The 2016 Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament was the post-season men's basketball tournament for the Mid-American Conference (MAC) 2015–16 college basketball season. Tournament first-round games were held on campus sites at the higher seed on March 7. The remaining rounds were held at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland between March 10–12. Buffalo won the tournament and received the conference's automatic bid into the 2016 NCAA tournament where they lost to Miami (FL) in the first round.
Format In 2016, the tournament reverted to its original structure with the top four seeds receiving just one bye into the quarterfinals. From 2012 to 2015, the top two seeds received byes into the semifinals while the third and fourth seeds received a bye to the quarterfinals.
Seeds Seed School Conference record Division Tiebreaker 1 † Akron 13–5 East 2 † Ohio 11–7 East 3 † Buffalo 10–8 East No. 1: 4–0 vs. tied teams (2–0 vs. KSU, 1–0 vs. BSU, 1–0 vs. CMU) 4 † Central Michigan 10–8 West No. 1: 2–2 vs. tied teams (0–1 vs. Buffalo, 1–0 vs. KSU, 1–1 vs. BSU)No. 2: 2–1 vs. tied teams (1–0 vs. KSU, 1–1 vs. BSU) 5 Kent State 10–8 East No. 1: 1–3 vs. tied teams (0–2 vs. Buffalo, 1–0 vs. BSU, 0–1 vs. CMU)No. 2: 1–1 vs. tied teams (1–0 vs. BSU, 0–1 vs. CMU)No. 3: 1–0 vs. BSU 6 Ball State 10–8 West No. 1: 1–3 vs. tied teams (0–1 vs. Buffalo, 0–1 vs. Kent State, 1–1 vs. CMU)No. 2: 1–2 vs. tied teams (0–1 vs. KSU, 1–1 vs. CMU)No. 3: 0–1 vs. KSU 7 Northern Illinois 9–9 West No. 1: 1–1 vs. EMUNo. 2: 1–1 vs. No. 1 Akron 8 Eastern Michigan 9–9 West No. 1: 1–1 vs. NIUNo. 2: 0–1 vs. No. 1 Akron 9 Toledo 8–10 West 10 Western Michigan 7–11 West 11 Miami (OH) 6–12 East 12 Bowling Green 5–13 East † Received a bye to quarterfinals
Schedule
Game Time Matchup# Television First round – Monday March 7 1 7:00 pm No. 12 Bowling Green 70 at No. 5 Kent State 69 ESPN3 2 7:00 pm No. 11 Miami (OH) 49 at No. 6 Ball State 47 ESPN3 3 7:30 pm No. 9 Toledo 60 at No. 8 Eastern Michigan 69 ESPN3 4 8:00 pm No. 10 Western Michigan 50 at No. 7 Northern Illinois 56 ESPN3 Quarterfinals – Thursday March 10 5 Noon No. 8 Eastern Michigan 63 vs. No. 1 Akron 65 TWC SportsChannel OH/BCSNESPN3 6 2:30 pm No. 12 Bowling Green 62 vs. No. 4 Central Michigan 59 7 6:30 pm No. 7 Northern Illinois 62 vs. No. 2 Ohio 79 8 9:00 pm No. 11 Miami (OH) 81 vs. No. 3 Buffalo 94 Semifinals – Friday March 11 9 6:30 pm No. 12 Bowling Green 66 vs. No. 1 Akron 80 TWC SportsChannel OH/BCSNESPN3 10 9:00 pm No. 3 Buffalo 88 vs. No. 2 Ohio 74 Championship – Saturday March 12 11 7:30 pm No. 3 Buffalo 64 vs. No. 1 Akron 61 ESPN2 * Game times in ET. # Rankings denote tournament seed
Bracket
First round games at campus sites of lower-numbered seeds
All-Tournament Team Tournament MVP – Willie Conner, Buffalo Player TeamIsaiah JohnsonAkronAntonio CampbellOhioLamonte BeardenBuffaloWillie ConnerBuffaloC.J. MassinburgBuffalo
See also 2016 MAC women's basketball tournament
References
External links 2016 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament