# 2010 MAC men's basketball tournament

The 2010 Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament was the post-season men's basketball tournament for the Mid-American Conference (MAC) 2009–2010 season. Ninth-seeded Ohio won the tournament received the MAC's automatic bid into the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship tournament. There they defeated Georgetown 97–83 before losing to Tennessee in the second round. Armon Bassett of Ohio was named the tournament MVP.

## Format

Each of the 12 men's basketball teams in the MAC receives a berth in the conference tournament. Teams are seeded by conference record with the following tie-breakers:
* Head-to-head competition
* Winning percentage vs. ranked conference teams (top to bottom, regardless of division, vs. common opponents regardless of the number of times played)
* Coin flip
The top four seeds received byes into the quarterfinals. The winners of each division were awarded the #1 and #2 seeds. The team with the best record of the two received the #1 seed. First round games were played on campus sites at the higher seed. The remaining rounds were held at Quicken Loans Arena.

## Bracket

| First round Sunday, March 7 | First round Sunday, March 7 | First round Sunday, March 7 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 11 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 11 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 11 | Semifinals Friday, March 12 | Semifinals Friday, March 12 | Semifinals Friday, March 12 | Final Saturday, March 13 | Final Saturday, March 13 | Final Saturday, March 13 |
| | | | 1 | Kent State | 64 | | | | | | |
| | | | 9 | Ohio | 81 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Ball State | 77 | 9 | Ohio | 81 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Ohio | 85* | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Ohio | 85* | | | | 9 | Ohio | 54 | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Miami | 42 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Miami | 73 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Buffalo | 59 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Buffalo | 72 | 5 | Buffalo | 59 | | | | | | |
| 12 | Toledo | 54 | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Toledo | 54 | | | | | | | 9 | Ohio | 81* |
| | | | | | | | | | 3 | Akron | 75 |
| | | | 2 | Central Michigan | 60 | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Western Michigan | 69 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Western Michigan | 75 | 7 | Western Michigan | 69 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Bowling Green | 73 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Bowling Green | 73 | | | | 7 | Western Michigan | 64 | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | Akron | 66 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Akron | 97** | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Eastern Michigan | 89 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Eastern Michigan | 65 | 6 | Eastern Michigan | 89 | | | | | | |
| 11 | Northern Illinois | 59 | | | | | | | | | |
* Overtime

### Tiebreakers

| Seed | Team | Record | Tiebreaker #1 | Tiebreaker #2 | Tiebreaker #3 |
| 1 | Kent State | 13–3 | – | – | – |
| 2 | Central Michigan | 9–7 | Division champ | – | – |
| 3 | Akron | 12–4 | – | – | – |
| 4 | Miami | 9–7 | 1–1 head-to-head | 1–1 vs. #1 KSU | 1–1 vs. #2 Akron |
| 5 | Buffalo | 9–7 | 1–1 head-to-head | 1–1 vs. #1 KSU | 0–2 vs. #2 Akron |
| 6 | Eastern Michigan | 8–8 | 3–1 head-to-head | – | – |
| 7 | Western Michigan | 8–8 | 2–2 head-to-head | – | – |
| 8 | Ball State | 8–8 | 1–3 head-to-head | – | – |
| 9 | Ohio | 7–9 | – | – | – |
| 10 | Bowling Green | 6–10 | 1–0 head-to-head | – | – |
| 11 | Northern Illinois | 6–10 | 0–1 head-to-head | – | – |
| 12 | Toledo | 1–15 | – | – | – |

## All-tournament team

* Armon Bassett, Ohio (MVP)
* Jimmy Conyers, Akron
* David Kool, WMU
* Carlos Medlock, EMU
* Chris McKnight, Akron