1999 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament

1999 Mid-American Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1998–99
Teams 8
Site SeaGate Centre
Toledo, Ohio
Champions Kent State (1st title)
Winning coach Gary Waters (1st title)
MVP John Whorton (Kent State)
Mid-American Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1998  2000»

The 1999 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament, a part of the 1998–99 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place at SeaGate Centre in Toledo, Ohio. Its winner received the Mid-American Conference's automatic bid to the 1999 NCAA Tournament. It was a single-elimination tournament with three rounds and the none of the teams received byes in the first round. Because of this, only the top eight MAC teams were invited to participate. Miami, the MAC regular season winner, received the number one seed in the tournament.

1998–99 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
East
Miami† 15 – 3   .833     24 – 8   .750
Kent State 13 – 5   .722     23 – 7   .767
Akron 12 – 6   .667     18 – 9   .667
Ohio 12 – 6   .667     18 – 10   .643
Bowling Green 12 – 6   .667     18 – 10   .643
Marshall 11 – 7   .611     16 – 11   .593
Buffalo 1 – 17   .056     5 – 24   .172
West
Toledo 11 – 7   .611     19 – 9   .679
Ball State 10 – 8   .556     16 – 11   .593
Central Michigan 7 – 11   .389     10 – 16   .385
Western Michigan 6 – 12   .333     11 – 15   .423
Eastern Michigan 5 – 13   .278     5 – 20   .200
Northern Illinois 2 – 16   .111     6 – 20   .231
† 1999 MAC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

Tournament

Seeds

  1. Miami
  2. Kent State
  3. Ohio
  4. Akron
  5. Bowling Green
  6. Toledo
  7. Marshall
  8. Ball State

Bracket

[1]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
1 Miami 69
8 Ball State 43
1 Miami 60*
5 Bowling Green 56
4 Akron 74
5 Bowling Green 80
1 Miami 43
2 Kent State 49
2 Kent State 79
7 Marshall 76
2 Kent State 68
3 Ohio 57
3 Ohio 70
6 Toledo 60

* – Denotes overtime period

References

  1. ↑ "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.
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