2020 MAC men's basketball tournament

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2020 MAC men's basketball tournament
2020 MAC Tournament Logo.png
Classification Division I
Season 201920
Teams12
Site Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Cleveland, Ohio
First round siteCampus sites
Television CBSSN, ESPN2, ESPN+
MAC men's basketball tournaments
  2019
2021  
2019–20 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
East
Akron 144 .778247  .774
Bowling Green 126 .6672110  .677
Buffalo 117 .6112012  .625
Kent State 99 .5002012  .625
Ohio 810 .4441715  .531
Miami (OH) 513 .2781319  .406
West
Ball State 117 .6111813  .581
Northern Illinois 117 .6111813  .581
Toledo 810 .4441715  .531
Central Michigan 711 .3891418  .438
Western Michigan 612 .3331319  .406
Eastern Michigan 612 .3331616  .500
Note: The 2020 MAC tournament was canceled prior to the quarterfinals due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 2020 Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament was the post-season men's basketball tournament for the Mid-American Conference (MAC). The tournament's first-round games were held on campus sites at the higher seed on March 9. The remaining rounds were to be held at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland on March 12, 13, and 14, 2020 and the champion was to receive the MAC's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. [1] Just prior to the scheduled game on March 12 between top-seeded Akron and eighth-seeded Ohio, the conference announced that the remainder of the tournament, and the remainder of the women's tournament, were canceled in response to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic. [2]

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 received a bye to quarterfinals.

SeedSchoolConference
record
DivisionTiebreaker(s)
1 Akron 14–4East
2 Bowling Green 12–6East
3 Ball State 11–7West3–1 vs. tied teams (2–0 vs. NIU, 1–1 vs. UB)
4 Northern Illinois 11–7WestNo. 1: 1–2 vs. tied teams (1–0 vs. UB, 0–2 vs. BSU)
No. 2: 1–0 vs. UB
5 Buffalo 11–7EastNo. 1: 1–2 vs. tied teams (1–1 vs. BSU, 0–1 vs. NIU)
No. 2: 0–1 vs. NIU
6 Kent State 9–9East
7 Toledo 8–10West1–0 vs. Ohio
8 Ohio 8–10East0–1 vs. Toledo
9 Central Michigan 7–11West
10 Western Michigan 6–12WestNo. 1: 1–1 vs. EMU
No. 2: 0–2 (.000) vs. No. 1 Akron
No. 3: 0–1 (.000) vs. No. 2 BGSU
No. 4: 1–1 (.500) vs. No. 3 BSU
11 Eastern Michigan 6–12WestNo. 1: 1–1 vs. WMU
No. 2: 0–2 (.000) vs. No. 1 Akron
No. 3: 0–1 (.000) vs. No. 2 BGSU
No. 4: 0–2 (.000) vs. No. 3 BSU
12 Miami (OH) 5–13East

Schedule

GameTimeMatchupScoreTelevision
First round – Monday, March 9 – Campus sites
17:00 p.m.No. 9 Central Michigan at No. 8 Ohio65–85ESPN+
27:30 p.m.No. 12 Miami (OH) at No. 5 Buffalo85–79
37:00 p.m.No. 10 Western Michigan at No. 7 Toledo73–76
47:00 p.m.No. 11 Eastern Michigan at No. 6 Kent State76–86
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 12 – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland, OH
512:00 pmNo. 8 Ohio vs. No. 1 AkroncancelledESPN+
62:30 pmNo. 12 Miami (OH) vs. No. 4 Northern Illinois
76:30 pmNo. 7 Toledo vs. No. 2 Bowling Green
89:00 pmNo. 6 Kent State vs. No. 3 Ball State
Semifinals – Friday, March 13 – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland, OH
97:00 pmGame 5 Winner vs. Game 6 Winnercancelled CBSSN
109:30 pmGame 7 Winner vs. Game 8 Winner
Championship – Saturday, March 14 – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland, OH
117:30 pmGame 9 Winner vs. Game 10 WinnercancelledESPN2
Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

First round
Monday, March 9
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 12
Semifinals
Friday, March 13
Championship
Saturday, March 14
            
1 Akron
8 Ohio
8 Ohio85
9 Central Michigan 65
 
 
4 Northern Illinois
12 Miami (OH)
5 Buffalo 79
12 Miami (OH)85
 
 
2 Bowling Green
7 Toledo
7 Toledo76
10 Western Michigan 73
 
 
3 Ball State
6 Kent State
6 Kent State86
11 Eastern Michigan 76

* denotes overtime period

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References

  1. "2020 MAC Men's Basketball Championship". Mid-American Conference . Retrieved December 7, 2019.
  2. Wright, Branson (March 12, 2020). "Mid-American Conference cancels basketball tournament in Cleveland because of coronavirus concerns". The Plain Dealer . Retrieved March 12, 2020.