2000 MAC men's basketball tournament

2000 MAC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season1999–00
Teams13
SiteGund Arena
Cleveland, Ohio
ChampionsBall State (7th title)
Winning coachRay McCallum (2nd title)
MVPDuane Clemens (Ball State)
MAC men's basketball tournaments
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2001 →

The 2000 MAC men's basketball tournament, a part of the 1999–2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place at Gund Arena in Cleveland to determine the Mid-American Conference's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA tournament. The 2000 tournament was the first MAC Tournament to be held in Cleveland after a four-year stint in Toledo, Ohio, and also marked the first year all conference members were invited to participate after having previously limited participation to the top eight teams in the conference standings. It was a single-elimination tournament with four rounds and the three highest seeds received first-round byes. Bowling Green, the MAC regular season winner, received the number one seed in the tournament. MAC West Division champion Ball State won the tournament, their 7th conference tournament title and first since 1995.

1999–2000 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
Bowling Green 14 4   .778 22 8   .733
Kent State 13 5   .722 23 8   .742
Akron 11 7   .611 17 11   .607
Marshall 11 7   .611 21 9   .700
Ohio 11 7   .611 20 13   .606
Miami 8 10   .444 15 15   .500
Buffalo 3 15   .167 5 23   .179
West
Ball State 11 7   .611 22 9   .710
Toledo 11 7   .611 18 13   .581
Eastern Michigan 9 9   .500 15 13   .536
Northern Illinois 7 11   .389 13 15   .464
Western Michigan 6 12   .333 10 18   .357
Central Michigan 2 16   .111 6 23   .207
2000 MAC tournament winner
As of [1]
Rankings from AP Poll
  1. ^ "Year-By-Year Standings" (PDF). 2009-10 MAC Men’s Basketball Record Book. Mid-American Conference. November 11, 2009. pp. 75–78. Retrieved November 21, 2009.