Mac Championship Game Basketball 2014
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| 2014 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2013–14 |
| Teams | 12 |
| First round site | Campus sites |
| Quarterfinals site | Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, Ohio |
| Semifinals site | Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, Ohio |
| Finals site | Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, Ohio |
| Champions | Western Michigan(2nd title) |
| Winning coach | Steve Hawkins(2nd title) |
| MVP | David Brown (Western Michigan) |
| Top scorer | Nick Kellogg(Ohio) (62 points) |
| Television | TWCSC (Ohio), ESPN2 |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Buffalo | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 19 | – | 10 | .655 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Akron | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 21 | – | 13 | .618 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 25 | – | 12 | .676 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 13 | – | 18 | .419 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kent State | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 16 | – | 16 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling Green | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 12 | – | 20 | .375 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Toledo | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 27 | – | 7 | .794 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Michigan † | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 23 | – | 10 | .697 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Michigan | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 22 | – | 15 | .595 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Illinois | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 15 | – | 17 | .469 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Central Michigan | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 10 | – | 21 | .323 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ball State | 2 | – | 16 | .111 | 5 | – | 25 | .167 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2014 MAC Tournament winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2014 Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament was the post-season basketball tournament for the Mid-American Conference (MAC) 2013–14 college basketball season. The 2014 tournament was held March 10–15.[1]
The 2014 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament involved 68 teams playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 18, 2014, and concluded with the Connecticut Huskies winning the championship game on April 7 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
Format[edit]
First round games were held on campus sites at the higher seed on March 10. The remaining rounds were held at Quicken Loans Arena, between March 12–15. As with the recent tournaments, the top two seeds received byes into the semifinals, with the three and four seeds receiving a bye to the quarterfinals.
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Seeds[edit]
| Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker | Notes |
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| 1 | Western Michigan | 14–4 | 1–1 head-to-head 8–2 vs. division | Bye to semifinals |
| 2 | Toledo | 14–4 | 1–1 head-to-head 7–3 vs. division | Bye to semifinals |
| 3 | Buffalo | 13–5 | Bye to quarterfinals | |
| 4 | Akron | 12–6 | Bye to quarterfinals | |
| 5 | Ohio | 11–7 | ||
| 6 | Eastern Michigan | 10–8 | ||
| 7 | Northern Illinois | 8–10 | 1–0 head-to-head | |
| 8 | Miami | 8–10 | 0–1 head-to-head | |
| 9 | Kent State | 7–11 | ||
| 10 | Bowling Green | 6–12 | ||
| 11 | Central Michigan | 3–15 | ||
| 12 | Ball State | 2–16 |
Schedule[edit]
| Game | Time* | Matchup# | Television |
|---|---|---|---|
| First round – Monday, March 10 | |||
| 1 | 7:00 pm | #12 Ball State at #5 Ohio | |
| 2 | 7:00 pm | #9 Kent State at #8 Miami | |
| 3 | 7:30 pm | #11 Central Michigan at #6 Eastern Michigan | |
| 4 | 8:00 pm | #10 Bowling Green at #7 Northern Illinois | |
| Second round – Wednesday, March 12 | |||
| 5 | 6:30 pm | #5 Ohio vs. #8 Miami | TWCSC (Ohio) |
| 6 | 9:00 pm | #6 Eastern Michigan vs. #7 Northern Illinois | TWCSC (Ohio) |
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 13 | |||
| 7 | 6:30 pm | #4 Akron vs. #5 Ohio | TWCSC (Ohio) |
| 8 | 9:00 pm | #3 Buffalo vs. #6 Eastern Michigan | TWCSC (Ohio) |
| Semifinals – Friday, March 14 | |||
| 9 | 6:30 pm | #1 Western Michigan vs. #4 Akron | TWCSC (Ohio) |
| 10 | 9:00 pm | #2 Toledo vs. #6 Eastern Michigan | TWCSC (Ohio) |
| Championship – Saturday, March 15 | |||
| 11 | 6:30 pm | #1 Western Michigan vs. #2 Toledo | ESPN2 |
| * Game times in ET. # Rankings denote tournament seed | |||
Bracket[edit]
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| First round Monday, March 10 | Second round Wednesday, March 12 TWCSC (Ohio) | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 13 TWCSC | Semifinals Friday, March 14 TWCSC | Championship Saturday, March 15, 2014 ESPN2 | ||||||||||
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| 1 | Western Michigan | 64OT | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Akron | 60 | ||||||||||||
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| 4 | Akron | 83 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Ohio | 77 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Ohio | 76 | ||||||||||||
| 12 | Ball State | 64 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Ohio | 63 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Miami | 55 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Miami | 71 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Kent State | 64 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Western Michigan | 98 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Toledo | 77 | ||||||||||||
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| 2 | Toledo | 59 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Eastern Michigan | 44 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Buffalo | |||||||||||||
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| 3 | Buffalo | 64 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Eastern Michigan | 69 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Eastern Michigan | 72 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | Central Michigan | 60 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Eastern Michigan | 53 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Northern Illinois | 48 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Northern Illinois | 54 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Bowling Green | 51 | ||||||||||||
First round games at campus sites of lower-numbered seeds
OTdenotes overtime game
References[edit]
Mac Championship Game On Tv
- ^'2014 MAC Tournament Bracket'(PDF). mac-sports.com. Retrieved February 17, 2014.