# 2023 MAC men's basketball tournament

The 2023 Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Mid-American Conference (MAC) held March 9–11, 2023. The entire tournament was played at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, Ohio. Kent State defeated Toledo in the final to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA tournament. Sincere Carry was the MVP.

## Format

As with the 2021, and 2022 tournament, only the top eight teams qualified. The winner of the tournament received the MAC's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA tournament.

## Venue

The 2023 MAC tournament was held at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse for the 24th consecutive season. The venue, located in downtown Cleveland at One Center Court, is the home of the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and has a seating capacity for basketball of 19,432.

## Seeds

Eight out of the 12 MAC teams qualified for the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
| Seed | School | Conference record | Tiebreaker |
| 1 | Toledo | 16–2 | |
| 2 | Kent State | 15–3 | |
| 3 | Akron | 13–5 | |
| 4 | Ball State | 11–7 | |
| 5 | Ohio | 10–8 | |
| 6 | Buffalo | 9–9 | 2–0 vs. Northern Illinois |
| 7 | Northern Illinois | 9–9 | 0–2 vs. Buffalo |
| 8 | Miami | 6–12 | |
| DNQ | Bowling Green | 5–13 | 3–1 vs Eastern Michigan & Central Michigan |
| DNQ | Eastern Michigan | 5–13 | 1–2 vs Bowling Green & Central Michigan; 1–0 vs. Central Michigan |
| DNQ | Central Michigan | 5–13 | 1–2 vs Bowling Green & Eastern Michigan; 0–1 vs. Eastern Michigan |
| DNQ | Western Michigan | 4–14 | |

## Schedule

| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup | Score | Attendance | Television |
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 9 – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland, OH |||||||
| 1 | 1 | 11:00 am | No. 1 Toledo vs No. 8 Miami | 91–75 | 3,852 | ESPN+ |
| 1 | 2 | 1:30 p.m. | No. 4 Ball State vs No. 5 Ohio | 70–90 | 3,852 | ESPN+ |
| 1 | 3 | 4:00 p.m. | No. 2 Kent State vs No. 7 Northern Illinois | 76–57 | 3,852 | ESPN+ |
| 1 | 4 | 6:30 pm | No. 3 Akron vs No. 6 Buffalo | 101–77 | 3,852 | ESPN+ |
| Semifinals – Friday, March 10 – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland, OH |||||||
| 2 | 5 | 5:00 pm | No. 1 Toledo vs No. 5 Ohio | 82–75 | 9,295 | CBSSN |
| 2 | 6 | 7:30 pm | No. 2 Kent State vs No. 3 Akron | 79–73 | 9,295 | CBSSN |
| Championship – Saturday, March 11 – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland, OH |||||||
| 3 | 7 | 7:30 pm | No. 1 Toledo vs No. 2 Kent State | 78–93 | 8,375 | ESPN2 |
| *Game times in ET.-Rankings denote tournament seeding. |||||||
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## Bracket

| Quarterfinals Thursday, March 9, 2023 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 9, 2023 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 9, 2023 | Semifinals Friday, March 10, 2023 | Semifinals Friday, March 10, 2023 | Semifinals Friday, March 10, 2023 | Championship Saturday, March 11, 2023 | Championship Saturday, March 11, 2023 | Championship Saturday, March 11, 2023 |
| 1 | Toledo | 91 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Miami (OH) | 75 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Miami (OH) | 75 | 1 | Toledo | 82 | | | |
| | | | 5 | Ohio | 75 | | | |
| 4 | Ball State | 70 | 5 | Ohio | 75 | | | |
| 5 | Ohio | 90 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Ohio | 90 | | | | 1 | Toledo | 78 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Kent State | 93 |
| 2 | Kent State | 76 | | | | | | | 2 | Kent State | 93 |
| 7 | Northern Illinois | 57 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Northern Illinois | 57 | 2 | Kent State | 79 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Akron | 73 | | | |
| 3 | Akron | 101 | 3 | Akron | 73 | | | |
| 6 | Buffalo | 77 | | | | | | |

## All-Tournament Team

Tournament MVP – Sincere Carry
| Player | Team |
| Sincere Carry | Kent State |
| Malique Jacobs | Kent State |
| RayJ Dennis | Toledo |
| Setric Millner Jr. | Toledo |
| Xavier Castaneda | Akron |
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