2019 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament


The 2019 Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Mid-American Conference. Tournament first-round games were held on campus sites at the higher seed on March 11. The remaining rounds were held at Quicken Loans Arena, now known as Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, in Cleveland, Ohio March 14–16, 2019. Buffalo defeated Bowling Green in the championship game to become the 2019 MAC tournament champions, and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Tournament.

Seeds

All 12 MAC teams participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top four teams received a bye to the quarterfinals.
SeedSchoolConference
record
DivisionTiebreaker
1Buffalo16–2East
2Toledo13–5West
3Bowling Green12–6East
4Kent State11–7East
5Central Michigan10–8West
6Eastern Michigan9–9West
7Northern Illinois8–10WestNo. 1: 1–1 vs. Akron
No. 2: 1–0 vs. No. 1 UB
8Akron8–10EastNo. 1: 1–1 vs. NIU
No. 2: 0–2 vs. No. 1 UB
9Miami 7–11East
10Ohio6–12East2–0 vs. BSU
11Ball State6–12West0–2 vs. Ohio
12Western Michigan2–16West

Schedule

Bracket

* denotes overtime period