2020–21 Mid-American Conference men's basketball season

2020–21 Mid-American Conference men's basketball season
2020–21 Mid-American Conference men's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	12
Regular season
Champions	Toledo
Season MVP	Marreon Jackson
Tournament
Champions	Ohio
Runners-up	Buffalo
Finals MVP	Jason Preston
Mid-American men's basketball seasons
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2020–21 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Toledo	15	–	4	.789	21	–	9	.700
Buffalo	12	–	5	.706	16	–	9	.640
Akron	12	–	6	.667	15	–	8	.652
Kent State	12	–	6	.667	15	–	8	.652
Ohio †	9	–	5	.643	17	–	8	.680
Bowling Green	10	–	8	.556	14	–	12	.538
Miami (OH)	9	–	8	.529	12	–	11	.522
Ball State	8	–	9	.471	10	–	13	.435
Western Michigan	4	–	12	.250	5	–	16	.238
Eastern Michigan	3	–	11	.214	6	–	12	.333
Central Michigan	3	–	13	.188	7	–	16	.304
Northern Illinois	2	–	12	.143	3	–	16	.158

† 2021 MAC tournament winner

The 2020–21 Mid-American Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2020, followed by the start of the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began in January 2021 and concluded in March 2021. In a season limited due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Toledo won the regular season title with a conference record of 15-4. Ohio won the MAC tournament and represented the MAC in the NCAA tournament where they defeated No. 4-seeded Virginia in the first round^[1] before falling to No. 5-seeded Creighton in the second round.^[2] Toledo went to the NIT where they lost to Richmond in the first round.^[3]

Preseason awards

The preseason coaches' poll and league awards were announced by the league office on November 19, 2020.^[4]

Preseason men's basketball coaches poll

(First place votes in parentheses)

MAC tournament champions: Bowling Green (4), Akron (2), Ball State (1), Buffalo (1), Eastern Michigan (1), Kent State (1), Miami (1), Toledo (1)

Honors

Honor	Recipient
Preseason All-MAC First Team	Loren Cristian Jackson, Akron
	Justin Turner, Bowling Green
	Jayvon Graves, Buffalo
	Jason Preston, Ohio
	Marreon Jackson, Toledo
Preseason All-MAC Second Team	Ishmael El-Amin, Ball State
	Daeqwon Plowden, Bowling Green
	Josh Mballa, Buffalo
	Danny Pippen, Kent State
	Ben Vander Plas, Ohio

Conference matrix

	Akron	Ball State	Bowling Green	Buffalo	Central Michigan	Eastern Michigan	Kent State	Miami (OH)	Northern Illinois	Ohio	Toledo	Western Michigan
vs. Akron	–	0−2	1−1	1−0	0−1	1−1	0−2	0−1	1−1	1–1	1−1	0–1
vs. Ball State	2–0	–	1–1	2–0	0−1	0−1	0−1	1−0	0−2	2–0	1−1	0–1
vs. Bowling Green	1–1	1–1	–	0–2	0−2	0−1	2−0	2−0	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–1
vs. Buffalo	0–1	0–2	2–0	–	0−1	0−1	1−1	0–2	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–1
vs. Central Michigan	1–0	1−0	2−0	1−0	–	0–2	2–0	1−0	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–0
vs. Eastern Michigan	1–1	1−0	1−0	1−0	2–0	–	1−0	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	0–1
vs. Kent State	2–0	1−0	0−2	1−1	0–2	0−1	–	0–2	0−1	0–1	2–0	0–2
vs. Miami (OH)	1–0	0–1	0−2	2–0	0−1	0–1	2–0	–	0–2	1–0	2−0	0–2
vs. Northern Illinois	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	1−0	2–0	–	1–0	1–0	1–0
vs. Ohio	1−1	0−2	1−0	1–1	0–1	0–1	1−0	0−1	0−1	–	1–0	0–1
vs. Toledo	1–1	1–1	1–1	0−1	1−1	0–2	0–2	0−2	0−1	0–1	−	0–2
vs. Western Michigan	1–0	1–0	1–1	1−0	0−2	1–0	2–0	2−0	0−1	1–0	2–0	-
Total	12–6	8–9	10–8	12–5	3–13	3–11	12–6	9–8	2–12	9–5	15–4	4–12

