2011 MAC men's basketball tournament

The 2011 Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament was the post-season men's basketball tournament for the Mid-American Conference (MAC) 2010–11 season. Sixth-seeded Akron defeated Kent State in the MAC tournament final in overtime and represented the MAC in the NCAA tournament where they lost in the first round to Notre Dame.[1]

2010–11 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
East
Kent State12–4 .75025–12  .676
Miami (OH)11–5 .68816–17  .485
Ohio9–7 .56319–16  .543
Akron †9–7 .56323–13  .639
Bowling Green8–8 .50014–19  .424
Buffalo8–8 .50020–14  .588
West
Western Michigan11–5 .68821–13  .618
Ball State10–6 .62519–13  .594
Central Michigan7–9 .43810–21  .323
Northern Illinois5–11 .3139–21  .300
Eastern Michigan5–11 .3139–22  .290
Toledo1–15 .0634–28  .125
† Conference tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

2011 MAC men's basketball tournament
2011 MAC Tournament logo
ClassificationDivision I
Season2010–11
Teams12
SiteQuicken Loans Arena
Cleveland, Ohio
ChampionsAkron Zips (2nd title)
Winning coachKeith Dambrot (2nd title)
MVPZeke Marshall (Akron)
TelevisionSportsTime Ohio and ESPN2
MAC men's basketball tournaments

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 two-team tiebreakers:[2]

  • Head-to-head competition
  • Division record (10 games)
  • Winning percentage vs. ranked conference teams (top to bottom, regardless of division, vs. common opponents regardless of the number of times played)
  • Coin flip

For multiple team ties:

  • Total won-lost record of games played among the tied teams
  • Two-team tie-breaker procedure goes into effect

Once a three-team tie has been reduced to two teams, the two-team tiebreaker will go into effect.

The top four seeds receive byes into the quarterfinals. The winners of each division are awarded the #1 and #2 seeds. The team with the best record of the two receives the #1 seed. First round games will be played on campus sites at the higher seed. The remaining rounds will be held at Quicken Loans Arena.[2]

Bracket
First round
Campus sites
March 8 		Quarterfinals
Quicken Loans Arena
March 10 		Semifinals
Quicken Loans Arena
March 11 		Championship game
Quicken Loans Arena
March 12
            
1 Kent State 73
8 Buffalo 62
8 Buffalo 64
9 Central Michigan 50
1 Kent State 79
4 Ball State 68
4 Ball State 76*
5 Ohio 73
5 Ohio 74
12 Toledo 57
1 Kent State 65
6 Akron 66*
2 Western Michigan 67
7 Bowling Green 56
7 Bowling Green 74
10 Northern Illinois 54
2 Western Michigan 68
6 Akron 79
3 Miami (OH) 75
6 Akron 82**
6 Akron 67
11 Eastern Michigan 53

Asterisk denotes game ended in overtime.

Tiebreakers
SeedTeamRecordTiebreaker #1
1Kent State12–4–
2Western Michigan11–5Division champ
3Miami11–5–
4Ball State10–6–
5Ohio9–72–0 head-to-head
6Akron9–70–2 head-to-head
7Bowling Green8–82–0 head-to-head
8Buffalo8–80–2 head-to-head
9Central Michigan7–9–
10Northern Illinois5–112–0 head-to-head
11Eastern Michigan5–110–2 head-to-head
12Toledo1–15–

Championship game

In the championship game, Akron defeated Kent State 66–65. Senior Brett McKnight led Akron with 15 points and scored the final two points of the game, hitting two free throws to put his team up by one. With 12 seconds to go in the overtime period, Kent State had the ball and a chance to win, but Zeke Marshall blocked Kent State's first attempt and the second attempt was deflected. As Akron celebrated after the final buzzer, one of the Kent State players, who had laid down on the court in disappointment, was accidentally stepped on by the jumping mob of Akron players, and a slight skirmish broke out after his teammates came to his defense.[3]

The Akron Zips advanced to their third NCAA Tournament of the Division I era. They would go on to lose to Notre Dame in their first game.

All-Tournament Team

Tournament MVP – Zeke Marshall, Akron[4]

Player Team
Jarrod Jones Ball State
Michael Porrini Kent State
Justin Greene Kent State
Brett McKnight Akron
Zeke Marshall Akron

References
  1. "Notre Dame holds off Akron, advances to round of 32". ESPN.com. Retrieved June 24, 2014.
  2. "Men's and Women's Tiebreaker Procedures - MAC-Sports.com Official Web Site of the Mid-American Conference". Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved March 1, 2011.
  3. Game recap
  4. "AKRON STUNS KENT STATE, RETURNS TO NCAA TOURNAMENT". Mid-American Conference. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
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