2021–22 Mid-American Conference men's basketball season explained

2021–22 Mid-American Conference men's basketball season
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League:NCAA Division I
Sport:Basketball
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No Of Teams:12
Season:Regular season
Season Champs:Toledo
Season Champ Name:Champions
Second Place:Kent State
Mvp:Sincere Carry
Mvp Link:Mid-American Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Finals:Tournament
Finals Link:2022 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament
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:2020–21
Nextseason Year:2022–23

The 2021–22 Mid-American Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2021, followed by the start of the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference began in January 2021 and concluded in March 2022. Toledo won their second straight MAC regular season title with a 17–3 conference record.[1]

Fourth seeded Akron defeated Kent State in the final of the MAC tournament.[2] With the automatic bid, Akron was the only MAC schools to qualify for the NCAA tournament where they lost to UCLA in the first round.[3] [4] Toledo accepted a bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost to Dayton in the first round.[5] [6] Ohio accepted a bid to the College Basketball Invitational.[7] Kent State accepted a bid to The Basketball Classic.[8]

Preseason awards

The preseason coaches' poll and league awards were announced by the league office on November 3, 2021.[9]

Preseason men's basketball coaches poll

(First place votes in parentheses)

  1. Buffalo (11) 143
  2. Ohio 126
  3. Toledo (1) 107
  4. Kent State 98
  5. Akron (2) 95
  6. Bowling Green 93
  7. Miami 92
  8. Ball State 54
  9. Western Michigan 44
  10. Central Michigan 34
  11. Eastern Michigan 29
  12. Northern Illinois 21

MAC tournament champions: Buffalo (8), Bowling Green (1), Kent State (1), Miami (1), Toledo (1)

Honors

HonorRecipient
Preseason All-MAC First TeamDaeqwon Plowden, Bowling Green
Josh Mballa, Buffalo
Jeenathan Williams, Buffalo
Ben Vander Plas, Ohio
Ryan Rollins, Toledo
Preseason All-MAC Second TeamK. J. Walton, Akron
Sincere Carry, Kent State
Dae Dae Grant, Miami
Jason Carter, Ohio
B. Artis White, Western Michigan

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–0–20–20–10–20–22–00–21–11–11–01–1
vs. Ball State2–0–0–22–01–00–22–00–11–11–01–10–2
vs. Bowling Green2–02–0–2–01–00–12–01–10–21–12–01–1
vs. Buffalo1–00–20–2–0–10–21–11–10–21–02–00–2
vs. Central Michigan2–00–10–11–0–2–01–11–10–12–02–01–1
vs. Eastern Michigan2–02–01–02–00–2–2–01–11–12–01–01–1
vs. Kent State0–20–20–21–11–10–2–0–11–11–10–20–1
vs. Miami (OH)2–01–01–11–11–11–11–0–0–22–02–00–2
vs. Northern Illinois1–11–12–02–01–01–11–12–0–1–12–00–1
vs. Ohio1–10–11–10–10–20–21–10–21–1–2–00–2
vs. Toledo0–11–10–20–20–20–12–00–20–20–2−0–2
vs. Western Michigan1–12–01–12–01–11–11–02–01–02–02–0-
Total14–69–106–1413–66–125–1516–48–126–1414–617–34–16

All-MAC awards

Mid-American men's basketball weekly awards

[10]

WeekPlayer(s) of the WeekSchoolNewcomer of the WeekSchool
Nov 15Mark SearsOhio
Nov 22Maceo JackBuffalo
Nov 29Ryan RollinsToledo
Dec 6Enrique FreemanAkron
Dec 13Bryce McBrideEastern Michigan
Dec 20Mark SearsOhio
Dec 27Mark SearsOhio
Jan 3Ali Ali / Mekhi LairyAkron / Miami
Jan 10Mark SearsOhio
Jan 17JT ShumateToledo
Jan 24Ryan RollinsToledo
Jan 31Mark Sears / Ryan RollinsOhio / Toledo
Feb 7Jason CarterOhio
Feb 14Ryan RollinsToledo
Feb 21Sincere Carry / Josh MballaKent State / Buffalo
Feb 28Sincere Carry / Jeenathan WilliamsKent State / Buffalo
Mar 7Sincere Carry / Setric Millner Jr.Kent State / Toledo

Postseason

Mid–American tournament

See main article: 2022 MAC men's basketball tournament.

NCAA tournament

See main article: 2022 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.

Postseason awards

[11]

  1. Coach of the Year: Rob Senderoff, Kent State
  2. Player of the Year: Sincere Carry, Kent State
  3. Freshman of the Year: Payton Sparks, Ball State
  4. Defensive Player of the Year: Enrique Freeman, Akron
  5. Sixth Man of the Year: Justyn Hamilton, Kent State

Honors

HonorRecipient
Postseason All-MAC First TeamJeenathan Williams, Buffalo
Sincere Carry, Kent State
Mark Sears, Ohio
Ben Vander Plas, Ohio
Ryan Rollins, Toledo
Postseason All-MAC Second TeamAli Ali, Akron
Enrique Freeman, Akron
Josh Mballa, Buffalo
Ronaldo Segu, Buffalo
JT Shumate, Toledo
Postseason All-MAC Third TeamPayton Sparks, Ball State
Daeqwon Plowden, Bowling Green
Jason Carter, Ohio
Setric Millner Jr., Toledo
Lamar Norman Jr., Western Michigan
Postseason All-MAC Honorable MentionXavier Castaneda, Akron
Kevin Miller, Central Michigan
Malique Jacobs, Kent State
Dae Dae Grant, Miami
Keshawn Williams, Northern Illinois
All-MAC Freshman TeamPayton Sparks, Ball State
Jaylin Sellers, Ball State
Kevin Miller, Central Michigan
Mo Njie, Eastern Michigan
Ra’Heim Moss, Toledo
All-MAC Defensive TeamEnrique Freeman, Akron
Daeqwon Plowden, Bowling Green
Josh Mballa, Buffalo
Malique Jacobs, Kent State
Sincere Carry, Kent State

See also

2021–22 Mid-American Conference women's basketball season

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rockets Capture Back-to-Back Outright MAC Titles for First Time.
  2. Web site: Akron Takes Home MAC tournament Title. March 15, 2022. Mid-American Conference.
  3. Web site: Akron To Face UCLA in NCAA tournament. March 15, 2022. Mid-American Conference.
  4. Web site: UCLA 57, Akron 53. March 21, 2022. ESPN.
  5. Web site: Toledo To Host Dayton in First Round NIT Game. March 15, 2022. Mid-American Conference.
  6. Web site: Holmes scores 20 to lift Dayton over Toledo 74-55 in NIT. March 21, 2022. ESPN.
  7. Web site: Ohio Men’s Basketball Accepts Bid to 2022 CBI. March 15, 2022. Mid-American Conference.
  8. Web site: Flashes Travel to Southern Utah for Basketball Classic. March 15, 2022. Kent State Athletics.
  9. https://getsomemaction.com/news/2021/11/3/mens-basketball-preseason-coaches-poll-all-mac-teams-announced.aspx "Men's Basketball Preseason Coaches Poll & All-MAC Teams Announced"
  10. Web site: Men's Basketball Players of the Week.
  11. Web site: 2021-22 Men's Basketball Postseason Awards Announced.

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