Year: | 2014 |
Conference: | MAC |
Division: | I |
Gender: | Men's |
Teams: | 12 |
1Stroundarena: | Campus sites |
Quarterarena: | Quicken Loans Arena |
Quartercity: | Cleveland, Ohio |
Semiarena: | Quicken Loans Arena |
Semicity: | Cleveland, Ohio |
Finalarena: | Quicken Loans Arena |
Finalcity: | Cleveland, Ohio |
Champions: | Western Michigan |
Titlecount: | 2nd |
Coach: | Steve Hawkins |
Coachcount: | 2nd |
Mvp: | David Brown |
Mvpteam: | Western Michigan |
Topscorer: | Nick Kellogg |
Topscorerteam: | Ohio |
Points: | 62 |
Television: | TWCSC (Ohio), ESPN2 |
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.[1] Top-seeded Western Michigan defeated Toledo in the tournament final. In the NCAA tournament they lost to Syracuse.[2] [3]
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.
Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker | Notes | |
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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 |
Game | Time* | Matchup# | Television | |
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First round – Monday, March 10 | ||||
1 | 7:00 pm |
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2 | 7:00 pm |
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3 | 7:30 pm |
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4 | 8:00 pm |
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Second round – Wednesday, March 12 | ||||
5 | 6:30 pm |
| TWCSC (Ohio) | |
6 | 9:00 pm |
| TWCSC (Ohio) | |
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 13 | ||||
7 | 6:30 pm |
| TWCSC (Ohio) | |
8 | 9:00 pm |
| TWCSC (Ohio) | |
Semifinals – Friday, March 14 | ||||
9 | 6:30 pm |
| TWCSC (Ohio) | |
10 | 9:00 pm |
| TWCSC (Ohio) | |
Championship – Saturday, March 15 | ||||
11 | 6:30 pm |
| ESPN2 | |
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