2007 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament

Infobox NCAA Basketball Conference Tournament
Year = 2007
Conference = Mid-American Conference
Gender = Men's


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Teams = 12
Arena = Quicken Loans Arena
City = Cleveland, Ohio
Champions = Miami
TitleCount = 4th
Coach = Charlie Coles
CoachCount = 3rd
MVP = Tim Pollitz
MVPTeam = Miami
Attendance =
OneTopScorer = yes
TwoTopScorers =
TopScorer = Tim Pollitz
TopScorerTeam = Miami
TopScorer2 =
TopScorer2Team =
Points = 66

The 2007 Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament was won by #4 seed Miami University over #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. [ [http://mac-sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=42971&SPID=3803&DB_OEM_ID=9400&ATCLID=824248 Miami Wins MAC Title - MAC-Sports.com—Official Web Site of the Mid-American Conference ] ]

The tournament took place from March 7 and March 10 at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. Comcast Local and FSN Ohio televised the Quarterfinals and Semifinals while ESPN2 broadcast the tournament championship.

All-tournament team

* Romeo Travis, Akron
* Jeremiah Wood, Akron
* Giordan Watson, Central Michigan
* Tim Pollitz, Miami (Tournament MVP)
* Michael Bramos, Miami

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 #1 and #2 seeds. The team with the best record of the two received the #1 seed.

eeding

The following were the seeds for the conference tournament, along with conference record.
# Toledo, 14-2
# Akron, 13-3
# Kent State, 12-4
# Miami, 10-6
# Ohio, 9-7 *
# Western Michigan, 9-7
# Central Michigan, 7-9
# Eastern Michigan, 6-10
# Ball State, 5-11
# Buffalo, 4-12 **
# Northern Illinois, 4-12
# Bowling Green, 3-13

"* Received #5 seed based on 78-73 head-to-head victory over Western Michigan on February 6."
"** Received #10 seed based on 80-74 head-to-head victory over Northern Illinois on February 3."

Bracket

4RoundBracket-Byes
RD1=First Round Wednesday, March 7
RD2=Quarterfinals Thursday, March 8
RD3=Semifinals Friday, March 9
RD4=Final Saturday, March 10
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group2=
RD1-seed01=
RD1-team01=
RD1-score01=
RD1-seed02=
RD1-team02=
RD1-score02=
RD1-seed03=8
RD1-team03=Eastern Michigan
RD1-score03=51
RD1-seed04=9
RD1-team04=Ball State
RD1-score04=48
RD1-seed05=
RD1-team05=
RD1-score05=
RD1-seed06=
RD1-team06=
RD1-score06=
RD1-seed07=5
RD1-team07=Ohio
RD1-score07=69
RD1-seed08=12
RD1-team08=Bowling Green
RD1-score08=59
RD1-seed09=
RD1-team09=
RD1-score09=
RD1-seed10=
RD1-team10=
RD1-score10=
RD1-seed11=7
RD1-team11=Central Michigan
RD1-score11=80
RD1-seed12=10
RD1-team12=Buffalo
RD1-score12=74
RD1-seed13=
RD1-team13=
RD1-score13=
RD1-seed14=
RD1-team14=
RD1-score14=
RD1-seed15=6
RD1-team15=Western Michigan
RD1-score15=67
RD1-seed16=11
RD1-team16=Northern Illinois
RD1-score16=62
RD2-seed01=1
RD2-team01=Toledo
RD2-score01=62
RD2-seed02=8
RD2-team02=Eastern Michigan
RD2-score02=54
RD2-seed03=4
RD2-team03=Miami
RD2-score03=70
RD2-seed04=5
RD2-team04=Ohio
RD2-score04=51
RD2-seed05=2
RD2-team05=Akron
RD2-score05=82
RD2-seed06=7
RD2-team06=Central Michigan
RD2-score06=53
RD2-seed07=3
RD2-team07=Kent State
RD2-score07=75
RD2-seed08=6
RD2-team08=Western Michigan
RD2-score08=66
RD3-seed01=1
RD3-team01=Toledo
RD3-score01=53
RD3-seed02=4
RD3-team02=Miami
RD3-score02=58
RD3-seed03=2
RD3-team03=Akron
RD3-score03=61
RD3-seed04=3
RD3-team04=Kent State
RD3-score04=54
RD4-seed01=4
RD4-team01=Miami
RD4-score01=53
RD4-seed02=2
RD4-team02=Akron
RD4-score02=52

ee also

* Mid-American Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

External links

* [http://mac-sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&SPSID=42971&SPID=3803&DB_OEM_ID=9400&ATCLID=741769 MAC Tournament Central]

References