1999 MAC men's basketball tournament

none August 2023 March 2026 1999 MAC Men's 8 SeaGate Centre Toledo, Ohio Kent State 1st Gary Waters 1st John Whorton Kent State The 1999 MAC men's basketball tournament, a part of the 1998–99 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place at SeaGate Centre in Toledo, Ohio. It was a single-elimination tournament with three rounds and included only the top eight conference teams. The quarterfinal round was held on the campus sites of the top four seeds, and the winners advanced to play the semifinal and final rounds in Toledo. It was the final Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament held in Toledo. Miami, the MAC regular season winner, received the number one seed in the tournament. Second-seeded Kent State won the tournament with a 49–43 win over Miami and received the Mid-American Conference's automatic bid to the 1999 NCAA tournament. It was Kent State's first MAC Tournament win and marked their first appearance in the NCAA Tournament. Miami was selected as an at-large entry for the NCAA Tournament. This would be the MAC's last at-large bid until the 2026 tournament. Tournament Seeds Miami Kent State Ohio Akron Bowling Green Toledo Marshall Ball State Bracket http://mac-sports.com/downloads1/360193.pdf MAC Tournament History 2009-11-11 2009-10 MAC Men’s Basketball Record Book Mid-American Conference 2009-12-14 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160303205424/http://mac-sports.com/downloads1/360193.pdf 2016-03-03 1 Miami 69 8 Ball State 43 4 Akron 74 5 Bowling Green 80 2 Kent State 79 7 Marshall 76 3 Ohio 70 6 Toledo 60 1 Miami 60* 5 Bowling Green 56 2 Kent State 68 3 Ohio 57 1 Miami 43 2 Kent State 49 * – Denotes overtime period References 1999 Tournament Category:1999 in sports in Ohio Category:March 1999 sports events in the United States Category:College basketball tournaments in Ohio Category:Sports competitions in Toledo, Ohio