2006 MAC men's basketball tournament

none August 2023 March 2026 2006 MAC Men's 12 Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, Ohio Kent State 4th Jim Christian 2nd Kevin Warzynski Kent State 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.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=260702309 https://web.archive.org/web/20220524233345/https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=260702309 dead May 24, 2022 Warzynski nets 21 as Kent St. holds off Toledo to win MAC ESPN en 2022-05-24 In the NCAA tournament they lost in the first round to Pittsburgh.Gray, Ramon power Pitt to easy win over Kent State https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=264000004 https://web.archive.org/web/20220524233344/https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=264000004 dead May 24, 2022 ESPN.com 2022-05-24 Tournament Seeds 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. 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 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 and Toledo 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. 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 First roundMarch 6, 2006 QuarterfinalsMarch 9, 2006 SemifinalsMarch 10, 2006 ChampionshipMarch 11, 2006 8 2005 men Buffalo Bulls University at Buffalo Buffalo 80 9 2005 men Ball State Cardinals Ball State University Ball State 72 5 Ohio 82 12 2005 men Central Michigan Chippewas Central Michigan University Central Michigan 53 7 2005 men Toledo Rockets University of Toledo Toledo 77 10 2005 men Bowling Green Falcons Bowling Green State University Bowling Green 52 6 2005 men Western Michigan Broncos Western Michigan University Western Michigan 60 11 Eastern Michigan 55 1 Kent State 76 8 Buffalo 67 4 2005 men Miami RedHawks Miami University Miami (OH) 58 5 Ohio 73 2 2005 men Northern Illinois Huskies Northern Illinois University Northern Illinois 77 7 Toledo 78 3 2005 men Akron Zips University of Akron Akron 72 6 Western Michigan 57 1 Kent State 72 5 Ohio 59 7 Toledo 77 3 Akron 69 1 Kent State 71 7 Toledo 66 First round Team 1st 2nd Final Central Michigan 50 32 82 Ohio 32 21 53 Team 1st 2nd Final Western Michigan 33 22 55 Eastern Michigan 25 35 60 Team 1st 2nd Final Toledo 34 43 77 Bowling Green 21 31 52 Team 1st 2nd Final Buffalo 44 36 80 Ball State 28 44 72 Quarterfinals Team 1st 2nd Final Toledo 39 39 78 Northern Illinois 23 54 77 Team 1st 2nd Final Akron 31 41 72 Western Michigan 28 29 57 Team 1st 2nd Final Kent State 35 41 76 Buffalo 27 40 67 Team 1st 2nd Final Ohio 40 33 73 Miami 32 26 58 Semi-finals Team 1st 2nd Final Kent State 33 39 72 Ohio 26 33 59 Team 1st 2nd Final Toledo 34 43 77 Akron 40 29 69 Finals Team 1st 2nd Final Kent State 32 39 71 Toledo 21 45 66 References 2 https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore?gameId=260650195 Central Michigan Chippewas vs. Ohio Bobcats - Box Score 2006-03-06 ESPN 2009-11-21 https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore?gameId=260652711 Eastern Michigan Eagles vs. Western Michigan Broncos - Box Score 2006-03-06 ESPN 2009-11-21 https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore?gameId=260652649 Bowling Green Falcons vs. Toledo Rockets - Box Score 2006-03-06 ESPN 2009-11-21 https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore?gameId=260652084 Ball State Cardinals vs. Buffalo Bulls - Box Score 2006-03-06 ESPN 2009-11-21 https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore?gameId=260682459 Toledo Rockets vs. Northern Illinois Huskies - Box Score 2006-03-09 ESPN 2009-11-21 https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore?gameId=260682006 Western Michigan Broncos vs. Akron Zips - Box Score 2006-03-09 ESPN 2009-11-21 https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore?gameId=260682309 Buffalo Bulls vs. Kent State Golden Flashes - Box Score 2006-03-09 ESPN 2009-11-21 https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore?gameId=260680193 Ohio Bobcats vs. Miami (OH) RedHawks - Box Score 2006-03-09 ESPN 2009-11-21 https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore?gameId=260692309 Ohio Bobcats vs. Kent State Golden Flashes - Box Score 2006-03-10 ESPN 2009-11-21 https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore?gameId=260692006 Toledo Rockets vs. Akron Zips - Box Score 2006-03-10 ESPN 2009-11-21 https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore?gameId=260702309 Toledo Rockets vs. Kent State Golden Flashes - Box Score 2006-03-11 ESPN 2009-11-21 https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore?gameId=260262006 Miami (OH) RedHawks vs. Akron Zips - Box Score 2006-01-26 ESPN 2009-11-21 https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore?gameId=260530193 Akron Zips vs. Miami (OH) RedHawks - Box Score 2006-02-22 ESPN 2009-11-21 https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore?gameId=260632006 Kent State Golden Flashes vs. Akron Zips - Box Score 2006-03-04 ESPN 2009-11-21 https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore?gameId=260432711 Ohio Bobcats vs. Western Michigan Broncos - Box Score 2006-02-12 ESPN 2009-11-21 https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore?gameId=260212649 Ohio Bobcats vs. Toledo Rockets - Box Score 2006-01-21 ESPN 2009-11-21 http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=260382649 Toledo Rockets vs. Kent State Golden Flashes - Box Score February 7, 2006 ESPN February 2, 2016July 2024 medicmedic Tournament Category:2006 in sports in Ohio Category:March 2006 sports events in the United States 2006 Category:Basketball competitions in Cleveland Category:College basketball tournaments in Ohio Category:2000s in Cleveland