2006 MAC men's basketball tournament |
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Classification | Division I |
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Season | 2005–06 |
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Teams | 12 |
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Site | Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, Ohio |
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Champions | Kent State (4th title) |
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Winning coach | Jim Christian (2nd title) |
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MVP | Kevin Warzynski (Kent State) |
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MAC men's basketball tournaments |
The 2006 MAC men's basketball tournament, a part of the 2005-06 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place from March 6–March 11, 2006 at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. The March 6 first-round games were held at the higher seeds home arenas. Its winner received the Mid-American Conference's automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA tournament. It is a single-elimination tournament with four rounds and the four highest seeds received byes in the first round. All MAC teams were invited to participate. Kent State, the MAC regular season winner, received the number one seed in the tournament. Kent State defeated seventh-seeded Toledo in the final.[1] In the NCAA tournament they lost in the first round to Pittsburgh.[2]
Tournament
Seeds
The top two seeds of the tournament were given to division winners. Since Kent State had a better record than Northern Illinois, they were given the #1 seed, and the Huskies were given the #2 seed. The remainder of the bracket was determined by overall record. For the #3 seed, Akron and Miami were tied with a 14–4 conference record. They had also split their two regular season matches.[3][4] The next tiebreaker is to determine the teams performance against ranked teams in order. Akron was able to win one game against the Golden Flashes[5] while Miami was unable to win one, so Akron was given the fourth seed and Miami was given the final bye in the tournament. The #5 seed was determined through a three-way tie between Ohio, Toledo, and Western Michigan. Ohio had won its matches against Western Michigan[6] and Toledo[7] so they were given the #5 seed. Since Toledo was able to defeat Kent State in the regular season and Western Michigan was not, they were given the #6 seed.[8] Buffalo was seven games behind Kent State and had earned the eighth seed. Ball State was the #9 seed and the final East Division team, Bowling Green was the #10 seed. The final two teams, Eastern Michigan and Central Michigan were given the eleventh and twelfth seeds, respectively.
Bracket
First round
Team[9] | 1st | 2nd | Final | Central Michigan | 50 | 32 | 82 | Ohio | 32 | 21 | 53 | | Team[10] | 1st | 2nd | Final | Western Michigan | 33 | 22 | 55 | Eastern Michigan | 25 | 35 | 60 | |
Team[11] | 1st | 2nd | Final | Toledo | 34 | 43 | 77 | Bowling Green | 21 | 31 | 52 | | Team[12] | 1st | 2nd | Final | Buffalo | 44 | 36 | 80 | Ball State | 28 | 44 | 72 | |
Quarterfinals
Team[13] | 1st | 2nd | Final | Toledo | 39 | 39 | 78 | Northern Illinois | 23 | 54 | 77 | | Team[14] | 1st | 2nd | Final | Akron | 31 | 41 | 72 | Western Michigan | 28 | 29 | 57 | |
Team[15] | 1st | 2nd | Final | Kent State | 35 | 41 | 76 | Buffalo | 27 | 40 | 67 | | Team[16] | 1st | 2nd | Final | Ohio | 40 | 33 | 73 | Miami | 32 | 26 | 58 | |
Semi-finals
Team[17] | 1st | 2nd | Final | Kent State | 33 | 39 | 72 | Ohio | 26 | 33 | 59 | | Team[18] | 1st | 2nd | Final | Toledo | 34 | 43 | 77 | Akron | 40 | 29 | 69 | |
Finals
Team[19] | 1st | 2nd | Final |
Kent State | 32 | 39 | 71 |
Toledo | 21 | 45 | 66 |
References
- ^ "Warzynski nets 21 as Kent St. holds off Toledo to win MAC". ESPN. Archived from the original on May 24, 2022. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
- ^ "Gray, Ramon power Pitt to easy win over Kent State". ESPN.com. Retrieved May 24, 2022.[dead link]
- ^ "Miami (OH) RedHawks vs. Akron Zips - Box Score". ESPN. January 26, 2006. Retrieved November 21, 2009.
- ^ "Akron Zips vs. Miami (OH) RedHawks - Box Score". ESPN. February 22, 2006. Retrieved November 21, 2009.
- ^ "Kent State Golden Flashes vs. Akron Zips - Box Score". ESPN. March 4, 2006. Retrieved November 21, 2009.
- ^ "Ohio Bobcats vs. Western Michigan Broncos - Box Score". ESPN. February 12, 2006. Retrieved November 21, 2009.
- ^ "Ohio Bobcats vs. Toledo Rockets - Box Score". ESPN. January 21, 2006. Retrieved November 21, 2009.
- ^ "Toledo Rockets vs. Kent State Golden Flashes - Box Score". ESPN. February 7, 2006. Retrieved February 2, 2016.[dead link]
- ^ "Central Michigan Chippewas vs. Ohio Bobcats - Box Score". ESPN. March 6, 2006. Retrieved November 21, 2009.
- ^ "Eastern Michigan Eagles vs. Western Michigan Broncos - Box Score". ESPN. March 6, 2006. Retrieved November 21, 2009.
- ^ "Bowling Green Falcons vs. Toledo Rockets - Box Score". ESPN. March 6, 2006. Retrieved November 21, 2009.
- ^ "Ball State Cardinals vs. Buffalo Bulls - Box Score". ESPN. March 6, 2006. Retrieved November 21, 2009.
- ^ "Toledo Rockets vs. Northern Illinois Huskies - Box Score". ESPN. March 9, 2006. Retrieved November 21, 2009.
- ^ "Western Michigan Broncos vs. Akron Zips - Box Score". ESPN. March 9, 2006. Retrieved November 21, 2009.
- ^ "Buffalo Bulls vs. Kent State Golden Flashes - Box Score". ESPN. March 9, 2006. Retrieved November 21, 2009.
- ^ "Ohio Bobcats vs. Miami (OH) RedHawks - Box Score". ESPN. March 9, 2006. Retrieved November 21, 2009.
- ^ "Ohio Bobcats vs. Kent State Golden Flashes - Box Score". ESPN. March 10, 2006. Retrieved November 21, 2009.
- ^ "Toledo Rockets vs. Akron Zips - Box Score". ESPN. March 10, 2006. Retrieved November 21, 2009.
- ^ "Toledo Rockets vs. Kent State Golden Flashes - Box Score". ESPN. March 11, 2006. Retrieved November 21, 2009.
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