2012–13 Mid-American Conference men's basketball season

The 2012–13 Mid-American Conference men's basketball season is the 67th college basketball season in the conference's existence. The conference features 12 teams in two divisions, East and West, who competed for the Mid-American Conference (MAC) regular season and tournament titles. Akron and Ohio shared the regular season title with 14-2 records in conference play. Akron won both games with Ohio but lost two late season games. Akron was the top-seed in the tournament and defeated Ohio in the final. D. J. Cooper of Ohio was voted as the MAC player of the year.

Pre-season

Media voting On October 29, the members of the MAC News Media Panel voted in the Preseason Media Poll. They voted Ohio as the favorite in the MAC East Division and Toledo in the MAC West Division.

+ East Division Place Team 1st Points 1 Ohio Bobcats 19 141 points 2 Akron Zips 5 122 points 3 Kent State Golden Flashes - 89 points 4 Buffalo Bulls – 53 points 5 Bowling Green Falcons - 54 points 6 Miami RedHawks – 31 points+ West Division Place Team 1st Points 1 Toledo Rockets 20 143 points 2 Eastern Michigan Eagles 4 118 points 3 Western Michigan Broncos - 88 points 4 Ball State Cardinals 4 74 points 5 Northern Illinois Huskies - 46 points 6 Central Michigan Chippewas – 35 points

The media also took a vote on who they think would win the MAC tournament at the end of the season. Unlike the preseason votes, the media would only select the winner of the tournament, and not the placement of the teams afterwards. Ohio received the most votes with 18, followed by Akron with six votes.

Exhibition schedule DateTimeTeamConferenceMAC TeamLocationTelevisionAttendanceWinner Fri., Oct. 26 7:00 pm Northwestern Ohio Wolverine–Hoosier Athletic Conference Toledo Savage Arena • Toledo, OH Toledo (75–52) Wed., Oct. 31 7:00 pm Triffin Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Akron James A. Rhodes Arena • Akron, OH 2,683 Akron (111–72) 7:00 pm Maryville USA South Athletic Conference Miami Millett Hall • Oxford, OH Miami (73–64) Thu., Nov. 1 2:00 pm Kalamazoo Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Western Michigan University Arena • Kalamazoo, MI 1,927 Western Michigan (93–50) Fri., Nov. 2 7:30 pm Michigan-Dearborn Wolverine–Hoosier Athletic Conference Eastern Michigan Convocation Center • Ypsilanti, MI Eastern Michigan (82–38)Sat., Nov. 3 2:00 pm Mercyhurts Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Ohio Convocation Center • Athens, OH 4,613 Ohio (82–42) 2:00 pm Roosevelt Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference Western Michigan University Arena • Kalamazoo, MI 1,777 Western Michigan (81–60) 5:00 pm Malone Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Akron James A. Rhodes Arena • Akron, OH 2,454 Akron (106–67) 7:00 pm Aurora Northern Athletics Conference Northern Illinois Convocation Center • DeKalb, IL 1,005 Northern Illinois (89–56) Sun., Nov. 4 2:00 pm Central State Independent Bowling Green Stroh Center • Bowling Green, OH 1,249 Bowling Green (73–60) 7:00 pm Rochester National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Kent State M.A.C. Center • Kent, OH STO Kent State (77–71) Wed., Nov. 7 7:00 pm Lake Superior State Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Central Michigan McGuirk Arena • Mount Pleasant, MI 1,569 Central Michigan (86–76)

*All Times Eastern

Regular season

Preconference schedules

Conference schedules This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Teams play opponents in their division twice, once at home and once away. Teams play opponents outside of their division once a season. (x) indicates games remaining this season.   Akron Ball StateBowling GreenBuffalo Central Michigan Eastern MichiganKent StateMiamiNorthern IllinoisOhioToledoWestern Michiganvs. Akron – 0-1 0-2 1-1 0-1 0-1 1-1 0-2 0–1 0–2 0–1 0–1 vs. Ball State1–0 – 1-0 1-0 1-1 1–1 1-1 1-0 1–1 0–2 1-1 0-2 vs. Bowling Green2-0 0-1 – 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 1-1 1–0 2-0 1–0 0–1 vs. Buffalo0–2 2–0 0–1 – 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 vs. Central Michigan0–1 2–0 0–1 1–1 – 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–2 0–2 vs. Eastern Michigan1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 – 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–1vs. Kent State2–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 – 0–1 2–0 0–2 1–0 2–0vs. Miami1–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 – 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 vs. Northern Illinois1–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–2 0–2 – 0–1 0–1 1–1 vs. Ohio1–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 – 2–0 2–0 vs. Toledo1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 – 0–1 vs. Western Michigan0–2 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 – Total 14-2 8-8 7–9 7-9 4-12 7-9 9-7 3–13 3-13 14-2 10-6 10–6

