2015 MAC men's basketball tournament

The 2015 Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament was a post-season men's basketball tournament for the Mid-American Conference (MAC) 2014–15 college basketball season. Tournament first-round games were held on campus sites at the higher seed on March 9. The remaining rounds were held at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland between March 11–14. University at Buffalo won the tournament and received the conference's automatic bid into the 2015 NCAA tournament.

2015 MAC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2014–15
Teams12
First round siteCampus sites
Quarterfinals siteQuicken Loans Arena
Cleveland, Ohio
Semifinals siteQuicken Loans Arena
Cleveland, Ohio
Finals siteQuicken Loans Arena
Cleveland, Ohio
ChampionsBuffalo (1st title)
Winning coachBobby Hurley (1st title)
MVPXavier Ford (Buffalo)
TelevisionTWCSC (Ohio), ESPN2
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2014–15 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
East
Buffalo126 .6672310 .697
Kent State126 .6672312 .657
Bowling Green117 .6112112 .636
Akron99 .5002114 .600
Miami810 .4441319 .406
Ohio513 .2781020 .333
West
Central Michigan126 .667239 .719
Toledo117 .6112013 .606
Western Michigan108 .5562014 .588
Eastern Michigan810 .4442114 .600
Northern Illinois810 .4441416 .467
Ball State216 .111723 .233
2015 MAC tournament winner

Format

As with the recent tournaments, the top two seeds receive byes into the semifinals, with the three and four seeds receiving a bye to the quarterfinals.

Seeds

SeedSchoolConference recordDivisionTiebreakerNotes
1Central Michigan12–6West2–1 vs. Buffalo, Kent StateBye to semifinals
2Buffalo12–6East2–2 vs. CMU, Kent StateBye to semifinals
3Kent State12–6East1–2 vs. CMU, BuffaloBye to quarterfinals
4Toledo11–7West1–0 vs. Bowling GreenBye to quarterfinals
5Bowling Green11–7East0–1 vs. Toledo
6Western Michigan10–8West
7Akron9–9East
8Eastern Michigan8–10West3–1 vs. Miami, NIU
9Miami8–10East2–2 vs. EMU, NIU
10Northern Illinois8–10West1–3 vs. EMU, Miami
11Ohio5–13East
12Ball State2–16West

Schedule

GameTime*Matchup#Television
First round – Monday, March 9
1#12 Ball State Cardinals 75 at #5 Bowling Green Falcons 88BCSN
2#9 Miami Redhawks 61 at #8 Eastern Michigan Eagles 62
3#11 Ohio Bobcats 74 at #6 Western Michigan Broncos 82
4#10 Northern Illinois Huskies 52 at #7 Akron Zips 76
Second round – Wednesday, March 11
56:30 pm#8 Eastern Michigan Eagles 73 vs. #5 Bowling Green Falcons 67TWCSC (Ohio)
69:00 pm#7 Akron Zips 58 vs. #6 Western Michigan Broncos 45TWCSC (Ohio)
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 12
76:30 pm#8 Eastern Michigan Eagles 67 vs. #4 Toledo Rockets 78TWCSC (Ohio)
89:00 pm#7 Akron Zips 53 vs. #3 Kent State Golden Flashes 51TWCSC (Ohio)
Semifinals – Friday, March 13
96:30 pm#4 Toledo Rockets 66 vs. #1 Central Michigan Chippewas 75TWCSC (Ohio)
109:00 pm#7 Akron Zips 59 vs. #2 Buffalo Bulls 68TWCSC (Ohio)
Championship – Saturday, March 14
117:30 pm#2 Buffalo Bulls 89 vs. #1 Central Michigan Chippewas 84ESPN2
* Game times in ET. # Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

First round
Monday, March 9, 2014
Second round
Wednesday, March 11, 2014
TWCSC (Ohio)
Quarterfinals
Thursday, Match 12, 2014
TWCSC
Semifinals
Friday, March 13, 2014
TWCSC
Championship Game
Saturday, March 14, 2014
ESPN2
1Central Michigan75
12Ball State75
4Toledo784Toledo66
5Bowling Green88
5Bowling Green678Eastern Michigan67
8Eastern Michigan731Central Michigan84
9Miami (OH)61
2Buffalo89
8Eastern Michigan62*
2Buffalo68
11Ohio74
3Kent State517Akron59
6Western Michigan82
6Western Michigan457Akron53
7Akron58
10Northern Illinois52
7Akron76

All-Tournament Team

Tournament MVP – Xavier Ford, Buffalo[1]

PlayerTeam
J.D. WeatherspoonToledo
Xavier FordBuffalo
Shannon EvansBuffalo
John SimonsCentral Michigan
Braylon RaysonCentral Michigan

References