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2017 MAC men's basketball tournament

2017 MAC men's basketball tournament

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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.[1]

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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.[2] The top four teams received a bye to quarterfinals.

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Schedule

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Bracket

First round
Monday, March 6 		Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 9 		Semifinals
Friday, March 10 		Championship
Saturday, March 11
            
1 Akron 79
8 Eastern Michigan 62
8 Eastern Michigan 72
9 Northern Illinois 69
1 Akron 74
4 Ball State 70
4 Ball State 66
5 Western Michigan 63
5 Western Michigan 65
12 Miami (OH) 61
1 Akron 65
6 Kent State 70
2 Ohio 67
7 Toledo 66
7 Toledo 77
10 Bowling Green 62
2 Ohio 66
6 Kent State 68
3 Buffalo 65
6 Kent State 68
6 Kent State 116*
11 Central Michigan 106

* denotes overtime period

All-Tournament Team

Tournament MVP – Jason Preston, Kent State[4]

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    "TJ Leaf scores 23 points in UCLA victory over Kent State". ESPN.com. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
  2. [2]
    "MAC Tiebreakers". MAC-Sports. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
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    "Official Site of the Mid-American Conference". MACSports. MAC. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
  4. [4]
    "KENT STATE WINS 2017 MAC MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP". Mid-American Conference. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
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