2012 MAC men's basketball tournament
2012 MAC men's basketball tournament | |
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Classification | Division I |
Season | 2011–12 |
Teams | 12 |
Site | Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, Ohio |
Champions | Ohio Bobcats (6th title) |
Winning coach | John Groce (2nd title) |
MVP | D. J. Cooper (Ohio) |
Attendance | 10,301 |
Television | SportsTime Ohio and ESPN2 |
MAC men's basketball tournaments |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Akron | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 22 | – | 12 | .647 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Buffalo | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 20 | – | 11 | .645 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio† | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 29 | – | 8 | .784 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kent State | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 21 | – | 12 | .636 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling Green | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 16 | – | 16 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Miami | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 9 | – | 21 | .300 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Michigan | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 14 | – | 18 | .438 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Toledo | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 19 | – | 17 | .528 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Michigan | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 14 | – | 20 | .412 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ball State | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 15 | – | 15 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Central Michigan | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 11 | – | 21 | .344 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Illinois | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 5 | – | 26 | .161 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2012 MAC tournament winner As of March 23, 2012 Rankings from AP Poll |
The 2012 Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament is the post-season men's basketball tournament for the Mid-American Conference (MAC) 2011–12 college basketball season. Third-seeded Ohio won the tournament received the MAC's automatic bid into the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship tournament. There they defeated Michigan and South Florida before losing to North Carolina in overtime in the Sweet sixteen.[1][2][3] DJ Cooper of Ohio was named the tournament MVP.[4]
Format
[edit]The format for the conference tournament has been modified for this season.[5] The new format seeds the tournament by rewarding the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds with a bye into the semifinal round, while the No. 3 and No. 4 seeds will receive a bye to the quarterfinal round. Seeding will be determined by winning percentage in conference games, regardless of division. First round games will be played on campus sites at the higher seed. The remaining rounds will be held at Quicken Loans Arena.[6]
Seeds
[edit]Seed | Team | Record | Tiebreaker #1 | Tiebreaker #2[7] |
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1 | Akron | 13–3 | ||
2 | Buffalo | 12–4 | ||
3 | Ohio | 11–5 | ||
4 | Kent State | 10–6 | ||
5 | Eastern Michigan | 9–7 | 1–0 vs. BGSU | |
6 | Bowling Green | 9–7 | 0–1 vs. EMU | |
7 | Toledo | 7–9 | ||
8 | Western Michigan | 6–10 | 1–1 vs. BSU | Same record as BSU vs. teams ranked #1–7; 1–0 vs. #10 Miami |
9 | Ball State | 6–10 | 1–1 vs. WMU | Same record as WMU vs. teams ranked #1–7; 0–1 vs. #10 Miami |
10 | Miami | 5–11 | 1–0 vs. CMU | |
11 | Central Michigan | 5–11 | 0–1 vs. MIA | |
12 | Northern Illinois | 3–13 |
Bracket
[edit]First round Monday, March 5, 2012 | Second round Wednesday, March 7, 2012 STO | Quarterfinals Thursday, Match 8, 2012 STO | Semifinals Friday, March 9, 2012 STO | Championship Game Saturday, March 10, 2012 ESPN2 | |||||||||||||||||||
1 | Akron | 78 | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Northern Illinois | 55 | |||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Kent State | 76 | 4 | Kent State | 74 | ||||||||||||||||||
5 | Eastern Michigan | 52 | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Northern Illinois | 54 | 8 | Western Michigan | 72 | ||||||||||||||||||
8 | Western Michigan | 71 | 1 | Akron | 63 | ||||||||||||||||||
9 | Ball State | 63 | |||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Ohio | 64 | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Western Michigan | 69 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Buffalo | 74 | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Central Michigan | 54 | |||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Ohio | 65 | 3 | Ohio | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||
6 | Bowling Green | 53 | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Central Michigan | 72 | 7 | Toledo | 57 | ||||||||||||||||||
7 | Toledo | 75 | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Miami (OH) | 53 | |||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Toledo | 60 | |||||||||||||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
[edit]Tournament MVP – DJ Cooper, Ohio[8]
Player | Team |
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Justin Greene | Kent State |
Mitchell Watt | Buffalo |
Alex Abreu | Akron |
Nick Kellogg | Ohio |
DJ Cooper | Ohio |
References
[edit]- ^ "Ohio holds on to shock fourth-seeded Michigan". ESPN. Retrieved May 21, 2022.[dead link ]
- ^ "No. 13 Ohio tops 12-seed South Florida to reach Sweet 16". ESPN. Retrieved May 21, 2022.[dead link ]
- ^ "Ohio takes UNC to overtime before Tar Heels prevail". ESPN. Archived from the original on March 20, 2017. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
- ^ "Mid-American Conference men's basketball championship history". FOX News. February 13, 2020. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
- ^ "MAC Announces New Basketball Tournament Format". mac-sports.com. Mid American Conference. August 15, 2011. Archived from the original on April 7, 2012. Retrieved October 12, 2011.
- ^ "MAC Men's & Women's Basketball Tournament Format" (PDF). Mid American Conference. Retrieved October 12, 2011.
- ^ "MAC Basketball Tie-Breaker Information". mac-sports.com. Archived from the original on January 28, 2013. Retrieved March 4, 2012.
- ^ "OHIO CLAIMS MAC TOURNAMENT TITLE". Mid-American Conference. Retrieved June 5, 2022.