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The 2018 Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament was the post-season men's basketball tournament for the Mid-American Conference (MAC).[1] Tournament first-round games were held on campus sites at the higher seed on March 5. The remaining rounds were held at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio between March 8–10, 2018.[2] Regular-season champion Buffalo defeated Toledo in the championship game to win the tournament and receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. There they defeated Arizona before losing to Kentucky.[3][4]

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. The top four teams will receive a bye to quarterfinals.

Seed School Conference
record
Division Tiebreaker
1 Buffalo 15–3 East
2 Toledo 13–5 West
3 Eastern Michigan 11–7 West
4 Ball State 10–8 West
5 Kent State 9–9 East 1–0 vs. WMU
6 Western Michigan 9–9 West 0–1 vs. KSU
7 Miami (OH) 8–10 East
8 Central Michigan 7–11 West 3–0 vs. tied teams (2–0 vs. Ohio, 1–0 vs. BGSU)
9 Bowling Green 7–11 East 1–2 vs. tied teams (1–1 vs. Ohio, 0–1 vs. CMU)
10 Ohio 7–11 East 1–3 vs. tied teams (1–1 vs. BGSU, 0–2 vs. CMU)
11 Akron 6–12 East 1–0 vs. NIU
12 Northern Illinois 6–12 West 0–1 vs. Akron

Schedule

Game Time Matchup Score Television
First round – Monday March 5 – Campus sites
1 7:00 pm No. 9 Bowling Green at No. 8 Central Michigan 77–81OT ESPN3
2 7:00 pm No. 12 Northern Illinois at No. 5 Kent State 59–61 ESPN3
3 7:00 pm No. 10 Ohio at No. 7 Miami (OH) 55–68 ESPN3
4 7:45 pm No. 11 Akron at No. 6 Western Michigan 79–78 ESPN3
Quarterfinals – Thursday March 8 – Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH
5 12:00 pm No. 8 Central Michigan vs. No. 1 Buffalo 74–89 BCSN
ESPN3
6 2:30 pm No. 5 Kent State vs. No. 4 Ball State 76–73
7 6:30 pm No. 7 Miami (OH) vs. No. 2 Toledo 69–71
8 9:00 pm No. 11 Akron vs. No. 3 Eastern Michigan 58–67
Semifinals – Friday March 9 – Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH
9 6:30 pm No. 5 Kent State vs. No. 1 Buffalo 61–78 CBSSN
10 9:00 pm No. 3 Eastern Michigan vs. No. 2 Toledo 63–64
Championship – Saturday March 10 – Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH
11 7:00 pm No. 2 Toledo vs. No. 1 Buffalo 66–76 ESPN2
Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

Шаблон:4RoundBracket-Byes * denotes overtime period

All-Tournament Team

Tournament MVPWes Clark, Buffalo[5]

Player Team
Marreon Jackson Toledo
Jaelan Sanford Toledo
Jeremy Harris Buffalo
Wes Clark Buffalo
Paul Jackson Eastern Michigan

References

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