2021_MAC_men's_basketball_tournament

2021 MAC men's basketball tournament

2021 MAC men's basketball tournament

Sports competition

The 2021 Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Mid-American Conference (MAC). Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the entire tournament was held at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, in Cleveland, Ohio, from March 11–13, 2021.[1] For the 2021 tournament, only the top eight teams qualified. The winner of the tournament received the MAC's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA tournament. Ohio defeated Buffalo in the final. Jason Preston of Ohio was named the tournament MVP.[2] In the NCAA tournament Ohio defeated No. 4-seeded Virginia in the First Round[3] before falling to No. 5-seeded Creighton in the Second Round.[4]

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Seeds

8 out of the 12 MAC teams qualified for the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

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Schedule

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Bracket

Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 11, 2021
ESPN+ 		Semifinals
Friday, March 12, 2021
CBSSN 		Championship
Saturday, March 13, 2021
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1 Toledo 91*
8 Ball State 89
1 Toledo 80
5 Ohio 87
4 Kent State 63
5 Ohio 85
5 Ohio 84
2 Buffalo 69
2 Buffalo 74
7 Miami (OH) 63
2 Buffalo 81*
3 Akron 74
3 Akron 74
6 Bowling Green 67

* denotes overtime period

All-Tournament Team

Tournament MVP – Jason Preston, Ohio[5]

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References

  1. [1]
    "2021 MAC Men's Basketball Championship". Mid-American Conference. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Ohio 84, Buffalo 69". ESPN.com. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
  3. [3]
    "Ohio vs. Virginia - Game Recap - March 20, 2021 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 25, 2021.
  4. [4]
    "Ohio vs. Creighton - Game Recap - March 22, 2021 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 25, 2021.
  5. [5]
    "Bobcats Win First MAC Championship Since 2012". Mid-American Conference. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
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