The 2019 Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Mid-American Conference (MAC). Tournament first-round games were held on campus sites at the higher seed on March 11. The remaining rounds were held at Quicken Loans Arena, now known as Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, in Cleveland, Ohio March 14–16, 2019. Buffalo defeated Bowling Green in the championship game to become the 2019 MAC tournament champions, and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA tournament.
Seeds All 12 MAC teams participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top four teams received a bye to the quarterfinals. Seed School Conferencerecord Division Tiebreaker 1 Buffalo 16–2 East 2 Toledo 13–5 West 3 Bowling Green 12–6 East 4 Kent State 11–7 East 5Central Michigan 10–8 West 6Eastern Michigan 9–9 West 7Northern Illinois 8–10 WestNo. 1: 1–1 vs. AkronNo. 2: 1–0 (1.000) vs. No. 1 UB 8Akron 8–10 EastNo. 1: 1–1 vs. NIUNo. 2: 0–2 (.000) vs. No. 1 UB 9Miami (OH) 7–11 East 10Ohio 6–12 East2–0 vs. BSU 11Ball State 6–12 West0–2 vs. Ohio 12Western Michigan 2–16 West
Schedule Game Time Matchup Score Television First round – Monday March 11 – Campus sites 1 8:00 pm No. 9 Miami (OH) at No. 8 Akron 51–80ESPN+ 2 7:00 pm No. 12 Western Michigan at No. 5 Central Michigan 67–81 3 9:00 pm No. 10 Ohio at No. 7 Northern Illinois 61–80 4 7:00 pm No. 11 Ball State at No. 6 Eastern Michigan 61–43 Quarterfinals – Thursday March 14 – Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH 5 12:00 pm No. 8 Akron vs. No. 1 Buffalo 46–82ESPN+ 6 2:30 pm No. 5 Central Michigan vs. No. 4 Kent State 89–81 7 6:30 pmNo. 7 Northern Illinois vs No. 2 Toledo80–76 8 9:00 pm No. 11 Ball State vs. No. 3 Bowling Green86–99 Semifinals – Friday March 15 – Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH 9 6:30 pm No. 5 Central Michigan vs. No. 1 Buffalo81–85 CBSSN 10 9:00 pm No. 7 Northern Illinois vs. No. 3 Bowling Green67–71 Fox College Sports Championship – Saturday March 16 – Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH 11 7:30 pm No. 3 Bowling Green vs. No. 1 Buffalo73–87 ESPN2/WatchESPN Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seed
Bracket
* denotes overtime period
All-Tournament Team Tournament MVP – Jeremy Harris, Buffalo Player TeamCJ MassinburgBuffaloJeremy HarrisBuffaloDemajeo WigginsBowling GreenDylan FryeBowling GreenEugene GermanNorthern Illinois
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