2025 MAC men's basketball tournament

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The 2025 Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Mid-American Conference (MAC) held March 13–15, 2025.[1] The entire tournament was played at Rocket Arena in Cleveland, Ohio.[2] Akron defeated Bowling Green and Toledo in the first two rounds and then Miami in the final[3][4][5][6] Nate Johnson of Akron was the MVP.

Format

As with all MAC tournaments since 2021, only the top eight teams qualified. The winner of the tournament, Akron, received the MAC's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA tournament.[7]

Venue

The 2025 MAC tournament was held at Rocket Arena for the 26th consecutive season. The venue, located in downtown Cleveland at One Center Court, is the home of the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and has a seating capacity for basketball of 19,432.[8][9]

Seeds

Eight out of the 12 MAC teams qualified for the tournament. Teams were be seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.[10]

Seed School Conference
record		 Tiebreaker
1 Akron† 17–1
2 Miami (OH) 14–4
3 Kent State 11–7
4 Toledo 10–8 2–0 vs. Ohio
5 Ohio 10–8 0–2 vs. Toledo
6 Western Michigan 9–9 1–0 vs. Eastern Michigan
7 Eastern Michigan 9–9 0–1 vs. Western Michigan
8 Bowling Green 8–10
DNQ Ball State 7–11 1–0 vs. Kent State
DNQ Central Michigan 7–11 0–1 vs. Kent State
DNQ Buffalo 4–14
DNQ Northern Illinois 2–16

Schedule

Session Game Time* Matchup Score Attendance Television
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 13 – Rocket Arena, Cleveland, OH
1 1 11:00 a.m. No. 1 Akron vs. No. 8 Bowling Green 96–67 8,737 ESPN+
2 1:30 p.m. No. 4 Toledo vs. No. 5 Ohio 90–85OT
3 4:30 p.m. No. 2 Miami (OH) vs. No. 7 Eastern Michigan 81–75
4 6:30 p.m. No. 3 Kent State vs. No. 6 Western Michigan 73–66
Semifinals – Friday, March 14 – Rocket Arena, Cleveland, OH
2 5 5:00 p.m. No. 1 Akron vs. No. 4 Toledo 100–90 15,476 CBSSN
6 7:30 p.m. No. 2 Miami (OH) vs. No. 3 Kent State 72-64
Championship – Saturday, March 15 – Rocket Arena, Cleveland, OH
3 7 7:30 p.m. No. 1 Akron vs. No. 2 Miami (OH) 76-74 7,099 ESPN2
*Game times in EDT. ()-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Source[11]

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 13, 2025		 Semifinals
Friday, March 14, 2025		 Championship
Saturday, March 15, 2025
                 
1 Akron 96
8 Bowling Green 67
1 Akron 100
4 Toledo 90
4 Toledo 90OT
5 Ohio 85
1 Akron 76
2 Miami (OH) 74
2 Miami (OH) 81
7 Eastern Michigan 75
2 Miami (OH) 72
3 Kent State 64
3 Kent State 73
6 Western Michigan 66

All-Tournament team

Tournament MVP – Nate Johnson

Player Team
Nate Johnson Akron
Tavari Johnson Akron
Peter Suder Miami
Kam Craft Miami
Jalen Sullinger Kent State

Source[12]

See also

References

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