The 2015 Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament was a post-season men's 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.
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 Notes1 Central Michigan 12–6 West 2–1 vs. Buffalo, Kent State Bye to semifinals2 Buffalo 12–6 East 2–2 vs. CMU, Kent State Bye to semifinals3 Kent State 12–6 East 1–2 vs. CMU, BuffaloBye to quarterfinals4 Toledo 11–7 West 1–0 vs. Bowling GreenBye to quarterfinals5 Bowling Green 11–7 East 0–1 vs. Toledo 6 Western Michigan 10–8 West7Akron 9–9 East 8 Eastern Michigan 8–10 West 3–1 vs. Miami, NIU 9Miami 8–10 East 2–2 vs. EMU, NIU 10Northern Illinois 8–10 West 1–3 vs. EMU, Miami 11Ohio 5–13 East 12Ball 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 88BCSN 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
All-Tournament Team Tournament MVP – Xavier Ford, Buffalo Player TeamJ.D. WeatherspoonToledoXavier FordBuffaloShannon EvansBuffaloJohn SimonsCentral MichiganBraylon RaysonCentral Michigan
References
External links 2015 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament