Ohio 7–11East1–3 vs. tied teams (1–1 vs. BGSU, 0–2 vs. CMU)
11 Akron 6–12East1–0 vs. NIU
12 Northern Illinois 6–12West0–1 vs. Akron

Schedule

GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevision
First round – Monday March 5 – Campus sites
17:00 pmNo. 9 Bowling Green at No. 8 Central Michigan77–81OT ESPN3
27:00 pmNo. 12 Northern Illinois at No. 5 Kent State59–61ESPN3
37:00 pmNo. 10 Ohio at No. 7 Miami (OH)55–68ESPN3
47:45 pmNo. 11 Akron at No. 6 Western Michigan79–78ESPN3
Quarterfinals – Thursday March 8 – Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH
512:00 pmNo. 8 Central Michigan vs. No. 1 Buffalo74–89 BCSN
ESPN3
62:30 pmNo. 5 Kent State vs. No. 4 Ball State76–73
76:30 pmNo. 7 Miami (OH) vs. No. 2 Toledo69–71
89:00 pmNo. 11 Akron vs. No. 3 Eastern Michigan58–67
Semifinals – Friday March 9 – Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH
96:30 pmNo. 5 Kent State vs. No. 1 Buffalo61–78 CBSSN
109:00 pmNo. 3 Eastern Michigan vs. No. 2 Toledo63–64
Championship – Saturday March 10 – Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH
117:00 pmNo. 2 Toledo vs. No. 1 Buffalo66–76ESPN2
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 Buffalo89
8 Central Michigan 74
8 Central Michigan81*
9 Bowling Green 77
1 Buffalo78
5 Kent State 61
4 Ball State 73
5 Kent State76
5 Kent State61
12 Northern Illinois 59
1 Buffalo76
2 Toledo 66
2 Toledo71
7 Miami (OH) 69
7 Miami (OH)68
10 Ohio 55
2 Toledo64
3 Eastern Michigan 63
3 Eastern Michigan67
11 Akron 58
6 Western Michigan 78
11 Akron79

* denotes overtime period

All-Tournament Team

Tournament MVPWes Clark, Buffalo [6]

PlayerTeam
Marreon Jackson Toledo
Jaelan SanfordToledo
Jeremy Harris Buffalo
Wes Clark Buffalo
Paul JacksonEastern Michigan

References

  1. "MAC Tournament 2018: Tiebreakers abound with three games remaining". February 23, 2018.
  2. "College Basketball 2018 MAC Tournament". August 3, 2023.
  3. "2018 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament". MAC Sports. Retrieved February 22, 2018.
  4. "No Bull: Buffalo pulls off big upset, knocks off Arizona". ESPN.com. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
  5. "Not happening here: Kentucky stops Buffalo cold, 95-75". ESPN.com. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
  6. "Paul Jackson Named to All-MAC Tournament Team". EMU Athletics. March 10, 2018. Retrieved June 5, 2022.