2008 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament

Infobox NCAA Basketball Conference Tournament
Year = 2008
Conference = Mid-American Conference
Gender = Men's


ImageSize = 200px
Caption = 2008 Tournament Logo
Teams = 12
Arena = Quicken Loans Arena
City = Cleveland, Ohio
Champions = Kent State
TitleCount = 5th
Coach = Jim Christian
CoachCount = 2nd
MVP = Haminn Quaintance
MVPTeam = Kent State
Attendance =
OneTopScorer = yes
TopScorer = Michael Bramos
TopScorerTeam = Miami
Points = 50

The 2008 Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament was won by the #1 seed Kent State Golden Flashes, who defeated their arch-rival and #3 seed Akron Zips 74-55 [cite web |url= http://www.ohio.com/news/break_news/16717341.html|title= Kent State knocks off Akron |accessdate=2008-03-16 |author= Withers, Tom|date= 2008-03-15|work= www.ohio.com|publisher= Associated Press/Akron Beacon-Jorunal] in front of 12,942 fans. [cite web |url= http://www.kentstatesports.com/fls/11400/Statistics/M_Basketball/2007-08/mgame11.htm?SPID=4464&DB_OEM_ID=11400&SPSID=47654|title= Official Basketball Box Score Akron vs Kent State |accessdate=2008-03-16 |author= Kent State Athletic Communications|date= 2008-03-15|work= www.kentstatesports.com|publisher= Kent State University] Kent State center Haminn Quaintance led all scorers with 16 points and was named the tournament MVP.

The tournament took place March 12 through March 15 at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. FSN Ohio televised the quarterfinals and semifinals while ESPN2 broadcast the tournament championship nationally.

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

Bracket

4RoundBracket-Byes
RD1=First Round Wednesday, March 12
RD2=Quarterfinals Thursday, March 13
RD3=Semifinals Friday, March 14
RD4=Final Saturday, March 15
group1=
group2=
RD1-seed03 = 8
RD1-team03 = cbb link|year=2007-08|team=Toledo Rockets|school=Toledo University|title=Toledo
RD1-score03 = 52
RD1-seed04 = 9
RD1-team04 = Bowling Green
RD1-score04 = 48
RD1-seed07 = 5
RD1-team07 = cbb link|year=2007-08|team=Miami RedHawks|school=Miami University|title=Miami
RD1-score07 = 69
RD1-seed08 = 12
RD1-team08 = Buffalo
RD1-score08 = 68
RD1-seed11 = 7
RD1-team11 = cbb link|year=2007-08|team=Eastern Michigan Eagles|school=Eastern Michigan University|title=Eastern Michigan
RD1-score11 = 59
RD1-seed12 = 10
RD1-team12 = Ball State
RD1-score12 = 55
RD1-seed15 = 6
RD1-team15 = cbb link|year=2007-08|team=Central Michigan Chippewas|school=Central Michigan University|title=Central Michigan
RD1-score15 = 83
RD1-seed16 = 11
RD1-team16 = cbb link|year=2007-08|team=Northern Illinois Huskies|school=Northern Illinois University|title=Northern Illinois
RD1-score16 = 71
RD2-seed01 = 1
RD2-team01 = Kent State
RD2-score01 = 77
RD2-seed02 = 8
RD2-team02 = Toledo
RD2-score02 = 57
RD2-seed03 = 4
RD2-team03 = cbb link|year=2007-08|team=Ohio Bobcats|school=University of Ohio|title=Ohio
RD2-score03 = 61
RD2-seed04 = 5
RD2-team04 = Miami
RD2-score04 = 74
RD2-seed05 = 2
RD2-team05 = Western Michigan
RD2-score05 = 70
RD2-seed06 = 7
RD2-team06 = Eastern Michigan
RD2-score06 = 61
RD2-seed07 = 3
RD2-team07 = Akron
RD2-score07 = 81
RD2-seed08 = 6
RD2-team08 = Central Michigan
RD2-score08 = 60
RD3-seed01 = 1
RD3-team01 = Kent State
RD3-score01 =49
RD3-seed02 = 5
RD3-team02 = Miami
RD3-score02 =47
RD3-seed03 = 2
RD3-team03 = Western Michigan
RD3-score03 =62
RD3-seed04 = 3
RD3-team04 = Akron
RD3-score04 =73
RD4-seed01 =1
RD4-team01 =Kent State
RD4-score01 =74
RD4-seed02 =3
RD4-team02 =Akron
RD4-score02 =55

All-tournament team

*Al Fisher (Kent State)
*Haminn Quaintance (Kent State)
*Joe Reitz (Western Michigan)
*Mike Scott (Kent State)
*Jeremiah Wood (Akron)cite web |url= http://blog.cleveland.com/sports/2008/03/mac_insider_2.html|title= MAC insider|accessdate=2008-03-16 |author= Maxse, Joe|date= 2008-03-15|work= www.cleveland.com|publisher=The Plain Dealer/Cleveland.com]

ee also

* Mid-American Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

External links

* [http://mac-sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9400&ATCLID=1388631 MAC Tournament Central]

References