2009 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament

2009 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament

Logo for the 2009 Mid-American Conference tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2008–09
Teams 12
Site Quicken Loans Arena
Cleveland, Ohio
Champions Akron Zips (1st title)
Winning coach Keith Dambrot (1st title)
MVP Nate Linhart (Akron)
Television ESPN2, Fox Sports Net
MAC Men's Basketball Tournaments
«2008  2010»

The 2009 Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament is the post-season basketball tournament for the Mid-American Conference (MAC) 2008–2009 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:

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.

Bracket

2008–09 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
East
Bowling Green 11 – 5   .688     19 – 14   .576
Buffalo 11 – 5   .688     21 – 12   .636
Miami 10 – 6   .625     17 – 13   .567
Akron † 10 – 6   .625     23 – 13   .639
Kent State 10 – 6   .625     19 – 15   .559
Ohio 7 – 9   .438     15 – 17   .469
West
Ball State 7 – 9   .438     14 – 17   .452
Central Michigan 7 – 9   .438     12 – 19   .387
Western Michigan 7 – 9   .438     10 – 21   .323
Eastern Michigan 6 – 10   .375     8 – 24   .250
Northern Illinois 5 – 11   .313     10 – 20   .333
Toledo 5 – 11   .313     7 – 25   .219
† Conference tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll
  First Round
Tuesday, March 10		 Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 12		 Semifinals
Friday, March 13		 Final
Saturday, March 14
                                     
        
  1  Bowling Green 74  
    9  Ohio 61  
8  Western Michigan 55
9  Ohio 62  
  1  Bowling Green 55  
  5  Akron 63  
        
        
  4  Miami 63
    5  Akron 73  
5  Akron 93*
12  Toledo 92  
  5  Akron 65
  3  Buffalo 53
        
        
  2  Ball State 64*
    7  Central Michigan 61  
7  Central Michigan 62
10  Eastern Michigan 49  
  2  Ball State 52
  3  Buffalo 64  
        
        
  3  Buffalo 65
    6  Kent State 62  
6  Kent State 64
11  Northern Illinois 61  

* Overtime

Tiebreakers

Seeds

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

West Division

Team Record Tiebreaker #1 Tiebreaker #2 Tiebreaker #3
Ball State 7–9 2–2 head-to-head 0–1 vs. #1 BGSU 1–0 vs. #2 Buffalo
Central Michigan 7–9 2–2 head-to-head 0–1 vs. #1 BGSU 0–1 vs. #2 Buffalo
Western Michigan 7–9 2–2 head-to-head 0–1 vs. #1 BGSU 0–1 vs. #2 Buffalo
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