2015 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2015 Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament was a post-season basketball tournament for the Mid-American Conference (MAC) 2014–15 college basketball season. Tournament first round games were held on campus sites at the higher seed on March 9. The remaining rounds were held at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland between March 11–14. University at Buffalo won the tournament and received the conference's automatic bid into the 2015 NCAA Tournament.

2015 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201415
Teams12
First round siteCampus sites
Quarterfinals siteQuicken Loans Arena
Cleveland, Ohio
Semifinals siteQuicken Loans Arena
Cleveland, Ohio
Finals siteQuicken Loans Arena
Cleveland, Ohio
ChampionsBuffalo (1st title)
Winning coachBobby Hurley (1st title)
MVPXavier Ford (Buffalo)
TelevisionTWCSC (Ohio), ESPN2
MAC Men's Basketball Tournaments
2014–15 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
East
Buffalo126 .667  2310  .697
Kent State126 .667  2312  .657
Bowling Green117 .611  2112  .636
Akron99 .500  2114  .600
Miami810 .444  1319  .406
Ohio513 .278  1020  .333
West
Central Michigan126 .667  239  .719
Toledo117 .611  2013  .606
Western Michigan108 .556  2014  .588
Eastern Michigan810 .444  2114  .600
Northern Illinois810 .444  1416  .467
Ball State216 .111  723  .233
2015 MAC Tournament winner

Format

As with the recent tournaments, the top two seeds receive byes into the semifinals, with the three and four seeds receiving a bye to the quarterfinals.

Seeds

Seed School Conference record Division Tiebreaker Notes
1 Central Michigan 12–6 West 2–1 vs. Buffalo, Kent State Bye to semifinals
2 Buffalo 12–6 East 2–2 vs. CMU, Kent State Bye to semifinals
3 Kent State 12–6 East 1–2 vs. CMU, Buffalo Bye to quarterfinals
4 Toledo 11–7 West 1–0 vs. Bowling Green Bye to quarterfinals
5 Bowling Green 11–7 East 0–1 vs. Toledo
6 Western Michigan 10–8 West
7 Akron 9–9 East
8 Eastern Michigan 8–10 West 3–1 vs. Miami, NIU
9 Miami 8–10 East 2–2 vs. EMU, NIU
10 Northern Illinois 8–10 West 1–3 vs. EMU, Miami
11 Ohio 5–13 East
12 Ball State 2–16 West

Schedule

Game Time* Matchup# Television
First round – Monday, March 9
1 #12 Ball State Cardinals 75 at #5 Bowling Green Falcons 88 BCSN
2 #9 Miami Redhawks 61 at #8 Eastern Michigan Eagles 62
3 #11 Ohio Bobcats 74 at #6 Western Michigan Broncos 82
4 #10 Northern Illinois Huskies 52 at #7 Akron Zips 76
Second round – Wednesday, March 11
5 6:30 pm #8 Eastern Michigan Eagles 73 vs. #5 Bowling Green Falcons 67 TWCSC (Ohio)
6 9:00 pm #7 Akron Zips 58 vs. #6 Western Michigan Broncos 45 TWCSC (Ohio)
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 12
7 6:30 pm #8 Eastern Michigan Eagles 67 vs. #4 Toledo Rockets 78 TWCSC (Ohio)
8 9:00 pm #7 Akron Zips 53 vs. #3 Kent State Golden Flashes 51 TWCSC (Ohio)
Semifinals – Friday, March 13
9 6:30 pm #4 Toledo Rockets 66 vs. #1 Central Michigan Chippewas 75 TWCSC (Ohio)
10 9:00 pm #7 Akron Zips 59 vs. #2 Buffalo Bulls 68 TWCSC (Ohio)
Championship – Saturday, March 14
11 7:30 pm #2 Buffalo Bulls 89 vs. #1 Central Michigan Chippewas 84 ESPN2
* Game times in ET. # Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

  First round
Monday, March 9
 
Second round
Wednesday, March 11
TWCSC (Ohio)
Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 12
TWCSC
Semifinals
Friday, March 13
TWCSC
Championship
Saturday, March 14, 2015
ESPN2
                                               
5 Bowling Green 88  
12 Ball State 75  
  5 Bowling Green 67  
    8 Eastern Michigan 73  
8 Eastern Michigan 62*
9 Miami 61  
  4 Toledo 78  
  8 Eastern Michigan 67  
       
       
       
           
     
       
  1 Central Michigan 75  
  4 Toledo 66  
       
       
       
           
     
       
       
         
       
       
       
           
     
       
  1 Central Michigan 84
  2 Buffalo 89
6 Western Michigan 82  
11 Ohio 74  
  6 Western Michigan 45  
    7 Akron 58  
7 Akron 76
10 Northern Illinois 52  
  3 Kent State 51  
  7 Akron 53  
       
       
       
           
     
       
  2 Buffalo 68
  7 Akron 59  
       
       
       
           
     
       
       
         
       
       
       
           
     

First round games at campus sites of lower-numbered seeds

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