2017 MAC men's basketball tournament

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2017 MAC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2016–17
Teams12
SiteQuicken Loans Arena
Cleveland, Ohio
First round siteCampus sites
ChampionsKent State (6th title)
Winning coachRob Senderoff (1st title)
MVPJaylin Walker (Kent State)
Attendance10,376
TelevisionBCSN, CBSSN, ESPN2
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2016–17 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
Akron 14 – 4   .778 27 – 9   .750
Ohio 11 – 7   .611 20 – 11   .645
Buffalo 11 – 7   .611 17 – 15   .531
Kent State † 10 – 8   .556 22 – 14   .611
Bowling Green 7 – 11   .389 13 – 19   .406
Miami (OH) 4 – 14   .222 11 – 21   .344
West
Ball State 11 – 7   .611 21 – 13   .618
Western Michigan 11 – 7   .611 16 – 16   .500
Toledo 9 – 9   .500 17 – 17   .500
Eastern Michigan 7 – 11   .389 16 – 17   .485
Northern Illinois 7 – 11   .389 15 – 17   .469
Central Michigan 6 – 12   .333 16 – 16   .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]

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.

Seed School Conference record Division Tiebreaker 1 Tiebreaker 2 Tiebreaker 3
1 Akron 14–4 East
2 Ohio 11–7 East 3–2 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 11–7 East 3–2 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 11–7 West 2–3 vs. tied teams (1–1 vs. Buffalo, 0–1 vs. Ohio, 1–1 vs. WMU) 1–1 vs. WMU 9–1 vs. West Division
5 Western Michigan 11–7 West 2–3 vs. tied teams (1–1 vs. BSU, 0–1 vs. Buffalo, 1–1 vs. Ohio) 1–1 vs. BSU 7–3 vs. West Division
6 Kent State 10–8 East
7 Toledo 9–9 West
8 Eastern Michigan 7–11 West 2–1 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 7–11 West 2–1 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 7–11 East 0–2 vs. tied teams (0–1 vs. NIU, 0–1 vs. EMU)
11 Central Michigan 6–12 West
12 Miami (OH) 4–14 East

Schedule

[3]

Game Time Matchup Score Television
First round – Monday March 6 – Campus sites
1 7:00 pm No. 9 Northern Illinois at No. 8 Eastern Michigan 69–72 ESPN3
2 7:30 pm No. 12 Miami (OH) at No. 5 Western Michigan 61–65 ESPN3
3 8:00 pm No. 10 Bowling Green at No. 7 Toledo 62–77 ESPN3
4 7:00 pm No. 11 Central Michigan at No. 6 Kent State 106–116OT ESPN3
Quarterfinals – Thursday March 9 – Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH
5 Noon No. 8 Eastern Michigan vs. No. 1 Akron 62–79 BCSN
ESPN3
6 2:30 pm No. 5 Western Michigan vs. No. 4 Ball State 63–66
7 6:30 pm No. 7 Toledo vs. No. 2 Ohio 66–67
8 9:00 pm No. 6 Kent State vs. No. 3 Buffalo 68–65
Semifinals – Friday March 10 – Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH
9 5:30 pm No. 1 Akron vs. No. 4 Ball State 74–70 CBSSN
10 8:00 pm No. 2 Ohio vs. No. 6 Kent State 68–66
Championship – Saturday March 11 – Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH
11 7:30 pm No. 1 Akron vs. No. 6 Kent State 70–65 ESPN2
* 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 Akron 79
8 Eastern Michigan 62
8 Eastern Michigan 72
9 Northern Illinois 69
1 Akron 74
4 Ball State 70
4 Ball State 66
5 Western Michigan 63
5 Western Michigan 65
12 Miami (OH) 61
1 Akron 65
6 Kent State 70
2 Ohio 67
7 Toledo 66
7 Toledo 77
10 Bowling Green 62
2 Ohio 66
6 Kent State 68
3 Buffalo 65
6 Kent State 68
6 Kent State 116*
11 Central Michigan 106

* denotes overtime period

All-Tournament Team

Tournament MVP – Jason Preston, Kent State[4]

Player Team
Jaaron Simmons Ohio
Antino Jackson Akron
Isaiah Johnson Akron
Jimmy Hall Kent State
Jaylin Walker Kent 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.
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