The 2005 MAC men's basketball tournament, a part of the 2004-05 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place from March 7–12 at Gund Arena in Cleveland. Its winner received the Mid-American Conference's automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA tournament. It is a single-elimination tournament with four rounds and the three highest seeds received byes in the first round. All MAC teams were invited to participate. Miami, the MAC regular season winner, received the number one seed in the tournament. Fourth-seeded Ohio beat Miami in the semi-finals and defeated second-seeded Buffalo in overtime in the final. In the NCAA Ohio lost in the first round to Florida. Leon Williams of Ohio was named the tournament MVP.
Tournament
Seeds Miami Toledo Western Michigan Ohio Kent State Akron Buffalo Bowling Green Ball State Northern Illinois Eastern Michigan Central Michigan Marshall
Bracket
First round
Team 1st 2nd Final Ohio 33 39 72 Marshall 28 38 66
Team 1st 2nd Final Kent State 46 45 91 Central Michigan 26 34 60
Team 1st 2nd Final Akron 46 32 78 Eastern Michigan 33 33 66
Team 1st 2nd Final Buffalo 34 39 73 Northern Illinois 30 36 66
Team 1st 2nd Final Bowling Green 30 43 75 Ball State 45 30 73
Quarterfinals
Team 1st 2nd Final Buffalo 45 40 85 Toledo 37 35 72
Team 1st 2nd OT Final Western Michigan 31 27 8 66 Akron 37 21 2 60
Team 1st 2nd Final Miami 39 46 85 Bowling Green 29 36 65
Team 1st 2nd Final Ohio 23 39 62 Kent State 20 35 55
Semifinals
Team 1st 2nd Final Ohio 26 37 63 Miami 24 32 56
Team 1st 2nd Final Buffalo 29 46 75 Western Michigan 37 31 68
Finals Team 1st 2nd OT Final Ohio 33 37 10 80 Buffalo 43 27 9 79
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