2020 MAC men's basketball tournament

The 2020 Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament was the post-season men's basketball tournament for the Mid-American Conference (MAC). The tournament's first-round games were held on campus sites at the higher seed on March 9. The remaining rounds were to be held at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland on March 12, 13, and 14, 2020 and the champion was to receive the MAC's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.^[1] Just prior to the scheduled game on March 12 between top-seeded Akron and eighth-seeded Ohio, the conference announced that the remainder of the tournament, and the remainder of the women's tournament, were canceled in response to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.^[2]

2020 MAC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2019–20
Teams	12
Site	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse Cleveland, Ohio
First round site	Campus sites
Television	CBSSN, ESPN2, ESPN+
MAC men's basketball tournaments ← 2019 2021 →

2019–20 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
East
Akron	14	–	4		.778			24	–	7		.774
Bowling Green	12	–	6		.667			21	–	10		.677
Buffalo	11	–	7		.611			20	–	12		.625
Kent State	9	–	9		.500			20	–	12		.625
Ohio	8	–	10		.444			17	–	15		.531
Miami (OH)	5	–	13		.278			13	–	19		.406
West
Ball State	11	–	7		.611			18	–	13		.581
Northern Illinois	11	–	7		.611			18	–	13		.581
Toledo	8	–	10		.444			17	–	15		.531
Central Michigan	7	–	11		.389			14	–	18		.438
Western Michigan	6	–	12		.333			13	–	19		.406
Eastern Michigan	6	–	12		.333			16	–	16		.500
Note: The 2020 MAC tournament was canceled prior to the quarterfinals due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Seeds

All 12 MAC teams participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top four teams received a bye to quarterfinals.

Seed	School	Conference record	Division	Tiebreaker(s)
1	Akron	14–4	East
2	Bowling Green	12–6	East
3	Ball State	11–7	West	3–1 vs. tied teams (2–0 vs. NIU, 1–1 vs. UB)
4	Northern Illinois	11–7	West	No. 1: 1–2 vs. tied teams (1–0 vs. UB, 0–2 vs. BSU) No. 2: 1–0 vs. UB
5	Buffalo	11–7	East	No. 1: 1–2 vs. tied teams (1–1 vs. BSU, 0–1 vs. NIU) No. 2: 0–1 vs. NIU
6	Kent State	9–9	East
7	Toledo	8–10	West	1–0 vs. Ohio
8	Ohio	8–10	East	0–1 vs. Toledo
9	Central Michigan	7–11	West
10	Western Michigan	6–12	West	No. 1: 1–1 vs. EMU No. 2: 0–2 (.000) vs. No. 1 Akron No. 3: 0–1 (.000) vs. No. 2 BGSU No. 4: 1–1 (.500) vs. No. 3 BSU
11	Eastern Michigan	6–12	West	No. 1: 1–1 vs. WMU No. 2: 0–2 (.000) vs. No. 1 Akron No. 3: 0–1 (.000) vs. No. 2 BGSU No. 4: 0–2 (.000) vs. No. 3 BSU
12	Miami (OH)	5–13	East

Schedule

Game	Time	Matchup	Score	Television
First round – Monday, March 9 – Campus sites
1	7:00 p.m.	No. 9 Central Michigan at No. 8 Ohio	65–85	ESPN+
2	7:30 p.m.	No. 12 Miami (OH) at No. 5 Buffalo	85–79
3	7:00 p.m.	No. 10 Western Michigan at No. 7 Toledo	73–76
4	7:00 p.m.	No. 11 Eastern Michigan at No. 6 Kent State	76–86
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 12 – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland, OH
5	12:00 pm	No. 8 Ohio vs. No. 1 Akron	cancelled	ESPN+
6	2:30 pm	No. 12 Miami (OH) vs. No. 4 Northern Illinois
7	6:30 pm	No. 7 Toledo vs. No. 2 Bowling Green
8	9:00 pm	No. 6 Kent State vs. No. 3 Ball State
Semifinals – Friday, March 13 – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland, OH
9	7:00 pm	Game 5 Winner vs. Game 6 Winner	cancelled	CBSSN
10	9:30 pm	Game 7 Winner vs. Game 8 Winner
Championship – Saturday, March 14 – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland, OH
11	7:30 pm	Game 9 Winner vs. Game 10 Winner	cancelled	ESPN2
Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

	First round Monday, March 9					Quarterfinals Thursday, March 12					Semifinals Friday, March 13					Championship Saturday, March 14
						1	Akron
						8	Ohio
	8	Ohio	85
	9	Central Michigan	65
						4	Northern Illinois
						12	Miami (OH)
	5	Buffalo	79
	12	Miami (OH)	85
						2	Bowling Green
						7	Toledo
	7	Toledo	76
	10	Western Michigan	73
						3	Ball State
						6	Kent State
	6	Kent State	86
	11	Eastern Michigan	76

* denotes overtime period

See also

• 2020 MAC women's basketball tournament

References

1. "2020 MAC Men's Basketball Championship". Mid-American Conference. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
2. Wright, Branson (March 12, 2020). "Mid-American Conference cancels basketball tournament in Cleveland because of coronavirus concerns". The Plain Dealer. Retrieved March 12, 2020.