2024 MAC men's basketball tournament scores, schedule, bracket, TV, livestream info
The Mid-American Conference Men's Basketball Tournament tipped off Thursday at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland. The winner claims the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament and will find itself somewhere on the bracket Sunday evening. Kent State won last year's MAC Tournament, with Akron winning the 2022 title. They meet in this year's title game.
Here's what you need to know about this year's tournament:
2024 MAC tournament schedule, scores
Quarterfinals | Thursday, March 14
- Game 1: No. 8 Kent State 67, No. 1 Toledo 59 | Story | Column | Game blog
- Game 2: No. 5 Bowling Green 66, No. 4 Central Michigan 56
- Game 3: No. 2 Akron 75, No. 7 Miami (Ohio) 63 | Story | Column | Game blog
- Game 4: No. 3 Ohio 82, No. 6 Western Michigan 55
Semifinals | Friday, March 15
- Game 5: No. 8 Kent State 73, No. 5 Bowling Green 60 | Story | Column | Game blog
- Game 6: No. 2 Akron 65, No. 3 Ohio 62 | Story | Column | Game blog
Final | Saturday, March 16
- Game 7: No. 8 Kent State 61, No. 2 Akron 62 | Game blog
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Who was the top seed in the MAC men's basketball tournament?
Toledo (20-11, 14-4) enters the tournament as the No. 1 seed for the second straight year. But unlike last season, when the Rockets were dominant much of the season in going 16-2 in league play, this year's team had to rally to claim the regular-season title. The Rockets won their final three league games to pass Akron (21-10, 13-5) in the standings, as the Zips lost their final two MAC games. Akron and Toledo split their two regular-season meetings, each winning on their own home floor. Toledo, though, is not the hottest team entering the tournament. That would be Ohio (19-12, 13-5), as the Bobcats had won six straight coming in Thursday.
What were the final 2023-24 MAC men's basketball standings
| SCHOOL | CONFERENCE | OVERALL | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | STREAK | |
| Toledo | 14 | 4 | 0.778 | 20 | 11 | 0.645 | Won 3 |
| Akron | 13 | 5 | 0.722 | 21 | 10 | 0.677 | Lost 2 |
| Ohio | 13 | 5 | 0.722 | 19 | 12 | 0.613 | Won 6 |
| Central Mich. | 12 | 6 | 0.667 | 18 | 13 | 0.581 | Won 2 |
| Bowling Green | 10 | 8 | 0.556 | 19 | 12 | 0.613 | Won 2 |
| Miami (OH) | 9 | 9 | 0.500 | 15 | 16 | 0.484 | Lost 2 |
| Western Mich. | 9 | 9 | 0.500 | 12 | 19 | 0.387 | Won 1 |
| Kent St. | 8 | 10 | 0.444 | 15 | 16 | 0.484 | Lost 2 |
| Ball St. | 7 | 11 | 0.389 | 15 | 16 | 0.484 | Lost 1 |
| Eastern Mich. | 6 | 12 | 0.333 | 13 | 18 | 0.419 | Lost 1 |
| NIU | 5 | 13 | 0.278 | 11 | 20 | 0.355 | Won 1 |
| Buffalo | 2 | 16 | 0.111 | 4 | 27 | 0.129 | Lost 5 |
2024 MAC tournament bracket
How to watch the MAC Men's Basketball Tournament on TV, streaming
- All the first-round games in the tournament Thursday can be streamed with an ESPN+ subscription.
- Both of Friday's semifinals will be available to watch live on CBS Sports Network.
- The MAC championship game is on ESPN2 Saturday, March 16, at 7:30 p.m. ET.
