2020 MAC men's basketball tournament

2020 MAC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2019–20
Teams	12
Site	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse Cleveland, Ohio
First round site	Campus sites
Television	CBSSN, ESPN2, ESPN+
MAC men's basketball tournaments

2019–20 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
East
Akron	14	–	4		.778			24	–	7		.774
Bowling Green	12	–	6		.667			21	–	10		.677
Buffalo	11	–	7		.611			20	–	12		.625
Kent State	9	–	9		.500			20	–	12		.625
Ohio	8	–	10		.444			17	–	15		.531
Miami (OH)	5	–	13		.278			13	–	19		.406
West
Ball State	11	–	7		.611			18	–	13		.581
Northern Illinois	11	–	7		.611			18	–	13		.581
Toledo	8	–	10		.444			17	–	15		.531
Central Michigan	7	–	11		.389			14	–	18		.438
Western Michigan	6	–	12		.333			13	–	19		.406
Eastern Michigan	6	–	12		.333			16	–	16		.500
Note: The 2020 MAC tournament was canceled prior to the quarterfinals due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 2020 Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament is the post-season men's basketball tournament for the Mid-American Conference (MAC). The tournament's first-round games will be held on campus sites at the higher seed on March 9. The remaining rounds will be held at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, Ohio between March 12-14, 2020. The champion will receive the MAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Seeds

All 12 MAC teams will participate in the tournament. Teams will be seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top four teams will receive a bye to quarterfinals.

Seed	School	Conference record	Division	Tiebreaker(s)
1	Akron	14–4	East
2	Bowling Green	12–6	East
3	Ball State	11–7	West	3–1 vs. tied teams (2–0 vs. NIU, 1–1 vs. UB)
4	Northern Illinois	11–7	West	No. 1: 1–2 vs. tied teams (1–0 vs. UB, 0–2 vs. BSU) No. 2: 1–0 vs. UB
5	Buffalo	11–7	East	No. 1: 1–2 vs. tied teams (1–1 vs. BSU, 0–1 vs. NIU) No. 2: 0–1 vs. NIU
6	Kent State	9–9	East
7	Toledo	8–10	West	1–0 vs. Ohio
8	Ohio	8–10	East	0–1 vs. Toledo
9	Central Michigan	7–11	West
10	Western Michigan	6–12	West	No. 1: 1–1 vs. EMU No. 2: 0–2 (.000) vs. No. 1 Akron No. 3: 0–1 (.000) vs. No. 2 BGSU No. 4: 1–1 (.500) vs. No. 3 BSU
11	Eastern Michigan	6–12	West	No. 1: 1–1 vs. WMU No. 2: 0–2 (.000) vs. No. 1 Akron No. 3: 0–1 (.000) vs. No. 2 BGSU No. 4: 0–2 (.000) vs. No. 3 BSU
12	Miami (OH)	5–13	East

Schedule

Game	Time	Matchup	Score	Television
First round – Monday, March 9 – Campus sites
1	7:00 p.m.	#9 Central Michigan at #8 Ohio	65-85	ESPN+
2	7:30 p.m.	#12 Miami (OH) at #5 Buffalo	85-79
3	7:00 p.m.	#10 Western Michigan at #7 Toledo	73-76
4	7:00 p.m.	#11 Eastern Michigan at #6 Kent State	76-86
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 12 – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland, OH
5	12:00 pm	#8 Ohio vs. #1 Akron		ESPN+
6	2:30 pm	Game 2 Winner vs. #4 Northern Illinois
7	6:30 pm	#7 Toledo vs. #2 Bowling Green
8	9:00 pm	#6 Kent State vs. #3 Ball State
Semifinals – Friday, March 13 – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland, OH
9	6:30 pm	Game 5 Winner vs. Game 6 Winner		CBSSN
10	9:00 pm	Game 7 Winner vs. Game 8 Winner
Championship – Saturday, March 14 – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland, OH
11	7:30 pm	Game 9 Winner vs. Game 10 Winner		ESPN2
Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

	First round Monday, March 9					Quarterfinals Thursday, March 12					Semifinals Friday, March 13					Championship Saturday, March 14
						1	Akron
						8	Ohio
	8	Ohio	85
	9	Central Michigan	65
						4	Northern Illinois
	5	Buffalo
	12	Miami (OH)
						2	Bowling Green
						7	Toledo
	7	Toledo	76
	10	Western Michigan	73
						3	Ball State
						6	Kent State
	6	Kent State	86
	11	Eastern Michigan	76

* denotes overtime period