2005 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament

2005 Mid-American Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2004–05
Teams 13
Site Gund Arena
Cleveland, Ohio
Champions Ohio (4th title)
Winning coach Tim O'Shea (1st title)
MVP Leon Williams (Ohio)
Mid-American Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments
«2004  2006»
2004–05 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
East
Miami 12 – 6   .667     19 – 11   .633
Buffalo 11 – 7   .611     23 – 10   .697
Ohio† 11 – 7   .611     21 – 11   .656
Akron 11 – 7   .611     19 – 10   .655
Kent State 11 – 7   .611     20 – 13   .606
Marshall 3 – 15   .167     6 – 22   .214
West
Western Michigan 11 – 7   .611     20 – 13   .606
Toledo 11 – 7   .611     16 – 13   .552
Bowling Green 10 – 8   .556     18 – 11   .621
Ball State 10 – 8   .556     15 – 13   .536
Northern Illinois 7 – 11   .389     11 – 17   .393
Eastern Michigan 5 – 13   .278     12 – 18   .400
Central Michigan 4 – 14   .222     10 – 18   .357
† 2005 MAC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2005 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament, a part of the 2004-05 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place from March 7–12 at the Gund Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. Its winner received the Mid-American Conference's automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA Tournament. It is a single-elimination tournament with four rounds and the three highest seeds received byes in the first round. All MAC teams were invited to participate. Miami, the MAC regular season winner, received the number one seed in the tournament.

Tournament

Seeds

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

Bracket

  First Round
March 7, 2005		 Quarterfinals
March 10, 2005		 Semifinals
March 11, 2005		 Championship
March 12, 2005
                                     
        
  1  Miami 85  
    8  Bowling Green 65  
8  Bowling Green 75
9  Ball State 73  
  1  Miami 56  
  4  Ohio 63  
4  Ohio 72  
13  Marshall 66  
  4  Ohio 62
    5  Kent State 55  
5  Kent State 91
12  Central Michigan 60  
  4  Ohio 80*
  7  Buffalo 79
        
        
  2  Toledo 72
    7  Buffalo 85  
7  Buffalo 73
10  Northern Illinois 66  
  7  Buffalo 75
  3  Western Michigan 68  
        
        
  3  Western Michigan 66*
    6  Akron 60  
6  Akron Zips 78
11  Eastern Michigan 66  

* – Denotes overtime period

First Round

Team[ref 1] 1st 2nd Final
Ohio 33 39 72
Marshall 28 38 66
Team[ref 2] 1st 2nd Final
Kent State 46 45 91
Central Michigan 26 34 60
Team[ref 3] 1st 2nd Final
Akron 46 32 78
Eastern Michigan 33 33 66
Team[ref 4] 1st 2nd Final
Buffalo 34 39 73
Northern Illinois 30 36 66
Team[ref 5] 1st 2nd Final
Bowling Green 30 43 75
Ball State 45 30 73

Quarterfinals

Team[ref 6] 1st 2nd Final
Buffalo 45 40 85
Toledo 37 35 72
Team[ref 7] 1st 2nd OT Final
Western Michigan 31 27 8 66
Akron 37 21 2 60
Team[ref 8] 1st 2nd Final
Miami 39 46 85
Bowling Green 29 36 65
Team[ref 9] 1st 2nd Final
Ohio 23 39 62
Kent State 20 35 55

Semi-finals

Team[ref 10] 1st 2nd Final
Ohio 26 37 63
Miami 24 32 56
Team[ref 11] 1st 2nd Final
Buffalo 29 46 75
Western Michigan 37 31 68

Finals

Team[ref 12] 1st 2nd OT Final
Ohio 33 37 10 80
Buffalo 43 27 9 79

References

  1. ↑ "Marshall Thundering Herd vs. Ohio Bobcats - Box Score". ESPN. 2005-03-07. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
  2. ↑ "Central Michigan Chippewas vs. Kent State Golden Flashes - Box Score". ESPN. 2005-03-07. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
  3. ↑ "Eastern Michigan Eagles vs. Akron Zips - Box Score". ESPN. 2005-03-07. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
  4. ↑ "Northern Illinois Huskies vs. Buffalo Bulls - Box Score". ESPN. 2005-03-07. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
  5. ↑ "Ball State Cardinals vs. Bowling Green Falcons - Box Score". ESPN. 2005-03-07. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
  6. ↑ "Buffalo Bulls vs. Toledo Rockets - Box Score". ESPN. 2005-03-10. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
  7. ↑ "Akron Zips vs. Western Michigan Broncos - Box Score". ESPN. 2005-03-10. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
  8. ↑ "Bowling Green Falcons vs. Miami RedHawks - Box Score". ESPN. 2005-03-10. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
  9. ↑ "Kent State Golden Flashes vs. Ohio Bobcats - Box Score". ESPN. 2005-03-10. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
  10. ↑ "Ohio Bobcats vs. Miami RedHawks - Box Score". ESPN. 2005-03-11. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
  11. ↑ "Buffalo Bulls vs. Western Michigan Broncos - Box Score". ESPN. 2005-03-11. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
  12. ↑ "Buffalo Bulls vs. Ohio Bobcats - Box Score". ESPN. 2005-03-12. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
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