The 2020 Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament was the post-season men's basketball tournament for the Mid-American Conference (MAC). The tournament's first-round games were held on campus sites at the higher seed on March 9. The remaining rounds were to be held at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland on March 12, 13, and 14, 2020 and the champion was to receive the MAC's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Just prior to the scheduled game on March 12 between top-seeded Akron and eighth-seeded Ohio, the conference announced that the remainder of the tournament, and the remainder of the women's tournament, were canceled in response to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.
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 quarterfinals.
Seed School Conferencerecord Division Tiebreaker(s) 1 Akron 14–4 East 2 Bowling Green 12–6 East 3 Ball State 11–7 West3–1 vs. tied teams (2–0 vs. NIU, 1–1 vs. UB) 4 Northern Illinois 11–7 WestNo. 1: 1–2 vs. tied teams (1–0 vs. UB, 0–2 vs. BSU)No. 2: 1–0 vs. UB 5Buffalo 11–7 EastNo. 1: 1–2 vs. tied teams (1–1 vs. BSU, 0–1 vs. NIU)No. 2: 0–1 vs. NIU 6Kent State 9–9 East 7Toledo 8–10 West1–0 vs. Ohio 8Ohio 8–10 East0–1 vs. Toledo 9Central Michigan 7–11 West 10Western Michigan 6–12 WestNo. 1: 1–1 vs. EMUNo. 2: 0–2 (.000) vs. No. 1 AkronNo. 3: 0–1 (.000) vs. No. 2 BGSUNo. 4: 1–1 (.500) vs. No. 3 BSU 11Eastern Michigan 6–12 WestNo. 1: 1–1 vs. WMUNo. 2: 0–2 (.000) vs. No. 1 AkronNo. 3: 0–1 (.000) vs. No. 2 BGSUNo. 4: 0–2 (.000) vs. No. 3 BSU 12Miami (OH) 5–13 East
Schedule Game Time Matchup Score Television First round – Monday, March 9 – Campus sites 1 7:00 p.m. No. 9 Central Michigan at No. 8 Ohio 65–85ESPN+ 2 7:30 p.m. No. 12 Miami (OH) at No. 5 Buffalo 85–79 3 7:00 p.m. No. 10 Western Michigan at No. 7 Toledo 73–76 4 7:00 p.m. No. 11 Eastern Michigan at No. 6 Kent State 76–86 Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 12 – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland, OH 5 12:00 pm No. 8 Ohio vs. No. 1 AkroncancelledESPN+ 6 2:30 pm No. 12 Miami (OH) vs. No. 4 Northern Illinois 7 6:30 pm No. 7 Toledo vs. No. 2 Bowling Green 8 9:00 pm No. 6 Kent State vs. No. 3 Ball State Semifinals – Friday, March 13 – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland, OH 9 7:00 pm Game 5 Winner vs. Game 6 Winnercancelled CBSSN 10 9:30 pm Game 7 Winner vs. Game 8 Winner Championship – Saturday, March 14 – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland, OH 11 7:30 pm Game 9 Winner vs. Game 10 Winnercancelled ESPN2 Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seed
Bracket
* denotes overtime period
See also 2020 MAC women's basketball tournament
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