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2025 MAC men's basketball tournament

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2025 MAC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2024–25
Teams8
SiteRocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Cleveland, Ohio
TelevisionESPN+, CBSSN, ESPN2
MAC men's basketball tournaments
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2024–25 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Eastern Michigan 0 0   2 1   .667
Kent State 0 0   2 1   .667
Miami (OH) 0 0   2 1   .667
Northern Illinois 0 0   2 1   .667
Toledo 0 0   2 1   .667
Buffalo 0 0   2 2   .500
Central Michigan 0 0   2 2   .500
Akron 0 0   1 2   .333
Ball State 0 0   1 2   .333
Bowling Green 0 0   1 2   .333
Ohio 0 0   1 2   .333
Western Michigan 0 0   1 2   .333
2025 MAC tournament winner
As of November 14, 2024

The 2025 Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament will be the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Mid-American Conference (MAC) held March 13–15, 2025.[1] The entire tournament will be played at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, Ohio.[2]

Format

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As with all MAC tournaments since 2021, only the top eight teams will qualify. The winner of the tournament will receive the MAC's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA tournament.[3]

Venue

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The 2025 MAC tournament will be held at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse for the 26th consecutive season. The venue, located in downtown Cleveland at One Center Court, is the home of the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and has a seating capacity for basketball of 19,432.[4][5]

Seeds

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Eight out of the 12 MAC teams will qualify for the tournament. Teams will be seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.[6]

Seed School Conference
record
Tiebreaker
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
DNQ
DNQ
DNQ
DNQ

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2024-25 MAC Championships" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Retrieved August 18, 2024.
  2. ^ "MAC Tournament staying in downtown Cleveland through 2030". Cleveland 19 News. Retrieved June 9, 2022.
  3. ^ "MAC eliminating and scaling back postseason tournaments". AP. May 12, 2020. Retrieved May 14, 2023.
  4. ^ "About". Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  5. ^ "A-Z Guide". Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  6. ^ "Tie-Breaker Procedures". Mid-American Conference. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
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