# 2005 MAC men's basketball tournament

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. In the NCAA Ohio lost in the first round to Florida. Leon Williams of Ohio was named the tournament MVP.

## Tournament
### Seeds

* Miami
* Toledo
* Western Michigan
* Ohio
* Kent State
* Akron
* Buffalo
* Bowling Green
* Ball State
* Northern Illinois
* Eastern Michigan
* Central Michigan
* Marshall

### Bracket

| First round March 7, 2005 | First round March 7, 2005 | First round March 7, 2005 | Quarterfinals March 10, 2005 | Quarterfinals March 10, 2005 | Quarterfinals March 10, 2005 | Semifinals March 11, 2005 | Semifinals March 11, 2005 | Semifinals March 11, 2005 | | Championship March 12, 2005 | Championship March 12, 2005 | Championship March 12, 2005 |
| | | | 1 | Miami (OH) | 85 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | Bowling Green | 65 | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Bowling Green | 75 | 8 | Bowling Green | 65 | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Ball State | 73 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Ball State | 73 | | | | 1 | Miami | 56 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Ohio | 63 | | | | |
| 4 | Ohio | 72 | | | | | | | 4 | Ohio | 63 | |
| 13 | Marshall | 66 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Marshall | 66 | 4 | Ohio | 62 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Kent State | 55 | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Kent State | 91 | 5 | Kent State | 55 | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Central Michigan | 60 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Central Michigan | 60 | | | | | | | | 4 | Ohio | 80 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Buffalo | 79$^{OT}$ |
| | | | 2 | Toledo | 72 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Buffalo | 85 | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Buffalo | 73 | 7 | Buffalo | 85 | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Northern Illinois | 66 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Northern Illinois | 66 | | | | 7 | Buffalo | 75 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | Western Michigan | 68 | | | | |
| | | | 3 | Western Michigan | 66 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Akron | 60$^{OT}$ | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Akron | 78 | 6 | Akron | 60$^{OT}$ | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Eastern Michigan | 66 | | | | | | | | | | |

### First round

| Team | 1st | 2nd | Final |
| Ohio | 33 | 39 | 72 |
| Marshall | 28 | 38 | 66 |
| Team | 1st | 2nd | Final |
| Kent State | 46 | 45 | 91 |
| Central Michigan | 26 | 34 | 60 |
| Team | 1st | 2nd | Final |
| Akron | 46 | 32 | 78 |
| Eastern Michigan | 33 | 33 | 66 |
| Team | 1st | 2nd | Final |
| Buffalo | 34 | 39 | 73 |
| Northern Illinois | 30 | 36 | 66 |
| Team | 1st | 2nd | Final |
| Bowling Green | 30 | 43 | 75 |
| Ball State | 45 | 30 | 73 |

### Quarterfinals

| Team | 1st | 2nd | Final |
| Buffalo | 45 | 40 | 85 |
| Toledo | 37 | 35 | 72 |
| Team | 1st | 2nd | OT | Final |
| Western Michigan | 31 | 27 | 8 | 66 |
| Akron | 37 | 21 | 2 | 60 |
| Team | 1st | 2nd | Final |
| Miami | 39 | 46 | 85 |
| Bowling Green | 29 | 36 | 65 |
| Team | 1st | 2nd | Final |
| Ohio | 23 | 39 | 62 |
| Kent State | 20 | 35 | 55 |

### Semifinals

| Team | 1st | 2nd | Final |
| Ohio | 26 | 37 | 63 |
| Miami | 24 | 32 | 56 |
| Team | 1st | 2nd | Final |
| Buffalo | 29 | 46 | 75 |
| Western Michigan | 37 | 31 | 68 |

### Finals

| Team | 1st | 2nd | OT | Final |
| Ohio | 33 | 37 | 10 | 80 |
| Buffalo | 43 | 27 | 9 | 79 |