2000 MAC men's basketball tournament

2000 MAC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1999–00
Teams13
SiteGund Arena
Cleveland, Ohio
ChampionsBall State (7th title)
Winning coachRay McCallum (2nd title)
MVPDuane Clemens (Ball State)
MAC men's basketball tournaments
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The 2000 MAC men's basketball tournament, a part of the 1999–2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place at Gund Arena in Cleveland to determine the Mid-American Conference's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA tournament. The 2000 tournament was the first MAC Tournament to be held in Cleveland after a four-year stint in Toledo, Ohio, and also marked the first year all conference members were invited to participate after having previously limited participation to the top eight teams in the conference standings. It was a single-elimination tournament with four rounds and the three highest seeds received first-round byes. Bowling Green, the MAC regular season winner, received the number one seed in the tournament. MAC West Division champion Ball State won the tournament, their 7th conference tournament title and first since 1995.

1999–2000 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
Bowling Green 14 – 4   .778 22 – 8   .733
Kent State 13 – 5   .722 23 – 8   .742
Akron 11 – 7   .611 17 – 11   .607
Marshall 11 – 7   .611 21 – 9   .700
Ohio 11 – 7   .611 20 – 13   .606
Miami 8 – 10   .444 15 – 15   .500
Buffalo 3 – 15   .167 5 – 23   .179
West
Ball State† 11 – 7   .611 22 – 9   .710
Toledo 11 – 7   .611 18 – 13   .581
Eastern Michigan 9 – 9   .500 15 – 13   .536
Northern Illinois 7 – 11   .389 13 – 15   .464
Western Michigan 6 – 12   .333 10 – 18   .357
Central Michigan 2 – 16   .111 6 – 23   .207
† 2000 MAC tournament winner
As of [1]
Rankings from AP Poll

Tournament

Seeds

  1. Bowling Green
  2. Ball State
  3. Kent State
  4. Akron
  5. Marshall
  6. Ohio
  7. Toledo
  8. Eastern Michigan
  9. Miami
  10. Northern Illinois
  11. Western Michigan
  12. Buffalo
  13. Central Michigan

Bracket

[2]

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
            
1 Bowling Green 56
9 Miami (OH) 58*
8 Eastern Michigan 51
9 Miami (OH) 64
9 Miami (OH) 69
5 Marshall 63
4 Akron 73
13 Central Michigan 75
13 Central Michigan 56
5 Marshall 58
5 Marshall 83
12 Buffalo 66
9 Miami (OH) 58
2 Ball State 61
2 Ball State 64
7 Toledo 63
7 Toledo 68**
10 Northern Illinois 64
2 Ball State 70
6 Ohio 67
3 Kent State 68
6 Ohio 69
6 Ohio 77
11 Western Michigan 52

* – Denotes overtime period

References

  1. ^ "Year-By-Year Standings" (PDF). 2009-10 MAC Men’s Basketball Record Book. Mid-American Conference. November 11, 2009. pp. 75–78. Retrieved November 21, 2009.
  2. ^ "MAC Tournament History" (PDF). 2009-10 MAC Men's Basketball Record Book. Mid-American Conference. November 11, 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 3, 2016. Retrieved December 14, 2009.