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2006 MAC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2005–06
Teams12
SiteQuicken Loans Arena
Cleveland, Ohio
ChampionsKent State (4th title)
Winning coachJim Christian (2nd title)
MVPKevin Warzynski (Kent State)
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2005–06 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
Kent State † 15 – 3   .833 24 – 8   .750
Akron 14 – 4   .778 23 – 9   .719
Miami (OH) 14 – 4   .778 18 – 12   .600
Ohio 10 – 8   .556 19 – 11   .633
Buffalo 8 – 10   .444 19 – 13   .594
Bowling Green 5 – 13   .278 9 – 21   .300
West
Northern Illinois 12 – 6   .667 17 – 11   .607
Toledo 10 – 8   .556 20 – 10   .667
Western Michigan 10 – 8   .556 14 – 17   .452
Ball State 6 – 12   .333 10 – 18   .357
Eastern Michigan 3 – 15   .167 7 – 21   .250
Central Michigan 1 – 17   .056 4 – 24   .143
† 2006 MAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2006 MAC men's basketball tournament, a part of the 2005-06 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place from March 6–March 11, 2006 at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. The March 6 first-round games were held at the higher seeds home arenas. Its winner received the Mid-American Conference's automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA tournament. It is a single-elimination tournament with four rounds and the four highest seeds received byes in the first round. All MAC teams were invited to participate. Kent State, the MAC regular season winner, received the number one seed in the tournament. Kent State defeated seventh-seeded Toledo in the final.[1] In the NCAA tournament they lost in the first round to Pittsburgh.[2]

Tournament

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Seeds

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The top two seeds of the tournament were given to division winners. Since Kent State had a better record than Northern Illinois, they were given the #1 seed, and the Huskies were given the #2 seed. The remainder of the bracket was determined by overall record. For the #3 seed, Akron and Miami were tied with a 14–4 conference record. They had also split their two regular season matches.[3][4] The next tiebreaker is to determine the teams performance against ranked teams in order. Akron was able to win one game against the Golden Flashes[5] while Miami was unable to win one, so Akron was given the fourth seed and Miami was given the final bye in the tournament. The #5 seed was determined through a three-way tie between Ohio, Toledo, and Western Michigan. Ohio had won its matches against Western Michigan[6] and Toledo[7] so they were given the #5 seed. Since Toledo was able to defeat Kent State in the regular season and Western Michigan was not, they were given the #6 seed.[8] Buffalo was seven games behind Kent State and had earned the eighth seed. Ball State was the #9 seed and the final East Division team, Bowling Green was the #10 seed. The final two teams, Eastern Michigan and Central Michigan were given the eleventh and twelfth seeds, respectively.

Bracket

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First round
March 6, 2006 		Quarterfinals
March 9, 2006 		Semifinals
March 10, 2006 		Championship
March 11, 2006
            
1 Kent State 76
8 Buffalo 67
8 Buffalo 80
9 Ball State 72
1 Kent State 72
5 Ohio 59
4 Miami (OH) 58
5 Ohio 73
5 Ohio 82
12 Central Michigan 53
1 Kent State 71
7 Toledo 66
2 Northern Illinois 77
7 Toledo 78
7 Toledo 77
10 Bowling Green 52
7 Toledo 77
3 Akron 69
3 Akron 72
6 Western Michigan 57
6 Western Michigan 60
11 Eastern Michigan 55

First round

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Team[9] 1st 2nd Final
Central Michigan 50 32 82
Ohio 32 21 53
Team[10] 1st 2nd Final
Western Michigan 33 22 55
Eastern Michigan 25 35 60
Team[11] 1st 2nd Final
Toledo 34 43 77
Bowling Green 21 31 52
Team[12] 1st 2nd Final
Buffalo 44 36 80
Ball State 28 44 72

Quarterfinals

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Team[13] 1st 2nd Final
Toledo 39 39 78
Northern Illinois 23 54 77
Team[14] 1st 2nd Final
Akron 31 41 72
Western Michigan 28 29 57
Team[15] 1st 2nd Final
Kent State 35 41 76
Buffalo 27 40 67
Team[16] 1st 2nd Final
Ohio 40 33 73
Miami 32 26 58

Semi-finals

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Team[17] 1st 2nd Final
Kent State 33 39 72
Ohio 26 33 59
Team[18] 1st 2nd Final
Toledo 34 43 77
Akron 40 29 69

Finals

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Team[19] 1st 2nd Final
Kent State 32 39 71
Toledo 21 45 66

References

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  1. ^ "Warzynski nets 21 as Kent St. holds off Toledo to win MAC". ESPN. Archived from the original on May 24, 2022. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
  2. ^ "Gray, Ramon power Pitt to easy win over Kent State". ESPN.com. Retrieved May 24, 2022.[dead link]
  3. ^ "Miami (OH) RedHawks vs. Akron Zips - Box Score". ESPN. January 26, 2006. Retrieved November 21, 2009.
  4. ^ "Akron Zips vs. Miami (OH) RedHawks - Box Score". ESPN. February 22, 2006. Retrieved November 21, 2009.
  5. ^ "Kent State Golden Flashes vs. Akron Zips - Box Score". ESPN. March 4, 2006. Retrieved November 21, 2009.
  6. ^ "Ohio Bobcats vs. Western Michigan Broncos - Box Score". ESPN. February 12, 2006. Retrieved November 21, 2009.
  7. ^ "Ohio Bobcats vs. Toledo Rockets - Box Score". ESPN. January 21, 2006. Retrieved November 21, 2009.
  8. ^ "Toledo Rockets vs. Kent State Golden Flashes - Box Score". ESPN. February 7, 2006. Retrieved February 2, 2016.[dead link]
  9. ^ "Central Michigan Chippewas vs. Ohio Bobcats - Box Score". ESPN. March 6, 2006. Retrieved November 21, 2009.
  10. ^ "Eastern Michigan Eagles vs. Western Michigan Broncos - Box Score". ESPN. March 6, 2006. Retrieved November 21, 2009.
  11. ^ "Bowling Green Falcons vs. Toledo Rockets - Box Score". ESPN. March 6, 2006. Retrieved November 21, 2009.
  12. ^ "Ball State Cardinals vs. Buffalo Bulls - Box Score". ESPN. March 6, 2006. Retrieved November 21, 2009.
  13. ^ "Toledo Rockets vs. Northern Illinois Huskies - Box Score". ESPN. March 9, 2006. Retrieved November 21, 2009.
  14. ^ "Western Michigan Broncos vs. Akron Zips - Box Score". ESPN. March 9, 2006. Retrieved November 21, 2009.
  15. ^ "Buffalo Bulls vs. Kent State Golden Flashes - Box Score". ESPN. March 9, 2006. Retrieved November 21, 2009.
  16. ^ "Ohio Bobcats vs. Miami (OH) RedHawks - Box Score". ESPN. March 9, 2006. Retrieved November 21, 2009.
  17. ^ "Ohio Bobcats vs. Kent State Golden Flashes - Box Score". ESPN. March 10, 2006. Retrieved November 21, 2009.
  18. ^ "Toledo Rockets vs. Akron Zips - Box Score". ESPN. March 10, 2006. Retrieved November 21, 2009.
  19. ^ "Toledo Rockets vs. Kent State Golden Flashes - Box Score". ESPN. March 11, 2006. Retrieved November 21, 2009.
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