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2009 MAC men's basketball tournament
2009 MAC men's basketball tournament
	Logo for the 2009 Mid-American Conference tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2008–09
Teams	12
Site	Quicken Loans Arena; Cleveland, Ohio
Champions	Akron Zips (1st title)
Winning coach	Keith Dambrot (1st title)
MVP	Nate Linhart (Akron)
Television	ESPN2, Fox Sports Net
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2009 MAC men's basketball tournament

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The 2009 Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament was the post-season men's basketball tournament for the Mid-American Conference (MAC) 2008–2009 season. The winner of the tournament receives the MAC's automatic bid into the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship tournament. Fifth-seeded Akron defeated Buffalo in the final. In the NCAA tournament they lost in the first round to Gonzaga.^[1]^[2]

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First round Tuesday, March 10			Quarterfinals Thursday, March 12			Semifinals Friday, March 13			Final Saturday, March 14

			1	Bowling Green	74

			9	Ohio	61
8	Western Michigan	55

9	Ohio	62
						1	Bowling Green	55

						5	Akron	63



			4	Miami (OH)	63

			5	Akron	73
5	Akron	93*

12	Toledo	92
									5	Akron	65

									3	Buffalo	53



			2	Ball State	64*

			7	Central Michigan	61
7	Central Michigan	62

10	Eastern Michigan	49
						2	Ball State	52

						3	Buffalo	64



			3	Buffalo	65

			6	Kent State	62
6	Kent State	64

11	Northern Illinois	61

* Overtime

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Team	Record	Tiebreaker #1	Tiebreaker #2	Tiebreaker #3
Ball State	7–9	2–2 head-to-head	0–1 vs. #1 BGSU	1–0 vs. #2 Buffalo
Central Michigan	7–9	2–2 head-to-head	0–1 vs. #1 BGSU	0–1 vs. #2 Buffalo
Western Michigan	7–9	2–2 head-to-head	0–1 vs. #1 BGSU	0–1 vs. #2 Buffalo

v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
East
Bowling Green	11	–	5	.688	19	–	14	.576
Buffalo	11	–	5	.688	21	–	12	.636
Miami	10	–	6	.625	17	–	13	.567
Akron †	10	–	6	.625	23	–	13	.639
Kent State	10	–	6	.625	19	–	15	.559
Ohio	7	–	9	.438	15	–	17	.469
West
Ball State	7	–	9	.438	14	–	17	.452
Central Michigan	7	–	9	.438	12	–	19	.387
Western Michigan	7	–	9	.438	10	–	21	.323
Eastern Michigan	6	–	10	.375	8	–	24	.250
Northern Illinois	5	–	11	.313	10	–	20	.333
Toledo	5	–	11	.313	7	–	25	.219

† Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Seed	Team	Record	Tiebreaker #1	Tiebreaker #2	Tiebreaker #3	Tiebreaker #4	Tiebreaker #5
1	Bowling Green	11–5	2–0 head-to-head	–	–	–	–
2	Ball State	7–9	Division champ	–	–	–	–
3	Buffalo	11–5	0–2 head-to-head	–	–	–	–
4	Miami	10–6	3–1 head-to-head	–	–	–	–
5	Akron	10–6	2–2 head-to-head	–	–	–	–
6	Kent State	10–6	1–3 head-to-head	–	–	–	–
7	Central Michigan	7–9	2–1 head-to-head	1–1 head-to-head	0–1 vs. #1 BGSU	0–1 vs. #2 Buffalo	1–0 vs. #3 Miami
8	Western Michigan	7–9	2–1 head-to-head	1–1 head-to-head	0–1 vs. #1 BGSU	0–1 vs. #2 Buffalo	0–1 vs. #3 Miami
9	Ohio	7–9	0–2 head-to-head	–	–	–	–
10	Eastern Michigan	6–10	1–1 head-to-head	1–0 vs. #1 BGSU	–	–	–
11	Northern Illinois	6–10	1–1 head-to-head	0–1 vs. #1 BGSU	–	–	–
12	Toledo	1–15	–	–	–	–	–