# 2020 MAC men's basketball tournament

The 2020 Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament was the post-season men's basketball tournament for the Mid-American Conference (MAC). The tournament's first-round games were held on campus sites at the higher seed on March 9. The remaining rounds were to be held at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland on March 12, 13, and 14, 2020 and the champion was to receive the MAC's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Just prior to the scheduled game on March 12 between top-seeded Akron and eighth-seeded Ohio, the conference announced that the remainder of the tournament, and the remainder of the women's tournament, were canceled in response to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.

## Seeds

All 12 MAC teams participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top four teams received a bye to quarterfinals.
| Seed | School | Conference record | Division | Tiebreaker(s) |
| 1 | Akron | 14–4 | East | |
| 2 | Bowling Green | 12–6 | East | |
| 3 | Ball State | 11–7 | West | 3–1 vs. tied teams (2–0 vs. NIU, 1–1 vs. UB) |
| 4 | Northern Illinois | 11–7 | West | No. 1: 1–2 vs. tied teams (1–0 vs. UB, 0–2 vs. BSU) No. 2: 1–0 vs. UB |
| 5 | Buffalo | 11–7 | East | No. 1: 1–2 vs. tied teams (1–1 vs. BSU, 0–1 vs. NIU) No. 2: 0–1 vs. NIU |
| 6 | Kent State | 9–9 | East | |
| 7 | Toledo | 8–10 | West | 1–0 vs. Ohio |
| 8 | Ohio | 8–10 | East | 0–1 vs. Toledo |
| 9 | Central Michigan | 7–11 | West | |
| 10 | Western Michigan | 6–12 | West | No. 1: 1–1 vs. EMU No. 2: 0–2 (.000) vs. No. 1 Akron No. 3: 0–1 (.000) vs. No. 2 BGSU No. 4: 1–1 (.500) vs. No. 3 BSU |
| 11 | Eastern Michigan | 6–12 | West | No. 1: 1–1 vs. WMU No. 2: 0–2 (.000) vs. No. 1 Akron No. 3: 0–1 (.000) vs. No. 2 BGSU No. 4: 0–2 (.000) vs. No. 3 BSU |
| 12 | Miami (OH) | 5–13 | East | |

## Schedule

| Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television |
| First round – Monday, March 9 – Campus sites |||||
| 1 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 9 Central Michigan at No. 8 Ohio | 65–85 | ESPN+ |
| 2 | 7:30 p.m. | No. 12 Miami (OH) at No. 5 Buffalo | 85–79 | ESPN+ |
| 3 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 10 Western Michigan at No. 7 Toledo | 73–76 | ESPN+ |
| 4 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 11 Eastern Michigan at No. 6 Kent State | 76–86 | ESPN+ |
| Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 12 – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland, OH |||||
| 5 | 12:00 pm | No. 8 Ohio vs. No. 1 Akron | cancelled | ESPN+ |
| 6 | 2:30 pm | No. 12 Miami (OH) vs. No. 4 Northern Illinois | cancelled | ESPN+ |
| 7 | 6:30 pm | No. 7 Toledo vs. No. 2 Bowling Green | cancelled | ESPN+ |
| 8 | 9:00 pm | No. 6 Kent State vs. No. 3 Ball State | cancelled | ESPN+ |
| Semifinals – Friday, March 13 – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland, OH |||||
| 9 | 7:00 pm | Game 5 Winner vs. Game 6 Winner | cancelled | CBSSN |
| 10 | 9:30 pm | Game 7 Winner vs. Game 8 Winner | cancelled | CBSSN |
| Championship – Saturday, March 14 – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland, OH |||||
| 11 | 7:30 pm | Game 9 Winner vs. Game 10 Winner | cancelled | ESPN2 |
| Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seed |||||

## Bracket

| First round Monday, March 9 | First round Monday, March 9 | First round Monday, March 9 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 12 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 12 |
| | | | 1 | Akron |
| | | | 8 | Ohio |
| 8 | Ohio | 85 | 8 | Ohio |
| 9 | Central Michigan | 65 | | |
| | | | 4 | Northern Illinois |
| | | | 12 | Miami (OH) |
| 5 | Buffalo | 79 | 12 | Miami (OH) |
| 12 | Miami (OH) | 85 | | |
| | | | 2 | Bowling Green |
| | | | 7 | Toledo |
| 7 | Toledo | 76 | 7 | Toledo |
| 10 | Western Michigan | 73 | | |
| | | | 3 | Ball State |
| | | | 6 | Kent State |
| 6 | Kent State | 86 | 6 | Kent State |
| 11 | Eastern Michigan | 76 | | |
* denotes overtime period