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2007 MAC men's basketball tournament

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FieldValue
Year2007
ConferenceMAC
GenderMen's
Teams12
ArenaQuicken Loans Arena
CityCleveland, Ohio
ChampionsMiami (OH)
TitleCount4th
CoachCharlie Coles
CoachCount3rd
MVPTim Pollitz
MVPTeamMiami (OH)
TopScorerTim Pollitz
TopScorerTeamMiami (OH)
Points66
TelevisionComcast Local, FSN Ohio, ESPN2

The 2007 Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament was the post-season men's basketball tournament for the Mid-American Conference (MAC) 2006–2007 season. It was won by No. 4 seed Miami University over No. 2 University of Akron 53–52 after a controversial finish. Miami guard Doug Penno banked in a three-point field goal with no time left on the clock to give Miami an apparent one-point victory. However, after a ten-minute delay, officials put 0.6 seconds back on the clock because the game clock did not start properly when Miami rebounded an Akron missed free throw. Because of the win in the conference tournament final, Miami was awarded the MAC's automatic berth into the 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.

The tournament took place from March 7–10 at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. This was the first year that the entire tournament was held in Cleveland. In previous tournaments the first-round games were played at the higher seeds' home courts. Comcast Local and FSN Ohio televised the Quarterfinals and Semifinals while ESPN2 broadcast the tournament championship.

All-tournament team

  • Romeo Travis, Akron
  • Jeremiah Wood, Akron
  • Giordan Watson, Central Michigan
  • Tim Pollitz, Miami (Tournament MVP)
  • Michael Bramos, Miami

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 No. 1 and No. 2 seeds. The team with the best record of the two received the No. 1 seed.

Seeding

The following were the seeds for the conference tournament, along with conference record.

  1. Toledo, 14–2
  2. Akron, 13–3
  3. Kent State, 12–4
  4. Miami, 10–6
  5. Ohio, 9–7 *
  6. Western Michigan, 9–7
  7. Central Michigan, 7–9
  8. Eastern Michigan, 6–10
  9. Ball State, 5–11
  10. Buffalo, 4–12 **
  11. Northern Illinois, 4–12
  12. Bowling Green, 3–13

** Received No. 5 seed based on 78–73 head-to-head victory over Western Michigan on February 6.*

*** Received No. 10 seed based on 80–74 head-to-head victory over Northern Illinois on February 3.*

Bracket

Wednesday, March 7 Thursday, March 8 Friday, March 9 Saturday, March 10 | RD1-seed03=8 | RD1-team03=Eastern Michigan | RD1-score03=51 | RD1-seed04=9 | RD1-team04= | RD1-score04=48 | RD1-seed07=5 | RD1-team07=Ohio | RD1-score07=69 | RD1-seed08=12 | RD1-team08= | RD1-score08=59 | RD1-seed11=7 | RD1-team11= | RD1-score11=80 | RD1-seed12=10 | RD1-team12= | RD1-score12=74 | RD1-seed15=6 | RD1-team15= | RD1-score15=67 | RD1-seed16=11 | RD1-team16= | RD1-score16=62 | RD2-seed01=1 | RD2-team01= | RD2-score01=62 | RD2-seed02=8 | RD2-team02=Eastern Michigan | RD2-score02=54 | RD2-seed03=4 | RD2-team03=Miami (OH) | RD2-score03=70 | RD2-seed04=5 | RD2-team04=Ohio | RD2-score04=51 | RD2-seed05=2 | RD2-team05= | RD2-score05=82 | RD2-seed06=7 | RD2-team06=Central Michigan | RD2-score06=53 | RD2-seed07=3 | RD2-team07= | RD2-score07=75 | RD2-seed08=6 | RD2-team08=Western Michigan | RD2-score08=66 | RD3-seed01=1 | RD3-team01=Toledo | RD3-score01=53 | RD3-seed02=4 | RD3-team02=Miami (OH) | RD3-score02=58 | RD3-seed03=2 | RD3-team03=Akron | RD3-score03=61 | RD3-seed04=3 | RD3-team04=Kent State | RD3-score04=54 | RD4-seed01=4 | RD4-team01=Miami (OH) | RD4-score01=53 | RD4-seed02=2 | RD4-team02=Akron | RD4-score02=52

References

References

  1. "Miami Wins MAC Title – MAC-Sports.com—Official Web Site of the Mid-American Conference".
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