2008 MAC men's basketball tournament

The 2008 Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament was the post-season men's basketball tournament for the Mid-American Conference (MAC) 2007–2008 season. It was won by the #1 seed Kent State Golden Flashes, who defeated their arch-rival and #3 seed Akron Zips 74–55^[1] in front of 12,942 fans.^[2] Kent State center Haminn Quaintance led all scorers with 16 points and was named the tournament MVP.^[3]

2008 MAC men's basketball tournament
2008 Tournament Logo
Classification	Division I
Season	2007–08
Teams	12
Site	Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, Ohio
Champions	Kent State (5th title)
Winning coach	Jim Christian (2nd title)
MVP	Haminn Quaintance (Kent State)
Top scorer	Michael Bramos (Miami (OH)) (50 points)
Television	FSN Ohio, ESPN2
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The basketball tournament took place March 12 through March 15 at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. FSN Ohio televised the quarterfinals and semifinals while ESPN2 broadcast the tournament championship nationally.

Format

Each of the 12 men's basketball teams in the MAC received a berth in the conference tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record with the following tie-breakers:

• Head-to-head competition
• Winning percentage vs. ranked conference teams (top to bottom, regardless of division, vs. common opponents regardless of the number of times played)
• Coin flip

The top four seeds received byes into the quarterfinals. The winners of each division were awarded the #1 and #2 seeds. The team with the best record of the two received the #1 seed.

2007–08 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
East
Kent State †	13	–	3		.813			28	–	7		.800
Akron	11	–	5		.688			24	–	11		.686
Ohio	9	–	7		.563			20	–	13		.606
Miami (OH)	9	–	7		.563			17	–	16		.515
Bowling Green	7	–	9		.438			13	–	16		.448
Buffalo	3	–	13		.188			10	–	20		.333
West
Western Michigan	12	–	4		.750			20	–	12		.625
Central Michigan	8	–	8		.500			14	–	17		.452
Eastern Michigan	8	–	8		.500			14	–	17		.452
Toledo	7	–	8		.467			11	–	19		.367
Ball State	5	–	11		.313			6	–	24		.200
Northern Illinois	3	–	12		.200			6	–	22		.214
† 2008 MAC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Tiebreakers

• Ohio received No. 4 seed based on 1–1 record vs. No. 1 Kent State; Miami was 0–2 vs. Kent State. Ohio and Miami split the season series 1–1.
• Central Michigan received No. 6 seed based on 1–0 record vs. No. 3 Akron; EMU was 0–1 vs. Akron. CMU and EMU split the season series 1–1 and had the same record vs. No. 1 Kent State (0–1) and No. 2 WMU (1–1).

Bracket

	First round Wednesday, March 12					Quarterfinals Thursday, March 13					Semifinals Friday, March 14					Final Saturday, March 15
						1	Kent State	77
						8	Toledo	57
	8	Toledo	52
	9	Bowling Green	48
											1	Kent State	49
											5	Miami (OH)	47
						4	Ohio	61
						5	Miami (OH)	74
	5	Miami (OH)	69
	12	Buffalo	68
																1	Kent State	74
																3	Akron	55
						2	Western Michigan	70
						7	Eastern Michigan	61
	7	Eastern Michigan	59
	10	Ball State	55
											2	Western Michigan	62
											3	Akron	73
						3	Akron	81
						6	Central Michigan	60
	6	Central Michigan	83
	11	Northern Illinois	71

All-tournament team

• Al Fisher (Kent State)
• Haminn Quaintance (Kent State)
• Joe Reitz (Western Michigan)
• Mike Scott (Kent State)
• Jeremiah Wood (Akron)^[3]

See also

• Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament

References

1. Withers, Tom (March 15, 2008). "Kent State knocks off Akron". www.ohio.com. Associated Press/Akron Beacon-Journal. Retrieved March 16, 2008.
2. Kent State Athletic Communications (March 15, 2008). "Official Basketball Box Score Akron vs Kent State". www.kentstatesports.com. Kent State University. Retrieved March 16, 2008.^{[dead link]}
3. Maxse, Joe (March 15, 2008). "MAC insider". www.cleveland.com. The Plain Dealer/Cleveland.com. Retrieved March 16, 2008.

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