2007 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2007 Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament 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 Mid-American Conference's automatic berth into the 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.[1]

2007 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2006–07
Teams12
SiteQuicken Loans Arena
Cleveland, Ohio
ChampionsMiami (4th title)
Winning coachCharlie Coles (3rd title)
MVPTim Pollitz (Miami)
Top scorerTim Pollitz (Miami)
(66 points)
TelevisionComcast Local, FSN Ohio, ESPN2
2006–07 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
East
Akron13–3 .813  26–7  .788
Kent State †12–4 .750  21–11  .656
Miami10–6 .625  18–15  .545
Ohio9–7 .563  19–13  .594
Buffalo4–12 .250  12–19  .387
Bowling Green3–13 .188  13–18  .419
West
Toledo14–2 .875  19–13  .594
Western Michigan9–7 .563  16–16  .500
Central Michigan7–9 .438  13–18  .419
Eastern Michigan6–10 .375  13–19  .406
Ball State5–11 .313  9–22  .290
Northern Illinois4–12 .250  7–23  .233
† 2007 MAC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

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

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
  First Round
Wednesday, March 7		 Quarterfinals
Thursday, March 8		 Semifinals
Friday, March 9		 Final
Saturday, March 10
                                     
 
  1 Toledo 62  
    8 Eastern Michigan 54  
8 Eastern Michigan 51
9 Ball State 48  
  1 Toledo 53  
  4 Miami 58  
 
 
  4 Miami 70
    5 Ohio 51  
5 Ohio 69
12 Bowling Green 59  
  4 Miami 53
  2 Akron 52
 
 
  2 Akron 82
    7 Central Michigan 53  
7 Central Michigan 80
10 Buffalo 74  
  2 Akron 61
  3 Kent State 54  
 
 
  3 Kent State 75
    6 Western Michigan 66  
6 Western Michigan 67
11 Northern Illinois 62  

See also

References
  1. "Miami Wins MAC Title – MAC-Sports.com—Official Web Site of the Mid-American Conference". Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2008-01-09.
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