2013 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2013 Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament was the post-season basketball tournament for the Mid-American Conference (MAC) 2012–13 college basketball season. The 2013 tournament was held between March 11–16, 2013.[1] Akron, as the winner of the tournament received the MAC's automatic bid into the 2013 NCAA Tournament.

2013 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament
2013 MAC Tournament logo
Classification	Division I
Season	2012–13
Teams	11
Site	Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, Ohio
Champions	Akron Zips (3rd title)
Winning coach	Keith Dambrot (3rd title)
MVP	Demetrius Treadwell (Akron)
Attendance	12,102
Television	STO and ESPN2
MAC Men's Basketball Tournaments

2012–13 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
East
Akron †	14	–	2		.875			26	–	7		.788
Ohio	14	–	2		.875			24	–	10		.706
Kent State	9	–	7		.563			21	–	14		.600
Buffalo	7	–	9		.438			14	–	20		.412
Bowling Green	7	–	9		.438			13	–	19		.406
Miami	3	–	13		.188			9	–	22		.290
West
Western Michigan	10	–	6		.625			22	–	13		.629
Toledo*	10	–	6		.625			15	–	13		.536
Ball State	8	–	8		.500			15	–	15		.500
Eastern Michigan	7	–	9		.438			16	–	18		.471
Central Michigan	4	–	12		.250			11	–	20		.355
Northern Illinois	3	–	13		.188			5	–	25		.167
† 2013 MAC Tournament winner As of March 27, 2013 *Ineligible for postseason due to APR penalties; Rankings from AP Poll

Format

The 2013 MAC tournament only had 11 teams due to Toledo being ineligible for post season play due to low APR Scores. First round games were held on campus sites at the higher seed on March 11. The remaining rounds were held at Quicken Loans Arena, between March 13–16. As with the 2012 tournament, the top two seeds (Akron and Ohio, respectively) received byes into the semifinals, with the three seed (Western Michigan) and four seed (Kent State) receiving a bye to the quarterfinals. No. 5 Ball State received a first round bye.

Tournament seeding

Seed	School	Record	Tiebreaker[2]
#1	Akron	14–2	2–0 head-to-head
#2	Ohio	14–2	0–2 head-to-head
#3	Western Michigan	10–6
#4	Kent State	9–7
#5	Ball State	8–8
#6	Bowling Green	7–9	2–1 head-to-head
#7	Eastern Michigan	7–9	1–1 head-to-head
#8	Buffalo	7–9	1–2 head-to-head
#9	Central Michigan	4–12
#10	Northern Illinois	3–13	1–0 head-to-head
#11	Miami	3–13	0–1 head-to-head

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Television
First Round – Monday, March 11
1	7:00 pm	#8 Buffalo vs. #9 Central Michigan
2	7:00 pm	#7 Eastern Michigan vs. #10 Northern Illinois
3	6:00 pm	#6 Bowling Green vs. #11 Miami
Second Round – Wednesday, March 13
4	6:30 pm	#5 Ball State vs. #8 Buffalo	STO
5	9:00 pm	#7 Eastern Michigan vs. #11 Miami	STO
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 14
6	6:30 pm	#4 Kent State vs. #8 Buffalo	STO
7	9:00 pm	#3 Western Michigan vs. #7 Eastern Michigan	STO
Semifinals – Friday, March 15
8	6:30 pm	#1 Akron vs. #4 Kent State	STO
9	9:00 pm	#2 Ohio vs. #3 Western Michigan	STO
Championship Game – Saturday, March 16
10	6:30 pm	#1 Akron vs. #2 Ohio	ESPN2
* Game times in ET. # Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

	First round Monday, March 11					Second round Wednesday, March 13 STO					Quarterfinals Thursday, March 14 STO					Semifinals Friday, March 15 STO
																1	Akron	62
																4	Kent State	59
											4	Kent State	70
											8	Buffalo	68
						5	Ball State	61
	8	Buffalo	74^OT			8	Buffalo	76
	9	Central Michigan	72

	First round Monday, March 11					Second round Wednesday, March 13 STO					Quarterfinals Thursday, March 14 STO					Semifinals Friday, March 15 STO
																2	Ohio	74
																3	Western Michigan	63
											3	Western Michigan	70
	7	Eastern Michigan	45								7	Eastern Michigan	55
	10	Northern Illinois	44			7	Eastern Michigan	58
	6	Bowling Green	52			11	Miami	47
	11	Miami	63

Championship Game

	MAC Championship Game Saturday, March 16, 2013 ESPN2
	1	Akron	65
	2	Ohio	46

First round games at campus sites of lower-numbered seeds
All times listed are Eastern
^OT denotes overtime game

References

1. "2013 MAC Tournament Bracket" (PDF). mac-sports.com. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
2. "MAC Basketball Tie-Breaker Information". mac-sports.com. Archived from the original on January 28, 2013. Retrieved March 4, 2012.