# 2019 MAC men's basketball tournament

The 2019 Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Mid-American Conference (MAC). Tournament first-round games were held on campus sites at the higher seed on March 11. The remaining rounds were held at Quicken Loans Arena, now known as Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, in Cleveland, Ohio March 14–16, 2019. Buffalo defeated Bowling Green in the championship game to become the 2019 MAC tournament champions, and received the conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA tournament.

## 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 the quarterfinals.
| Seed | School | Conference record | Division | Tiebreaker |
| 1 | Buffalo | 16–2 | East | |
| 2 | Toledo | 13–5 | West | |
| 3 | Bowling Green | 12–6 | East | |
| 4 | Kent State | 11–7 | East | |
| 5 | Central Michigan | 10–8 | West | |
| 6 | Eastern Michigan | 9–9 | West | |
| 7 | Northern Illinois | 8–10 | West | No. 1: 1–1 vs. Akron No. 2: 1–0 (1.000) vs. No. 1 UB |
| 8 | Akron | 8–10 | East | No. 1: 1–1 vs. NIU No. 2: 0–2 (.000) vs. No. 1 UB |
| 9 | Miami (OH) | 7–11 | East | |
| 10 | Ohio | 6–12 | East | 2–0 vs. BSU |
| 11 | Ball State | 6–12 | West | 0–2 vs. Ohio |
| 12 | Western Michigan | 2–16 | West | |

## Schedule

| Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television |
| First round – Monday March 11 – Campus sites |||||
| 1 | 8:00 pm | No. 9 Miami (OH) at No. 8 Akron | 51–80 | ESPN+ |
| 2 | 7:00 pm | No. 12 Western Michigan at No. 5 Central Michigan | 67–81 | ESPN+ |
| 3 | 9:00 pm | No. 10 Ohio at No. 7 Northern Illinois | 61–80 | ESPN+ |
| 4 | 7:00 pm | No. 11 Ball State at No. 6 Eastern Michigan | 61–43 | ESPN+ |
| Quarterfinals – Thursday March 14 – Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH |||||
| 5 | 12:00 pm | No. 8 Akron vs. No. 1 Buffalo | 46–82 | ESPN+ |
| 6 | 2:30 pm | No. 5 Central Michigan vs. No. 4 Kent State | 89–81 | ESPN+ |
| 7 | 6:30 pm | No. 7 Northern Illinois vs No. 2 Toledo | 80–76 | ESPN+ |
| 8 | 9:00 pm | No. 11 Ball State vs. No. 3 Bowling Green | 86–99 | ESPN+ |
| Semifinals – Friday March 15 – Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH |||||
| 9 | 6:30 pm | No. 5 Central Michigan vs. No. 1 Buffalo | 81–85 | CBSSN |
| 10 | 9:00 pm | No. 7 Northern Illinois vs. No. 3 Bowling Green | 67–71 | Fox College Sports |
| Championship – Saturday March 16 – Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH |||||
| 11 | 7:30 pm | No. 3 Bowling Green vs. No. 1 Buffalo | 73–87 | ESPN2/WatchESPN |
| Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seed |||||

## Bracket

| First round Monday, March 11 | First round Monday, March 11 | First round Monday, March 11 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 14 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 14 | Quarterfinals Thursday, March 14 | Semifinals Friday, March 15 | Semifinals Friday, March 15 | Semifinals Friday, March 15 | Championship Saturday, March 16 | Championship Saturday, March 16 | Championship Saturday, March 16 |
| | | | 1 | Buffalo | 82 | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | Akron | 46 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Akron | 80 | 8 | Akron | 46 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Miami (OH) | 51 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Miami (OH) | 51 | | | | 1 | Buffalo | 85 | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | Central Michigan | 81 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Kent State | 81 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Central Michigan | 89 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Central Michigan | 81 | 5 | Central Michigan | 89 | | | | | | |
| 12 | Western Michigan | 67 | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Western Michigan | 67 | | | | | | | 1 | Buffalo | 87 |
| | | | | | | | | | 3 | Bowling Green | 73 |
| | | | 2 | Toledo | 76 | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Northern Illinois | 80 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Northern Illinois | 80 | 7 | Northern Illinois | 80 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Ohio | 61 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Ohio | 61 | | | | 7 | Northern Illinois | 67 | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | Bowling Green | 71 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Bowling Green | 99 | | | | | | |
| | | | 11 | Ball State | 86 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Eastern Michigan | 43 | 11 | Ball State | 86 | | | | | | |
| 11 | Ball State | 61 | | | | | | | | | |
* denotes overtime period

## All-Tournament Team

Tournament MVP – Jeremy Harris, Buffalo
| Player | Team |
| CJ Massinburg | Buffalo |
| Jeremy Harris | Buffalo |
| Demajeo Wiggins | Bowling Green |
| Dylan Frye | Bowling Green |
| Eugene German | Northern Illinois |