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2000 Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1999–00
Teams13
SiteGund Arena
Cleveland, Ohio
ChampionsBall State (7th title)
Winning coachRay McCallum (2nd title)
MVPDuane Clemens (Ball State)
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The 2000 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament, a part of the 1999–00 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place at Gund Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. Its winner received the Mid-American Conference's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Tournament. It was a single-elimination tournament with four rounds and the three highest seeds received byes in the first round. All MAC teams were invited to participate. Bowling Green, the MAC regular season winner, received the number one seed in the tournament.

1999–2000 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
Bowling Green 14 4   .778 22 8   .733
Kent State 13 5   .722 23 8   .742
Akron 11 7   .611 17 11   .607
Marshall 11 7   .611 21 9   .700
Ohio 11 7   .611 20 13   .606
Miami 8 10   .444 15 15   .500
Buffalo 3 15   .167 5 23   .179
West
Ball State 11 7   .611 22 9   .710
Toledo 11 7   .611 18 13   .581
Eastern Michigan 9 9   .500 15 13   .536
Northern Illinois 7 11   .389 13 15   .464
Western Michigan 6 12   .333 10 18   .357
Central Michigan 2 16   .111 6 23   .207
2000 MAC tournament winner
As of [1]
Rankings from AP Poll

Tournament

Seeds

  1. Bowling Green
  2. Ball State
  3. Kent State
  4. Akron
  5. Marshall
  6. Ohio
  7. Toledo
  8. Eastern Michigan
  9. Miami
  10. Northern Illinois
  11. Western Michigan
  12. Buffalo
  13. Central Michigan

Bracket

[2]

First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
            
1 Bowling Green 56
9 Miami 58*
8 Eastern Michigan 51
9 Miami 64
9 Miami 69
5 Marshall 63
4 Akron 73
13 Central Michigan 75
13 Central Michigan 56
5 Marshall 58
5 Marshall 83
12 Buffalo 66
9 Miami 58
2 Ball State 61
2 Ball State 64
7 Toledo 63
7 Toledo 68**
10 Northern Illinois 64
2 Ball State 70
6 Ohio 67
3 Kent State 68
6 Ohio 69
6 Ohio 77
11 Western Michigan 52

* – Denotes overtime period

Notes

References

  1. ^ "Year-By-Year Standings" (PDF). 2009-10 MAC Men’s Basketball Record Book. Mid-American Conference. 2009-11-11. pp. 75–78. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
  2. ^ "MAC Tournament History" (PDF). 2009-10 MAC Men’s Basketball Record Book. Mid-American Conference. 2009-11-11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2009-12-14. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)