The 2025 Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Mid-American Conference (MAC) held March 13–15, 2025. The entire tournament was played at Rocket Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. Akron defeated Bowling Green and Toledo in the first two rounds and then Miami in the final Nate Johnson of Akron was the MVP.
Format As with all MAC tournaments since 2021, only the top eight teams qualified. The winner of the tournament, Akron, received the MAC's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA tournament.
Venue The 2025 MAC tournament was held at Rocket Arena for the 26th consecutive season. The venue, located in downtown Cleveland at One Center Court, is the home of the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and has a seating capacity for basketball of 19,432.
Seeds Eight out of the twelve MAC teams qualified for the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
Seed School Conferencerecord Tiebreaker 1 Akron †17–1 2 Miami (Ohio)14–4 3 Kent State11–7 4 Toledo10–82–0 vs. Ohio 5Ohio10–80–2 vs. Toledo 6Western Michigan9–91–0 vs. Eastern Michigan 7Eastern Michigan9–90–1 vs. Western Michigan 8Bowling Green8–10 Ball State7–111–0 vs. Kent StateCentral Michigan7–110–1 vs. Kent StateBuffalo4–14Northern Illinois2–16
Schedule SessionGameTime * MatchupScoreAttendanceTelevision Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 131111:00 a.m.No. 1 Akron vs. No. 8 Bowling Green96–678,737ESPN+21:30 p.m.No. 4 Toledo vs. No. 5 Ohio90–85 34:30 p.m.No. 2 Miami (Ohio) vs. No. 7 Eastern Michigan81–7546:30 p.m.No. 3 Kent State vs. No. 6 Western Michigan73–66 Semifinals – Friday, March 14255:00 p.m.No. 1 Akron vs. No. 4 Toledo100–9015,476CBSSN67:30 p.m.No. 2 Miami (Ohio) vs. No. 3 Kent State72–64 Final – Saturday, March 15377:30 p.m.No. 1 Akron vs. No. 2 Miami (Ohio)76–747,099ESPN2 * Game times are in EDT. ()-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Source
Bracket
All-Tournament team Player TeamKam CraftMiami (Ohio)Nate JohnsonAkronTavari JohnsonAkronPeter SuderMiami (Ohio)Jalen SullingerKent State Tournament MVP – Nate Johnson Source
See also 2025 MAC women's basketball tournament
References
External links 2025 MAC Men's Basketball Championship