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2008 MAC men's basketball tournament

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FieldValue
Year2008
ConferenceMAC
DivisionI
GenderMen's
ImageMac tourn logo.png
ImageSize200px
Caption2008 Tournament Logo
Teams12
ArenaQuicken Loans Arena
CityCleveland, Ohio
ChampionsKent State
TitleCount5th
CoachJim Christian
CoachCount2nd
MVPHaminn Quaintance
MVPTeamKent State
TopScorerMichael Bramos
TopScorerTeam
Points50
TelevisionFSN Ohio, ESPN2

The 2008 Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament was the post-season men's basketball tournament for the Mid-American Conference (MAC) 2007–2008 season. It was won by the #1 seed Kent State Golden Flashes, who defeated their arch-rival and #3 seed Akron Zips 74–55 in front of 12,942 fans. Kent State center Haminn Quaintance led all scorers with 16 points and was named the tournament MVP.

The basketball tournament took place March 12 through March 15 at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. 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.

Tiebreakers

  • Ohio received No. 4 seed based on 1–1 record vs. No. 1 Kent State; Miami was 0–2 vs. Kent State. Ohio and Miami split the season series 1–1.
  • Central Michigan received No. 6 seed based on 1–0 record vs. No. 3 Akron; EMU was 0–1 vs. Akron. CMU and EMU split the season series 1–1 and had the same record vs. No. 1 Kent State (0–1) and No. 2 WMU (1–1).

Bracket

Wednesday, March 12 Thursday, March 13 Friday, March 14 Saturday, March 15 | RD1-seed03 = 8 | RD1-team03 = | RD1-score03 = 52 | RD1-seed04 = 9 | RD1-team04 = Bowling Green | RD1-score04 = 48 | RD1-seed07 = 5 | RD1-team07 = | RD1-score07 = 69 | RD1-seed08 = 12 | RD1-team08 = Buffalo | RD1-score08 = 68 | RD1-seed11 = 7 | RD1-team11 = Eastern Michigan | RD1-score11 = 59 | RD1-seed12 = 10 | RD1-team12 = Ball State | RD1-score12 = 55 | RD1-seed15 = 6 | RD1-team15 = | RD1-score15 = 83 | RD1-seed16 = 11 | RD1-team16 = | 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 = Ohio | RD2-score03 = 61 | RD2-seed04 = 5 | RD2-team04 = Miami (OH) | 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 = | 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 (OH) | 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)

References

References

  1. Withers, Tom. (2008-03-15). "Kent State knocks off Akron". Associated Press/Akron Beacon-Journal.
  2. Kent State Athletic Communications. (2008-03-15). "Official Basketball Box Score Akron vs Kent State". Kent State University}}{{dead link.
  3. Maxse, Joe. (2008-03-15). "MAC insider". The Plain Dealer/Cleveland.com.
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