2024–25 Mid-American Conference men's basketball season explained

2024–25 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 Champ Name:Champions
Mvp Link:Mid-American Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Finals:Tournament
Finals Link:Mid-American Conference 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 Link:2023–24 Mid-American Conference men's basketball season
Prevseason Year:2023–24
Nextseason Link:2025–26 Mid-American Conference men's basketball season
Nextseason Year:2025–26

The 2024–25 Mid-American Conference men's basketball season will be the season for Mid-American Conference men's basketball teams. It will begin with practices in October 2024, followed by the start of the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play will begin in January 2024 and conclude in March 2024. The 2025 MAC tournament will be held at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, Ohio for the 26th consecutive season.[1] This will be the conference's last season with 12 members as it will see its first change in membership since 2005 with the addition of UMass[2]

Head coaches

Coaching changes

There have been no coaching changes since the end of the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

Coaches

TeamHead coachPrevious jobYears at schoolOverall recordSchool recordMAC recordMAC titlesMAC Tournament titlesNCAA tournamentsNCAA Final FoursNCAA Championships
style=AkronJohn GroceIllinois812200
style=Ball StateMichael Lewis300000
style=Bowling GreenTodd SimonSouthern Utah200000
style=BuffaloGeorge HalcovageVillanova (Assoc. HC)200000
style=Central MichiganTony BarbeeKentucky (Asst.)400000
style=Eastern MichiganStan HeathLakeland Magic400000
style=Kent StateRob SenderoffKent State (Asst.)1412200
style=MiamiTravis SteeleXavier300000
style=Northern IllinoisRashon BurnoArizona State (Asst.)400000
style=OhioJeff BoalsStony Brook601100
style=ToledoTod KowalczykGreen Bay1550000
style=Western MichiganDwayne Stephens300000
Notes:

Source - [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]

Preseason

The MAC Men’s & Women’s Basketball Tip-Off will be held on Tuesday, October 22, 2024. Each team will have their head coach and a student athlete from both the men's and women's basketball team for interviews.[15]

MAC Men's Basketball Preview Coaches & Student-Athletes

Preseason men's basketball coaches poll

Men's Basketball Preseason Poll
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MAC Tournament Champions:Ohio (8), Kent State (3), Toledo (1)

Source[16]

MAC Preseason All-Conference

HonorRecipient
Preseason All-MAC First TeamPeyton Sparks, Center, Akron, Sr.
Anthony Pritchard, Guard, Central Michigan, Sr.
VonCameron Davis, Forward, Kent State, R-Sr.
AJ Clayton, Forward, Ohio, Sr.
Javon Simmons, Forward, Toledo, Jo.
Preseason All-MAC Second TeamIsaiah Gray, Guard, Akron, Sr.
Jalen Sullinger, Guard, Kent State, Sr.
Shereef Mitchell, Guard, Ohio, Grad.
AJ Brown, Guard, Ohio, R-So..
Isaiah Adams, Guard, Toledo, 5th
Source[16]

Regular season

Rankings

See main article: 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings.

Legend
  Improvement in ranking
 Drop in ranking
 Not ranked previous week
 No change in ranking from previous week
RVReceived votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
тTied with team above or below also with this symbol

All-MAC awards

Mid-American men's basketball weekly awards

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WeekPlayer(s) of the WeekSchool
Nov 11[18] Tyson DunnBuffalo
Nov 18[19] Sonny WilsonToledo
Nov 25[20] AJ Clayton
Nate Johnson		Ohio
Akron
Dec 2[21] Jermahri Hill
Da’Sean Nelson		Ball State
Eastern Michigan
Dec 9
Dec 16
Dec 23
Dec 30
Jan 6
Jan 13
Jan 20
Jan 27
Feb 3
Feb 10
Feb 17
Feb 24
Mar 3
Mar 10

See also

2024–25 Mid-American Conference women's basketball season

Notes and References

  1. Web site: MAC Tournament staying in downtown Cleveland through 2030. Cleveland 19 News. Tony. Zarrella. en. 2022-05-26. March 12, 2021.
  2. Web site: UMass will join Mid-American Conference as a full sports member in 2025, MAC commissioner says. APNews. Tom. Withers. en. 2024-04-20. February 27, 2024.
  3. Web site: John Groce. Sports Reference.
  4. Web site: Michael Lewis. Sports Reference.
  5. Web site: Todd Simon. Sports Reference.
  6. Web site: George Halcovage. Sports Reference.
  7. Web site: Tony Barbee. Sports Reference.
  8. Web site: Stan Heath. Sports Reference.
  9. Web site: Rob Senderoff. Sports Reference.
  10. Web site: Travis Steele. Sports Reference.
  11. Web site: Rashon Burno. Sports Reference.
  12. Web site: Jeff Boals. Sports Reference.
  13. Web site: Tod Kowalczyk. Sports Reference.
  14. Web site: Dwayne Stephens. Sports Reference.
  15. Web site: 2024-25 MAC Men’s & Women’s Basketball Tip-Off Show to Air on October 22. October 9, 2024. October 16, 2024. getsomemaction.com. Mid-American Conference.
  16. Web site: MAC Announces 2024-25 Men's Basketball Preseason Poll & Teams. October 23, 2024. October 25, 2024. getsomemaction.com. Mid-American Conference.
  17. Web site: Men's Basketball Players of the Week.
  18. Web site: Dunn Garners Men's Basketball Player of the Week Honors.
  19. Web site: Rockets' Wilson Earns Week 2 Men's Hoops Honors.
  20. Web site: Clayton, Johnson Share Week 3 Men's Hoops Honors.
  21. Web site: Hill, Nelson Garner Week 4 Men's Basketball Awards.

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