The 2013 Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament was the post-season men's basketball tournament for the Mid-American Conference (MAC) 2012–13 college basketball season. The 2013 tournament was held between March 11–16, 2013. Akron, as the winner of the tournament received the MAC's automatic bid into the 2013 NCAA tournament.
Format The 2013 MAC tournament only had 11 teams due to Toledo being ineligible for post season play due to low APR Scores. First round games were held on campus sites at the higher seed on March 11. The remaining rounds were held at Quicken Loans Arena, between March 13–16. As with the 2012 tournament, the top two seeds (Akron and Ohio, respectively) received byes into the semifinals, with the three seed (Western Michigan) and four seed (Kent State) receiving a bye to the quarterfinals. No. 5 Ball State received a first round bye.
Tournament seeding Seed School Record Tiebreaker#1Akron14–22–0 head-to-head#2Ohio14–20–2 head-to-head#3Western Michigan10–6#4Kent State9–7#5Ball State8–8#6Bowling Green7–92–1 head-to-head#7Eastern Michigan7–91–1 head-to-head#8Buffalo7–91–2 head-to-head#9Central Michigan4–12#10Northern Illinois3–131–0 head-to-head#11Miami3–130–1 head-to-head
Schedule GameTime*Matchup#Television First Round – Monday, March 117:00 pm#8 Buffalo vs. #9 Central Michigan7:00 pm#7 Eastern Michigan vs. #10 Northern Illinois6:00 pm#6 Bowling Green vs. #11 Miami Second Round – Wednesday, March 136:30 pm#5 Ball State vs. #8 BuffaloSTO9:00 pm#7 Eastern Michigan vs. #11 MiamiSTO Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 146:30 pm#4 Kent State vs. #8 BuffaloSTO9:00 pm#3 Western Michigan vs. #7 Eastern Michigan STO Semifinals – Friday, March 156:30 pm#1 Akron vs. #4 Kent StateSTO9:00 pm#2 Ohio vs. #3 Western MichiganSTO Championship Game – Saturday, March 166:30 pm#1 Akron vs. #2 OhioESPN2 * Game times in ET. # Rankings denote tournament seed
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