2000 MAC men's basketball tournament

2000 MAC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1999–00
Teams	13
Site	Gund Arena Cleveland, Ohio
Champions	Ball State (7th title)
Winning coach	Ray McCallum (2nd title)
MVP	Duane Clemens (Ball State)
MAC men's basketball tournaments

The 2000 MAC men's basketball tournament, a part of the 1999–2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place at Gund Arena in Cleveland to determine the Mid-American Conference's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA tournament. The 2000 tournament was the first MAC Tournament to be held in Cleveland after a four-year stint in Toledo, Ohio, and also marked the first year all conference members were invited to participate after having previously limited participation to the top eight teams in the conference standings. It was a single-elimination tournament with four rounds and the three highest seeds received first-round byes. Bowling Green, the MAC regular season winner, received the number one seed in the tournament. MAC West Division champion Ball State won the tournament, their 7th conference tournament title and first since 1995.

1999–2000 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
East
Bowling Green	14	–	4		.778			22	–	8		.733
Kent State	13	–	5		.722			23	–	8		.742
Akron	11	–	7		.611			17	–	11		.607
Marshall	11	–	7		.611			21	–	9		.700
Ohio	11	–	7		.611			20	–	13		.606
Miami	8	–	10		.444			15	–	15		.500
Buffalo	3	–	15		.167			5	–	23		.179
West
Ball State†	11	–	7		.611			22	–	9		.710
Toledo	11	–	7		.611			18	–	13		.581
Eastern Michigan	9	–	9		.500			15	–	13		.536
Northern Illinois	7	–	11		.389			13	–	15		.464
Western Michigan	6	–	12		.333			10	–	18		.357
Central Michigan	2	–	16		.111			6	–	23		.207
† 2000 MAC tournament winner As of Rankings from AP Poll

Tournament

Seeds

1. Bowling Green
2. Ball State
3. Kent State
4. Akron
5. Marshall
6. Ohio
7. Toledo
8. Eastern Michigan
9. Miami
10. Northern Illinois
11. Western Michigan
12. Buffalo
13. Central Michigan

Bracket

	First round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Championship
						1	Bowling Green	56
						9	Miami (OH)	58*
	8	Eastern Michigan	51
	9	Miami (OH)	64
											9	Miami (OH)	69
											5	Marshall	63
	4	Akron	73
	13	Central Michigan	75
						13	Central Michigan	56
						5	Marshall	58
	5	Marshall	83
	12	Buffalo	66
																9	Miami (OH)	58
																2	Ball State	61
						2	Ball State	64
						7	Toledo	63
	7	Toledo	68**
	10	Northern Illinois	64
											2	Ball State	70
											6	Ohio	67
						3	Kent State	68
						6	Ohio	69
	6	Ohio	77
	11	Western Michigan	52

* – Denotes overtime period