2007 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2007 Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament was won by No. 4 seed Miami University over No. 2 University of Akron 53–52 after a controversial finish. Miami guard Doug Penno banked in a three-point field goal with no time left on the clock to give Miami an apparent one-point victory. However, after a ten-minute delay, officials put 0.6 seconds back on the clock because the game clock did not start properly when Miami rebounded an Akron missed free throw. Because of the win in the conference tournament final, Miami was awarded the Mid-American Conference's automatic berth into the 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.[1]

2007 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2006–07
Teams	12
Site	Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, Ohio
Champions	Miami (4th title)
Winning coach	Charlie Coles (3rd title)
MVP	Tim Pollitz (Miami)
Top scorer	Tim Pollitz (Miami) (66 points)
Television	Comcast Local, FSN Ohio, ESPN2
MAC Men's Basketball Tournaments

2006–07 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
East
Akron	13	–	3		.813			26	–	7		.788
Kent State †	12	–	4		.750			21	–	11		.656
Miami	10	–	6		.625			18	–	15		.545
Ohio	9	–	7		.563			19	–	13		.594
Buffalo	4	–	12		.250			12	–	19		.387
Bowling Green	3	–	13		.188			13	–	18		.419
West
Toledo	14	–	2		.875			19	–	13		.594
Western Michigan	9	–	7		.563			16	–	16		.500
Central Michigan	7	–	9		.438			13	–	18		.419
Eastern Michigan	6	–	10		.375			13	–	19		.406
Ball State	5	–	11		.313			9	–	22		.290
Northern Illinois	4	–	12		.250			7	–	23		.233
† 2007 MAC Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The tournament took place from March 7–10 at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. This was the first year that the entire tournament was held in Cleveland. In previous tournaments the first-round games were played at the higher seeds' home courts. Comcast Local and FSN Ohio televised the Quarterfinals and Semifinals while ESPN2 broadcast the tournament championship.

All-tournament team

• Romeo Travis, Akron
• Jeremiah Wood, Akron
• Giordan Watson, Central Michigan
• Tim Pollitz, Miami (Tournament MVP)
• Michael Bramos, Miami

Format

Each of the 12 men's basketball teams in the MAC received a berth in the conference tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record with the following tie-breakers:

• Head-to-head competition
• Winning percentage vs. ranked conference teams (top to bottom, regardless of division, vs. common opponents regardless of the number of times played)
• Coin flip

The top four seeds received byes into the Quarterfinals. The winners of each division were awarded the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds. The team with the best record of the two received the No. 1 seed.

Seeding

The following were the seeds for the conference tournament, along with conference record.

1. Toledo, 14–2
2. Akron, 13–3
3. Kent State, 12–4
4. Miami, 10–6
5. Ohio, 9–7 *
6. Western Michigan, 9–7
7. Central Michigan, 7–9
8. Eastern Michigan, 6–10
9. Ball State, 5–11
10. Buffalo, 4–12 **
11. Northern Illinois, 4–12
12. Bowling Green, 3–13

* Received No. 5 seed based on 78–73 head-to-head victory over Western Michigan on February 6.
** Received No. 10 seed based on 80–74 head-to-head victory over Northern Illinois on February 3.

Bracket

	First Round Wednesday, March 7					Quarterfinals Thursday, March 8					Semifinals Friday, March 9					Final Saturday, March 10
						1	Toledo	62
						8	Eastern Michigan	54
	8	Eastern Michigan	51
	9	Ball State	48
											1	Toledo	53
										4	Miami	58
						4	Miami	70
						5	Ohio	51
	5	Ohio	69
	12	Bowling Green	59
																4	Miami	53
																2	Akron	52
						2	Akron	82
						7	Central Michigan	53
	7	Central Michigan	80
	10	Buffalo	74
											2	Akron	61
										3	Kent State	54
						3	Kent State	75
						6	Western Michigan	66
	6	Western Michigan	67
	11	Northern Illinois	62

See also

• Mid-American Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

External links

• MAC Tournament Central

References

1. "Miami Wins MAC Title – MAC-Sports.com—Official Web Site of the Mid-American Conference". Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2008-01-09.