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2023 MAC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2022–23
Teams8
SiteRocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Cleveland, Ohio
MAC men's basketball tournaments
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2022–23 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Toledo 16 2   .889 27 8   .771
Kent State 15 3   .833 28 7   .800
Akron 13 5   .722 22 11   .667
Ball State 11 7   .611 20 12   .625
Ohio 10 8   .556 19 14   .576
Buffalo 9 9   .500 15 17   .469
Northern Illinois 9 9   .500 13 19   .406
Miami (OH) 6 12   .333 12 20   .375
Bowling Green 5 13   .278 11 20   .355
Eastern Michigan 5 13   .278 8 23   .258
Central Michigan 5 13   .278 10 21   .323
Western Michigan 4 14   .222 8 23   .258
2023 MAC tournament winner

The 2023 Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament will be the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Mid-American Conference (MAC) held March 9–11, 2023. The entire tournament will be played at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, Ohio.[1] The tournament champion receives the conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA tournament.

Format

As with the 2021, and 2022 tournament, only the top eight teams qualify. The winner of the tournament will receive the MAC's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA tournament.[2]

Venue

The 2023 MAC tournament is scheduled to be held at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse for the 24th 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.[3][4]

Seeds

Eight out of the 12 MAC teams will qualify for the tournament. Teams will be seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.[5]

Seed School Conference
record
Tiebreaker
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
DNQ
DNQ
DNQ
DNQ

Schedule

Session Game Time* Matchup Score Attendance Television
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 9 – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland, OH
1 1
2
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 9 – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland, OH
2 3
4
Semifinals – Friday, March 10 – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland, OH
3 5
6
Championship – Saturday, March 11 – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland, OH
4 7
*Game times in ET. ()-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 9, 2023
Semifinals
Friday, March 10, 2023
Championship
Saturday, March 11, 2023
         
1  
8  
 
 
4  
5  
 
 
2  
7  
 
 
3  
6  

All-Tournament Team

Tournament MVP

Player Team

See also

References

  1. ^ "MAC Tournament staying in downtown Cleveland through 2030". Cleveland 19 News. Retrieved 2022-06-09.
  2. ^ "MAC eliminating and scaling back postseason tournaments". ABC News. May 12, 2020. Retrieved June 9, 2022.
  3. ^ "About". Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  4. ^ "A-Z Guide". Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  5. ^ "Tie-Breaker Procedures". Mid-American Conference. Retrieved February 1, 2022.