2020 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament


The 2020 Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament was the post-season men's basketball tournament for the Mid-American Conference. The tournament's first-round games were held on campus sites at the higher seed on March 9. The remaining rounds were to be held at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland on March 12, 13, and 14, 2020 and the champion was to receive the MAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Just prior to the scheduled game on March 12 between top-seeded Akron and eighth-seeded Ohio, the conference announced that the remainder of the tournament, and the remaining women's tournament games, were canceled in response to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.

Seeds

All 12 MAC teams participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top four teams received a bye to quarterfinals.
SeedSchoolConference
record
DivisionTiebreaker
1Akron14–4East
2Bowling Green12–6East
3Ball State11–7West3–1 vs. tied teams
4Northern Illinois11–7WestNo. 1: 1–2 vs. tied teams
No. 2: 1–0 vs. UB
5Buffalo11–7EastNo. 1: 1–2 vs. tied teams
No. 2: 0–1 vs. NIU
6Kent State9–9East
7Toledo8–10West1–0 vs. Ohio
8Ohio8–10East0–1 vs. Toledo
9Central Michigan7–11West
10Western Michigan6–12WestNo. 1: 1–1 vs. EMU
No. 2: 0–2 vs. No. 1 Akron
No. 3: 0–1 vs. No. 2 BGSU
No. 4: 1–1 vs. No. 3 BSU
11Eastern Michigan6–12WestNo. 1: 1–1 vs. WMU
No. 2: 0–2 vs. No. 1 Akron
No. 3: 0–1 vs. No. 2 BGSU
No. 4: 0–2 vs. No. 3 BSU
12Miami 5–13East

Schedule

Bracket

* denotes overtime period