2006 MAC men's basketball tournament

2006 MAC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2005–06
Teams12
SiteQuicken Loans Arena
Cleveland, Ohio
ChampionsKent State (4th title)
Winning coachJim Christian (2nd title)
MVPKevin Warzynski (Kent State)
MAC men's basketball tournaments
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2005–06 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
Kent State 15 3   .833 24 8   .750
Akron 14 4   .778 23 9   .719
Miami (OH) 14 4   .778 18 12   .600
Ohio 10 8   .556 19 11   .633
Buffalo 8 10   .444 19 13   .594
Bowling Green 5 13   .278 9 21   .300
West
Northern Illinois 12 6   .667 17 11   .607
Toledo 10 8   .556 20 10   .667
Western Michigan 10 8   .556 14 17   .452
Ball State 6 12   .333 10 18   .357
Eastern Michigan 3 15   .167 7 21   .250
Central Michigan 1 17   .056 4 24   .143
2006 MAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

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.[1] In the NCAA tournament they lost in the first round to Pittsburgh.[2]

  1. ^ "Warzynski nets 21 as Kent St. holds off Toledo to win MAC". ESPN. Archived from the original on May 24, 2022. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
  2. ^ "Gray, Ramon power Pitt to easy win over Kent State". ESPN.com. Retrieved May 24, 2022.[dead link]