2010 MAC men's basketball tournament
2010 MAC men's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 2009–10 |
Teams | 12 |
Site | Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, Ohio |
Champions | Ohio Bobcats (5th title) |
Winning coach | John Groce (1st title) |
MVP | Armon Bassett (Ohio) |
Top scorer | Armon Bassett (Ohio) (116 points) |
Television | FSN Ohio, FSN Detroit, and ESPN2 |
MAC men's basketball tournaments |
The 2010 Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament was the post-season men's basketball tournament for the Mid-American Conference (MAC) 2009–2010 season. Ninth-seeded Ohio won the tournament received the MAC's automatic bid into the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship tournament. There they defeated Georgetown 97–83 before losing to Tennessee in the second round.[1][2] Armon Bassett of Ohio was named the tournament MVP.[3]
Format
[edit]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:
- Head-to-head competition
- Winning percentage vs. ranked conference teams (top to bottom, regardless of division, vs. common opponents regardless of the number of times played)
- Coin flip
The top four seeds received byes into the quarterfinals. The winners of each division were awarded the #1 and #2 seeds. The team with the best record of the two received the #1 seed. First round games were played on campus sites at the higher seed. The remaining rounds were held at Quicken Loans Arena.[4]
Bracket
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kent State | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 24 | – | 10 | .706 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Akron | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 24 | – | 11 | .686 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Miami | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 14 | – | 18 | .438 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Buffalo | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 18 | – | 12 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio† | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 22 | – | 15 | .595 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling Green | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 14 | – | 16 | .467 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Central Michigan | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 15 | – | 15 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Michigan | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 17 | – | 15 | .531 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Michigan | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 18 | – | 15 | .545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ball State | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 15 | – | 15 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Illinois | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 10 | – | 20 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Toledo | 1 | – | 15 | .063 | 4 | – | 28 | .125 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll |
First round Sunday, March 7 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 11 | Semifinals Friday, March 12 | Final Saturday, March 13 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Kent State | 64 | |||||||||||||||||
9 | Ohio | 81 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Ball State | 77 | |||||||||||||||||
9 | Ohio | 85* | |||||||||||||||||
9 | Ohio | 54 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Miami | 42 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Miami | 73 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Buffalo | 59 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Buffalo | 72 | |||||||||||||||||
12 | Toledo | 54 | |||||||||||||||||
9 | Ohio | 81* | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Akron | 75 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Central Michigan | 60 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Western Michigan | 69 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Western Michigan | 75 | |||||||||||||||||
10 | Bowling Green | 73 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Western Michigan | 64 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Akron | 66 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Akron | 97** | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Eastern Michigan | 89 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Eastern Michigan | 65 | |||||||||||||||||
11 | Northern Illinois | 59 |
* Overtime
Tiebreakers
[edit]Seed | Team | Record | Tiebreaker #1 | Tiebreaker #2 | Tiebreaker #3 |
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1 | Kent State | 13–3 | – | – | – |
2 | Central Michigan | 9–7 | Division champ | – | – |
3 | Akron | 12–4 | – | – | – |
4 | Miami | 9–7 | 1–1 head-to-head | 1–1 vs. #1 KSU | 1–1 vs. #2 Akron |
5 | Buffalo | 9–7 | 1–1 head-to-head | 1–1 vs. #1 KSU | 0–2 vs. #2 Akron |
6 | Eastern Michigan | 8–8 | 3–1 head-to-head | – | – |
7 | Western Michigan | 8–8 | 2–2 head-to-head | – | – |
8 | Ball State | 8–8 | 1–3 head-to-head | – | – |
9 | Ohio | 7–9 | – | – | – |
10 | Bowling Green | 6–10 | 1–0 head-to-head | – | – |
11 | Northern Illinois | 6–10 | 0–1 head-to-head | – | – |
12 | Toledo | 1–15 | – | – | – |
All-tournament team
[edit]- Armon Bassett, Ohio (MVP)
- Jimmy Conyers, Akron
- David Kool, WMU
- Carlos Medlock, EMU
- Chris McKnight, Akron
References
[edit]- ^ "Bobcats upend Hoyas for first tournament win in 27 years". ESPN. Retrieved May 21, 2022.[dead link]
- ^ "Tennessee rolls over Ohio, secures third Sweet 16 in last four years". ESPN. Archived from the original on May 21, 2022. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
- ^ "Mid-American Conference men's basketball championship history". FOX News. February 13, 2020. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
- ^ "MAC Council of Presidents Approve Recommendations" (Press release). Mid-American Conference. June 8, 2009. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved October 26, 2009.
- ^ "Ohio Stuns Akron, Wins Fifth MAC Tournament". Ohio Athletics. March 13, 2010. Retrieved June 5, 2022.