The 2017 Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament was the post-season men's basketball tournament for the Mid-American Conference (MAC). Tournament first-round games were held on campus sites at the higher seed on March 6. The remaining rounds here held at Quicken Loans Arena (now Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse) in Cleveland, Ohio between March 9–11, 2017. The sixth-seeded Kent State Golden Flashes won the tournament and the conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament with a 70–65 win over the top-seeded Akron Zips. It is Kent State's sixth tournament title overall and first since 2008. Kent State lost to UCLA in the First Round.
Seeds All 12 MAC teams participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top four teams received a bye to quarterfinals. Seed School Conference record Division Tiebreaker 1 Tiebreaker 2 Tiebreaker 3 1 Akron 14–4 East 2 Ohio 11–7 East 3–2 vs. tied teams (1–0 vs. BSU, 1–1 vs. UB, 1–1 vs. WMU) 1–1 vs. Buffalo .500 (1–1) vs. No. 1 Akron 3 Buffalo 11–7 East 3–2 vs. tied teams (1–1 vs. BSU, 1–1 vs. Ohio, 0–1 vs. WMU) 1–1 vs. Ohio .000 (0–2) vs. No. 1 Akron 4 Ball State 11–7 West 2–3 vs. tied teams (1–1 vs. Buffalo, 0–1 vs. Ohio, 1–1 vs. WMU) 1–1 vs. WMU 9–1 vs. West Division 5 Western Michigan 11–7 West 2–3 vs. tied teams (1–1 vs. BSU, 0–1 vs. Buffalo, 1–1 vs. Ohio) 1–1 vs. BSU 7–3 vs. West Division 6 Kent State 10–8 East 7 Toledo 9–9 West 8 Eastern Michigan 7–11 West 2–1 vs. tied teams (1–0 vs. BGSU, 1–1 vs. NIU) 1–1 vs. NIU .000 (0–2) vs. No. 1 Akron, .500 (1–1) vs. No. 2 Ohio 9 Northern Illinois 7–11 West 2–1 vs. tied teams (1–0 vs. BGSU, 1–1 vs. EMU) 1–1 vs. EMU .000 (0–1) vs. No. 1 Akron, .000 (0–1) vs. No. 2 Ohio 10 Bowling Green 7–11 East 0–2 vs. tied teams (0–1 vs. NIU, 0–1 vs. EMU) 11 Central Michigan 6–12 West 12Miami (OH) 4–14 East
Schedule
Game Time Matchup Score Television First round – Monday March 6 – Campus sites 1 7:00 pm No. 9 Northern Illinois at No. 8 Eastern Michigan 69–72 ESPN3 27:30 pm No. 12 Miami (OH) at No. 5 Western Michigan 61–65 ESPN3 38:00 pm No. 10 Bowling Green at No. 7 Toledo 62–77 ESPN3 4 7:00 pm No. 11 Central Michigan at No. 6 Kent State 106–116OT ESPN3 Quarterfinals – Thursday March 9 – Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH 5 Noon No. 8 Eastern Michigan vs. No. 1 Akron 62–79 BCSNESPN3 6 2:30 pm No. 5 Western Michigan vs. No. 4 Ball State63–66 7 6:30 pm No. 7 Toledo vs. No. 2 Ohio66–67 8 9:00 pm No. 6 Kent State vs. No. 3 Buffalo68–65 Semifinals – Friday March 10 – Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH 9 5:30 pm No. 1 Akron vs. No. 4 Ball State74–70 CBSSN 10 8:00 pm No. 2 Ohio vs. No. 6 Kent State68–66 Championship – Saturday March 11 – Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH 11 7:30 pm No. 1 Akron vs. No. 6 Kent State70–65 ESPN2 * Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seed
Bracket
* denotes overtime period
All-Tournament Team Tournament MVP – Jason Preston, Kent State Player TeamJaaron SimmonsOhioAntino JacksonAkronIsaiah JohnsonAkronJimmy HallKent StateJaylin WalkerKent State
See also 2017 MAC women's basketball tournament
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