Английская Википедия:2014 MAC men's basketball tournament

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The 2014 Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament was the post-season men's basketball tournament for the Mid-American Conference (MAC) 2013–14 college basketball season. The 2014 tournament was held March 10–15. Top-seeded Western Michigan defeated Toledo in the tournament final. In the NCAA tournament they lost to Syracuse.

Format

First round games were held on campus sites at the higher seed on March 10. The remaining rounds were held at Quicken Loans Arena, between March 12–15. As with the recent tournaments, the top two seeds received byes into the semifinals, with the three and four seeds receiving a bye to the quarterfinals.

Seeds

Seed	School	Conference	Tiebreaker	Notes
1	Western Michigan	14–4	1–1 head-to-head 8–2 vs. division	Bye to semifinals
2	Toledo	14–4	1–1 head-to-head 7–3 vs. division	Bye to semifinals
3	Buffalo	13–5		Bye to quarterfinals
4	Akron	12–6		Bye to quarterfinals
5	Ohio	11–7
6	Eastern Michigan	10–8
7	Northern Illinois	8–10	1–0 head-to-head
8	Miami	8–10	0–1 head-to-head
9	Kent State	7–11
10	Bowling Green	6–12
11	Central Michigan	3–15
12	Ball State	2–16

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup#	Television
First round – Monday, March 10
1	7:00 pm	#12 Ball State at #5 Ohio
2	7:00 pm	#9 Kent State at #8 Miami
3	7:30 pm	#11 Central Michigan at #6 Eastern Michigan
4	8:00 pm	#10 Bowling Green at #7 Northern Illinois
Second round – Wednesday, March 12
5	6:30 pm	#5 Ohio vs. #8 Miami	TWCSC (Ohio)
6	9:00 pm	#6 Eastern Michigan vs. #7 Northern Illinois	TWCSC (Ohio)
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 13
7	6:30 pm	#4 Akron vs. #5 Ohio	TWCSC (Ohio)
8	9:00 pm	#3 Buffalo vs. #6 Eastern Michigan	TWCSC (Ohio)
Semifinals – Friday, March 14
9	6:30 pm	#1 Western Michigan vs. #4 Akron	TWCSC (Ohio)
10	9:00 pm	#2 Toledo vs. #6 Eastern Michigan	TWCSC (Ohio)
Championship – Saturday, March 15
11	6:30 pm	#1 Western Michigan vs. #2 Toledo	ESPN2
* Game times in ET. # Rankings denote tournament seed