2011 MAC men's basketball tournament

none August 2023 March 2026 2011 MAC I Men's 2011 MAC Tournament Logo.PNG 200px 2011 MAC Tournament logo 12 Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, Ohio Akron Zips 2nd Keith Dambrot 2nd Zeke Marshall Akron SportsTime Ohio and ESPN2 The 2011 Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament was the post-season men's basketball tournament for the Mid-American Conference (MAC) 2010–11 season. Sixth-seeded Akron defeated Kent State in the MAC tournament final in overtime and represented the MAC in the NCAA tournament where they lost in the first round to Notre Dame.Notre Dame holds off Akron, advances to round of 32 http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=310770087 https://web.archive.org/web/20160306130545/http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=310770087 dead March 6, 2016 ESPN.com June 24, 2014 Format Each of the 12 men's basketball teams in the MAC receives a berth in the conference tournament. Teams are seeded by conference record with the following two-team tiebreakers:http://mac-sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9400&ATCLID=3651224 Men's and Women's Tiebreaker Procedures - MAC-Sports.com Official Web Site of the Mid-American Conference 2011-03-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20110714011822/http://mac-sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9400&ATCLID=3651224 2011-07-14 dead Head-to-head competition Division record (10 games) Winning percentage vs. ranked conference teams (top to bottom, regardless of division, vs. common opponents regardless of the number of times played) Coin flip For multiple team ties: Total won-lost record of games played among the tied teams Two-team tie-breaker procedure goes into effect Once a three-team tie has been reduced to two teams, the two-team tiebreaker will go into effect. The top four seeds received byes into the quarterfinals. The winners of each division were awarded the #1 and #2 seeds. The team with the best record of the two received the #1 seed. First round games were played on campus sites at the higher seed. The remaining rounds were held at Quicken Loans Arena. Bracket First roundCampus sitesMarch 8 QuarterfinalsQuicken Loans ArenaMarch 10 SemifinalsQuicken Loans ArenaMarch 11 Championship gameQuicken Loans ArenaMarch 12 high 8 Buffalo 64 9 2010 Central Michigan Chippewas Central Michigan 50 5 Ohio 74 12 2010 Toledo Rockets Toledo 57 7 2010 Bowling Green Falcons Bowling Green 74 10 Northern Illinois 54 6 Akron 67 11 Eastern Michigan 53 1 Kent State 73 8 Buffalo 62 4 Ball State 76* 5 Ohio 73 2 Western Michigan 67 7 Bowling Green 56 3 Miami (OH) 75 6 Akron 82** 1 Kent State 79 4 Ball State 68 2 Western Michigan 68 6 Akron 79 1 Kent State 65 6 Akron 66* Asterisk denotes game ended in overtime. Tiebreakers Seed Team Record Tiebreaker #1 1 Kent State 12–4 – 2 Western Michigan 11–5 Division champ 3 Miami 11–5 – 4 Ball State 10–6 – 5 Ohio 9–7 2–0 head-to-head 6 Akron 9–7 0–2 head-to-head 7 Bowling Green 8–8 2–0 head-to-head 8 Buffalo 8–8 0–2 head-to-head 9 Central Michigan 7–9 – 10 Northern Illinois 5–11 2–0 head-to-head 11 Eastern Michigan 5–11 0–2 head-to-head 12 Toledo 1–15 – Championship game In the championship game, Akron defeated Kent State 66–65. Senior Brett McKnight led Akron with 15 points and scored the final two points of the game, hitting two free throws to put his team up by one. With 12 seconds to go in the overtime period, Kent State had the ball and a chance to win, but Zeke Marshall blocked Kent State's first attempt and the second attempt was deflected. As Akron celebrated after the final buzzer, one of the Kent State players, who had laid down on the court in disappointment, was accidentally stepped on by the jumping mob of Akron players, and a slight skirmish broke out after his teammates came to his defense.Game recap The Akron Zips advanced to their third NCAA Tournament of the Division I era. They would go on to lose to Notre Dame in their first game. All-Tournament Team Tournament MVP – Zeke Marshall, Akronhttps://getsomemaction.com/news/2011/3/13/MBB_132657.aspx AKRON STUNS KENT STATE, RETURNS TO NCAA TOURNAMENT Mid-American Conference June 5, 2022 Player TeamJarrod JonesBall StateMichael PorriniKent StateJustin GreeneKent StateBrett McKnightAkronZeke MarshallAkron References 2011 Tournament Category:2011 in sports in Ohio Category:March 2011 sports events in the United States Category:Basketball competitions in Cleveland Category:College basketball tournaments in Ohio Category:2011 in Cleveland