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 .
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
Seed
School
Conference record
Division
Tiebreaker
Notes
1
Central Michigan
12–6
West
2–1 vs. Buffalo, Kent State
Bye to semifinals
2
Buffalo
12–6
East
2–2 vs. CMU, Kent State
Bye to semifinals
3
Kent State
12–6
East
1–2 vs. CMU, Buffalo
Bye to quarterfinals
4
Toledo
11–7
West
1–0 vs. Bowling Green
Bye to quarterfinals
5
Bowling Green
11–7
East
0–1 vs. Toledo
6
Western Michigan
10–8
West
7
Akron
9–9
East
8
Eastern Michigan
8–10
West
3–1 vs. Miami, NIU
9
Miami
8–10
East
2–2 vs. EMU, NIU
10
Northern Illinois
8–10
West
1–3 vs. EMU, Miami
11
Ohio
5–13
East
12
Ball State
2–16
West
Schedule
Game
Time*
Matchup#
Television
First round – Monday, March 9
1
#12 Ball State Cardinals 75 at #5 Bowling Green Falcons 88
BCSN
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
5
6:30 pm
#8 Eastern Michigan Eagles 73 vs. #5 Bowling Green Falcons 67
TWCSC (Ohio)
6
9:00 pm
#7 Akron Zips 58 vs. #6 Western Michigan Broncos 45
TWCSC (Ohio)
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 12
7
6:30 pm
#8 Eastern Michigan Eagles 67 vs. #4 Toledo Rockets 78
TWCSC (Ohio)
8
9:00 pm
#7 Akron Zips 53 vs. #3 Kent State Golden Flashes 51
TWCSC (Ohio)
Semifinals – Friday, March 13
9
6:30 pm
#4 Toledo Rockets 66 vs. #1 Central Michigan Chippewas 75
TWCSC (Ohio)
10
9:00 pm
#7 Akron Zips 59 vs. #2 Buffalo Bulls 68
TWCSC (Ohio)
Championship – Saturday, March 14
11
7:30 pm
#2 Buffalo Bulls 89 vs. #1 Central Michigan Chippewas 84
ESPN2
* Game times in ET . # Rankings denote tournament seed
Bracket
First round Second round TWCSC (Ohio) Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship Game ESPN2 1 Central Michigan 75 12 Ball State 75 4 Toledo 78 4 Toledo 66 5 Bowling Green 88 5 Bowling Green 67 8 Eastern Michigan 67 8 Eastern Michigan 73 1 Central Michigan 84 9 Miami (OH) 61 2 Buffalo 89 8 Eastern Michigan 62* 2 Buffalo 68 11 Ohio 74 3 Kent State 51 7 Akron 59 6 Western Michigan 82 6 Western Michigan 45 7 Akron 53 7 Akron 58 10 Northern Illinois 52 7 Akron 76
All-Tournament Team
Tournament MVP – Xavier Ford, Buffalo [ 1]
Player
Team
J.D. Weatherspoon
Toledo
Xavier Ford
Buffalo
Shannon Evans
Buffalo
John Simons
Central Michigan
Braylon Rayson
Central Michigan
References
External links