BracketBusters

DateTimeTeamConferenceMAC TeamLocationTelevisionAttendanceWinner Fri., Feb. 22 7:00 pm North Dakota State The Summit League Akron James A. Rhodes Arena • Akron, OH ESPN2 4,474 Akron (68–53) Sat., Feb. 23 12:00 pm Missouri State Missouri Valley Conference Eastern Michigan Convocation Center • Ypsilanti, MI 676 Missouri State (54–57) 1:00 pm Pacific Big West Conference Western Michigan University Arena • Kalamazoo, MI ESPN3 3,172 Western Michigan (67–66) 2:00 pm Manhattan Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Buffalo Savage Arena • Toledo, OH 4,393 Toledo (79–66) 2:00 pm McNeese State Southland Conference Toledo Alumni Arena • Amherst, NY 3,172 Manhattan (64–65) 3:00 pm Loyola-Chicago Horizon League Kent State Joseph J. Gentile Arena • Chicago, IL 1,945 Kent State (70–63) 3:00 pm Eastern Illinois Ohio Valley Conference Northern Illinois Convocation Center • DeKalb, IL 1,009 Eastern Illinois (47–59) 3:05 pm Southern Illinois Missouri Valley Conference Miami SIU Arena • Carbondale, IL 5,315 Southern Illinois (68-74 OT) 6:30 pm Southeast Missouri State Ohio Valley Conference Ball State Show Me Center • Cape Girardeau, MO 2,484 Ball State (85–82) 7:00 pm IFPW The Summit League Bowling Green Allen County War Memorial Coliseum • Fort Wayne, IN 1,577 IFPW (75–88) 7:05 pm Youngstown State Horizon League Central Michigan Beeghly Center • Youngstown, OH 2,710 Youngstown (75–86) 10:00 pm Belmont Ohio Valley Conference Ohio Curb Event Center • Nashville, TN ESPN2 4,813 Belmont (62–81)

*All Times Eastern

Post-season tournaments

MAC Tournament

The 2013 MAC tournament only had 11 teams due to Toledo being ineligible for post season play due to low APR Scores. The Semifinals and Championship Game were held at Quicken Loans Arena.

NCAA Tournament

Seed Region Berth type School Round of 64 12 South Automatic Akron Eliminated by VCU 42–88

National Invitation Tournament

Seed Bracket Berth type School First Round 6 Alabama At-large Ohio Eliminated by Denver 57–61

College Basketball Invitational

School First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Western Michigan Defeated North Dakota State 72-71 OT Defeated Wyoming 75-67 OT Eliminated by George Mason 52–62

CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament

School First Round Second Round Kent State Defeated Fairfield 73–71 Eliminated by Loyola (MD) 59–73

Awards

All-MAC Preseason Team As a part of the Preseason Media Poll, the members also voted on the Preseason All-MAC East and West Division teams. Ohio and Toledo had two players in the East and West Division polls, respectively.

+ East DivisionAll-MAC Preseason Team Player School Zeke Marshall Akron A'uston Calhoun Bowling Green Javon McCrea Buffalo Walter Offutt Ohio D. J. Cooper Ohio+ West DivisionAll-MAC Preseason Team Player School DJesse Berry Ball State Abdel Nader Northern Illinois Rian Pearson Toledo Julius Brown Toledo Nate Hutcheson Western Michigan

Player of the Week + East DivisionPlayer of the Week Week Player School 1 Chris Evans Kent State 2 Zeke Marshall Akron 3 Chris Evans (2)Walter Offutt Kent StateOhio 4 Chris Evans (3) Kent State 5 Will Regan Buffalo 6 Demetrius Treadwell Akron 7 D. J. Cooper Ohio 8 Zeke Marshall (2) Akron 9 D. J. Cooper (2) Ohio 10 D. J. Cooper (3) Ohio 11 Javon McCrea Buffalo 12 Zeke Marshall(3)D. J. Cooper (4) AkronOhio+ West DivisionPlayer of the Week Week Player School 1 Jesse Berry Ball State 2 Nate Hutcheson Western Michigan 3 Rian Pearson Toledo 4 Shayne Whittington Western Michigan 5 Rian Pearson (2)Majok Majok ToledoBall State 6 Kyle Randall Central Michigan 7 Shayne Whittington (2) Western Michigan 8 Rian Pearson (3) Toledo 9 Jesse Berry (2) Ball State 10 Julius Brown Toledo 11 Shayne Whittington (3) Western Michigan 12 Majok Majok (2) Ball State

All-MAC Teams + All-MAC First Team Player Pos. School Zeke Marshall C Akron Javon McCrea F Buffalo Chris Evans W/F Kent State Rian Pearson G Toledo D. J. Cooper G Ohio+ All-MAC Second Team Player Pos. School Demetrius "Tree" Treadwell F Akron Jauwan Scaife G Ball State A'uston Calhoun F Bowling Green Kyle Randall G Central Michigan Shayne Whittington F/C Western Michigan+ All-MAC Freshman Team Player Pos. School Jake Kretzer G/F Akron Jarryn Skeete G Buffalo Chris Fowler G Central Michigan Nathan Boothe C Toledo Darius Paul F Western Michigan

See also 2012–13 Mid-American Conference women's basketball season

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