2020–21 Mid-American Conference men's basketball season explained

2020–21 Mid-American Conference men's basketball season
Color:
  1. CD1141
Color Text:
  1. FFFFFF
League:NCAA Division I
Sport:Basketball
Pixels:200px
No Of Teams:12
Season:Regular season
Season Champs:Toledo
Season Champ Name:Champions
Mvp:Marreon Jackson
Mvp Link:Mid-American Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Finals:Tournament
Finals Link:2021 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament
Finals Champ:Ohio
Finals Runner-Up:Buffalo
Finals Mvp:Jason Preston
Finals Mvp Link:Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament
Seasonslist:List of Mid-American men's basketball seasons
Seasonslistnames:Mid-American men's basketball
Prevseason Year:2019–20
Nextseason Year:2021–22

The 2020–21 Mid-American Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2020, followed by the start of the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began in January 2021 and concluded in March 2021. In a season limited due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Toledo won the regular season title with a conference record of 15-4. Ohio won the MAC tournament and represented the MAC in the NCAA tournament where they defeated No. 4-seeded Virginia in the first round[1] before falling to No. 5-seeded Creighton in the second round.[2] Toledo went to the NIT where they lost to Richmond in the first round.[3]

Preseason awards

The preseason coaches' poll and league awards were announced by the league office on November 19, 2020.[4]

Preseason men's basketball coaches poll

(First place votes in parentheses)

  1. Bowling Green (8) 132
  2. Ohio (1) 117
  3. Akron (2) 115
  4. Buffalo 109
  5. Ball State 104
  6. Toledo (1) 93
  7. Kent State 65
  8. Eastern Michigan 57
  9. Miami 48
  10. Northern Illinois 43
  11. Central Michigan 40
  12. Western Michigan 13

MAC tournament champions: Bowling Green (4), Akron (2), Ball State (1), Buffalo (1), Eastern Michigan (1), Kent State (1), Miami (1), Toledo (1)

Honors

HonorRecipient
Preseason All-MAC First TeamLoren Cristian Jackson, Akron
Justin Turner, Bowling Green
Jayvon Graves, Buffalo
Jason Preston, Ohio
Marreon Jackson, Toledo
Preseason All-MAC Second TeamIshmael El-Amin, Ball State
Daeqwon Plowden, Bowling Green
Josh Mballa, Buffalo
Danny Pippen, Kent State
Ben Vander Plas, Ohio

Conference matrix

 style= width="75" Akronstyle= width="75" Ball Statestyle= width="75" Bowling Greenstyle= width="75" Buffalostyle= width="75" Central Michiganstyle= width="75" Eastern Michiganstyle= width="75" Kent Statestyle= width="75" Miami (OH)style= width="75" Northern Illinoisstyle= width="75" Ohiostyle= width="75" Toledo style= width="75" Western Michigan
vs. Akron– 0−21−11−00−11−10−20−11−11–11−10–1
vs. Ball State2–0– 1–12–00−10−10−11−00−22–01−10–1
vs. Bowling Green1–11–1– 0–20−20−12−02−00–10–11–11–1
vs. Buffalo0–10–22–0– 0−10−11−10–20–11–11–00–1
vs. Central Michigan1–01−02−01−0– 0–22–01−01–01–01–12–0
vs. Eastern Michigan1–11−01−01−02–0– 1−01–00–11–02–00–1
vs. Kent State2–01−00−21−10–20−1– 0–20−10–12–00–2
vs. Miami (OH)1–00–10−22–00−10–12–0– 0–21–02−00–2
vs. Northern Illinois1–12–01–01–00–11–01−02–0– 1–01–01–0
vs. Ohio1−10−21−01–10–10–11−00−10−1– 1–00–1
vs. Toledo1–11–11–10−11−10–20–20−20−10–1− 0–2
vs. Western Michigan1–01–01–11−00−21–02–02−00−11–02–0-
Total12–68–910–812–53–133–1112–69–82–129–515–44–12

All-MAC awards

Mid-American men's basketball weekly awards

[5]

WeekPlayer(s) of the WeekSchoolNewcomer of the WeekSchool
Nov 30Jason PrestonOhio
Dec 7Justin TurnerBowling Green
Dec 14Danny PippenKent State
Dec 21Marreon JacksonToledo
Dec 28Loren Cristian JacksonAkron
Jan 4Loren Cristian JacksonAkron
Jan 11Josh MballaBuffalo
Jan 18Danny PippenKent State
Jan 25Dae Dae GrantMiami
Feb 1Danny PippenKent State
Feb 8Greg LeeWestern Michigan
Feb 15Daeqwon PlowdenBowling Green
Feb 22Marreon JacksonToledo
Mar 1Jarron ColemanBall State
Mar 8Jayvon GravesBuffalo

Postseason

Mid–American tournament

See main article: 2021 MAC men's basketball tournament.

NCAA tournament

See main article: 2021 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.

Postseason awards

[6]

  1. Coach of the Year: Tod Kowalczyk, Toledo
  2. Player of the Year: Marreon Jackson, Toledo
  3. Freshman of the Year: Ryan Rollins, Toledo
  4. Defensive Player of the Year: Josh Mballa, Buffalo
  5. Sixth Man of the Year: Trey Diggs, Bowling Green

Honors

HonorRecipient
Postseason All-MAC First TeamLoren Cristian Jackson, Akron
Justin Turner, Bowling Green
Danny Pippen, Kent State
Jason Preston, Ohio
Marreon Jackson, Toledo
Postseason All-MAC Second TeamIshmael El-Amin, Ball State
Josh Mballa, Buffalo
Jeenathan Williams, Buffalo
Jayvon Graves, Buffalo
Spencer Littleson, Toledo
Postseason All-MAC Third TeamDaeqwon Plowden, Bowling Green
Michael Nuga, Kent State
Dae Dae Grant, Miami
Ben Vander Plas, Ohio
Dwight Wilson III, Ohio
All-MAC Freshman TeamJosiah Fulcher, Bowling Green
Kaden Matheny, Bowling Green
Aundre Polk, Central Michigan
Mark Sears, Ohio
Ryan Rollins, Toledo
All-MAC Defensive TeamEnrique Freeman, Akron
Josh Mballa, Buffalo
Malique Jacobs, Kent State
Lunden McDay, Ohio
Spencer Littleson, Toledo

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ohio vs. Virginia - Game Recap - March 20, 2021 - ESPN. 2021-10-25. ESPN.com. en.
  2. Web site: Ohio vs. Creighton - Game Recap - March 22, 2021 - ESPN. 2021-10-25. ESPN.com. en.
  3. Web site: Toledo vs. Richmond - Game Recap - March 17, 2021 - ESPN. 2021-12-02. ESPN.com. en.
  4. https://getsomemaction.com/news/2020/11/18/2020-21-mac-mens-basketball-preseason-coaches-poll-all-mac-teams-announced.aspx "Men's Basketball Preseason Coaches Poll & All-MAC Teams Announced"
  5. Web site: Men's Basketball Players of the Week.
  6. Web site: 2020-21 Men's Basketball Postseason Awards Announced.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "2020–21 Mid-American Conference men's basketball season".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.