2005 MAC men's basketball tournament

2005 MAC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2004–05
Teams13
SiteGund Arena
Cleveland, Ohio
ChampionsOhio (4th title)
Winning coachTim O'Shea (1st title)
MVPLeon Williams (Ohio)
MAC men's basketball tournaments
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2004–05 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
Miami (OH) 12 6   .667 19 11   .633
Buffalo 11 7   .611 23 10   .697
Ohio 11 7   .611 21 11   .656
Akron 11 7   .611 19 10   .655
Kent State 11 7   .611 20 13   .606
Marshall 3 15   .167 6 22   .214
West
Western Michigan 11 7   .611 20 13   .606
Toledo 11 7   .611 16 13   .552
Bowling Green 10 8   .556 18 11   .621
Ball State 10 8   .556 15 13   .536
Northern Illinois 7 11   .389 11 17   .393
Eastern Michigan 5 13   .278 12 18   .400
Central Michigan 4 14   .222 10 18   .357
2005 MAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2005 MAC men's basketball tournament, a part of the 2004-05 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place from March 7–12 at Gund Arena in Cleveland. Its winner received the Mid-American Conference's automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA tournament. It is a single-elimination tournament with four rounds and the three highest seeds received byes in the first round. All MAC teams were invited to participate. Miami, the MAC regular season winner, received the number one seed in the tournament. Fourth-seeded Ohio beat Miami in the semi-finals and defeated second-seeded Buffalo in overtime in the final.[1][2] In the NCAA Ohio lost in the first round to Florida.[3] Leon Williams of Ohio was named the tournament MVP. [4]

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