2015 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament

2015 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 201415
Teams 12
First round site Campus sites
Quarterfinals site Quicken Loans Arena
Cleveland, Ohio
Semifinals site Quicken Loans Arena
Cleveland, Ohio
Finals site Quicken Loans Arena
Cleveland, Ohio
Champions Buffalo (1st title)
Winning coach Bobby Hurley (1st title)
MVP Xavier Ford (Buffalo)
Television TWCSC (Ohio), ESPN2
MAC Men's Basketball Tournaments
«2014  2016»
2014–15 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
East
Buffalo 12 6   .667     23 10   .697
Kent State 12 6   .667     23 12   .657
Bowling Green 11 7   .611     21 12   .636
Akron 9 9   .500     21 14   .600
Miami 8 10   .444     13 19   .406
Ohio 5 13   .278     10 20   .333
West
Central Michigan 12 6   .667     23 9   .719
Toledo 11 7   .611     20 13   .606
Western Michigan 10 8   .556     20 14   .588
Eastern Michigan 8 10   .444     21 14   .600
Northern Illinois 8 10   .444     14 16   .467
Ball State 2 16   .111     7 23   .233
2015 MAC Tournament winner

The 2015 Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament was a post-season basketball tournament for the Mid-American Conference (MAC) 2014–15 college basketball season. Tournament first round games were held on campus sites at the higher seed on March 9. The remaining rounds were held at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland between March 11–14. University at Buffalo won the tournament and received the conference's automatic bid into the 2015 NCAA Tournament.

Format

As with the recent tournaments, the top two seeds receive byes into the semifinals, with the three and four seeds receiving a bye to the quarterfinals.

Seeds

Seed School Conference record Division Tiebreaker Notes
1 Central Michigan 12–6 West 2–1 vs. Buffalo, Kent State Bye to semifinals
2 Buffalo 12–6 East 2–2 vs. CMU, Kent State Bye to semifinals
3 Kent State 12–6 East 1–2 vs. CMU, Buffalo Bye to quarterfinals
4 Toledo 11–7 West 1–0 vs. Bowling Green Bye to quarterfinals
5 Bowling Green 11–7 East 0–1 vs. Toledo
6 Western Michigan 10–8 West
7 Akron 9–9 East
8 Eastern Michigan 8–10 West 3–1 vs. Miami, NIU
9 Miami 8–10 East 2–2 vs. EMU, NIU
10 Northern Illinois 8–10 West 1–3 vs. EMU, Miami
11 Ohio 5–13 East
12 Ball State 2–16 West

Schedule

Game Time* Matchup# Television
First round – Monday, March 9
1 #12 Ball State Cardinals 75 at #5 Bowling Green Falcons 88 BCSN
2 #9 Miami Redhawks 61 at #8 Eastern Michigan Eagles 62
3 #11 Ohio Bobcats 74 at #6 Western Michigan Broncos 82
4 #10 Northern Illinois Huskies 52 at #7 Akron Zips 76
Second round – Wednesday, March 11
5 6:30 pm #8 Eastern Michigan Eagles 73 vs. #5 Bowling Green Falcons 67 TWCSC (Ohio)
6 9:00 pm #7 Akron Zips 58 vs. #6 Western Michigan Broncos 45 TWCSC (Ohio)
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 12
7 6:30 pm #8 Eastern Michigan Eagles 67 vs. #4 Toledo Rockets 78 TWCSC (Ohio)
8 9:00 pm #7 Akron Zips 53 vs. #3 Kent State Golden Flashes 51 TWCSC (Ohio)
Semifinals – Friday, March 13
9 6:30 pm #4 Toledo Rockets 66 vs. #1 Central Michigan Chippewas 75 TWCSC (Ohio)
10 9:00 pm #7 Akron Zips 59 vs. #2 Buffalo Bulls 68 TWCSC (Ohio)
Championship – Saturday, March 14
11 7:30 pm #2 Buffalo Bulls 89 vs. #1 Central Michigan Chippewas 84 ESPN2
* Game times in ET. # Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

  First round
Monday, March 9
 
Second round
Wednesday, March 11
TWCSC (Ohio)
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 12
TWCSC
Semifinals
Friday, March 13
TWCSC
Championship
Saturday, March 14, 2015
ESPN2
                                               
5  Bowling Green 88  
12  Ball State 75  
  5  Bowling Green 67  
    8  Eastern Michigan 73  
8  Eastern Michigan 62*
9  Miami 61  
  4  Toledo 78  
  8  Eastern Michigan 67  
        
        
        
            
      
        
  1  Central Michigan 75  
  4  Toledo 66  
        
        
        
            
      
        
        
          
        
        
        
            
      
        
  1  Central Michigan 84
  2  Buffalo 89
6  Western Michigan 82  
11  Ohio 74  
  6  Western Michigan 45  
    7  Akron 58  
7  Akron 76
10  Northern Illinois 52  
  3  Kent State 51  
  7  Akron 53  
        
        
        
            
      
        
  2  Buffalo 68
  7  Akron 59  
        
        
        
            
      
        
        
          
        
        
        
            
      

First round games at campus sites of lower-numbered seeds

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