All-MAC awards

Mid-American men's basketball weekly awards

^[5]

Week	Player(s) of the Week	School
Nov 30	Jason Preston	Ohio
Dec 7	Justin Turner	Bowling Green
Dec 14	Danny Pippen	Kent State
Dec 21	Marreon Jackson	Toledo
Dec 28	Loren Cristian Jackson	Akron
Jan 4	Loren Cristian Jackson	Akron
Jan 11	Josh Mballa	Buffalo
Jan 18	Danny Pippen	Kent State
Jan 25	Dae Dae Grant	Miami
Feb 1	Danny Pippen	Kent State
Feb 8	Greg Lee	Western Michigan
Feb 15	Daeqwon Plowden	Bowling Green
Feb 22	Marreon Jackson	Toledo
Mar 1	Jarron Coleman	Ball State
Mar 8	Jayvon Graves	Buffalo

Postseason

Mid–American tournament

NCAA tournament

Postseason awards

^[6]

Coach of the Year: Tod Kowalczyk, Toledo
Player of the Year: Marreon Jackson, Toledo
Freshman of the Year: Ryan Rollins, Toledo
Defensive Player of the Year: Josh Mballa, Buffalo
Sixth Man of the Year: Trey Diggs, Bowling Green

Honors

Honor	Recipient
Postseason All-MAC First Team	Loren Cristian Jackson, Akron
	Justin Turner, Bowling Green
	Danny Pippen, Kent State
	Jason Preston, Ohio
	Marreon Jackson, Toledo
Postseason All-MAC Second Team	Ishmael El-Amin, Ball State
	Josh Mballa, Buffalo
	Jeenathan Williams, Buffalo
	Jayvon Graves, Buffalo
	Spencer Littleson, Toledo
Postseason All-MAC Third Team	Daeqwon Plowden, Bowling Green
	Michael Nuga, Kent State
	Dae Dae Grant, Miami
	Ben Vander Plas, Ohio
	Dwight Wilson III, Ohio
All-MAC Freshman Team	Josiah Fulcher, Bowling Green
	Kaden Matheny, Bowling Green
	Aundre Polk, Central Michigan
	Mark Sears, Ohio
	Ryan Rollins, Toledo
All-MAC Defensive Team	Enrique Freeman, Akron
	Josh Mballa, Buffalo
	Malique Jacobs, Kent State
	Lunden McDay, Ohio
	Spencer Littleson, Toledo

References

^ "Ohio vs. Virginia - Game Recap - March 20, 2021 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 25, 2021.
^ "Ohio vs. Creighton - Game Recap - March 22, 2021 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 25, 2021.
^ "Toledo vs. Richmond - Game Recap - March 17, 2021 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
^ "Men's Basketball Preseason Coaches Poll & All-MAC Teams Announced" getsomemaction.com. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
^ "Men's Basketball Players of the Week".
^ "2020-21 Men's Basketball Postseason Awards Announced".

[1] "Ohio vs. Virginia - Game Recap - March 20, 2021 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 25, 2021.

[2] "Ohio vs. Creighton - Game Recap - March 22, 2021 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 25, 2021.

[3] "Toledo vs. Richmond - Game Recap - March 17, 2021 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 2, 2021.

[4] "Men's Basketball Preseason Coaches Poll & All-MAC Teams Announced" getsomemaction.com. Retrieved 2020-01-24.

[5] "Men's Basketball Players of the Week".

[6] "2020-21 Men's Basketball Postseason Awards Announced".

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Championships & awards	MAC tournament Regular season champions Player of the Year
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Preseason awards

Preseason men's basketball coaches poll

Honors

Conference matrix

All-MAC awards

Mid-American men's basketball weekly awards

Postseason

Mid–American tournament

NCAA tournament

Postseason awards

Honors

See also

References