2005 MAC men's basketball tournament
Introduction The '''2005 MAC men's basketball tournament''', a part of the 2004-05 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place from March 7–12 at Gund Arena in Cleveland. Its winner received the Mid-American Conference's automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA tournament. It is a single-elimination tournament with four rounds and the three highest seeds received byes in the first round. All MAC teams were invited to participate. Miami, the MAC regular season winner, received the number one seed in the tournament. Fourth-seeded Ohio beat Miami in the semi-finals and defeated second-seeded Buffalo in overtime in the final. In the NCAA Ohio lost in the first round to Florida. Leon Williams of Ohio was named the tournament MVP.
Tournament === Seeds ===# Miami# Toledo# Western Michigan# Ohio# Kent State# Akron# Buffalo# Bowling Green# Ball State# Northern Illinois# Eastern Michigan# Central Michigan# Marshall=== Bracket ====== First round === Team  1st  2nd  Final '''Ohio'''  33  39  '''72''' '''Marshall'''  28  38  '''66''' Team  1st  2nd  Final '''Kent State'''  46  45  '''91''' '''Central Michigan'''  26  34  '''60''' Team  1st  2nd  Final '''Akron'''  46  32  '''78''' '''Eastern Michigan'''  33  33  '''66''' Team  1st  2nd  Final '''Buffalo'''  34  39  '''73''' '''Northern Illinois'''  30  36  '''66''' Team  1st  2nd  Final '''Bowling Green'''  30  43  '''75''' '''Ball State'''  45  30  '''73'''=== Quarterfinals === Team  1st  2nd  Final '''Buffalo'''  45  40  '''85''' '''Toledo'''  37  35  '''72''' Team  1st  2nd  OT  Final '''Western Michigan'''  31  27  8  '''66''' '''Akron'''  37  21  2  '''60''' Team  1st  2nd  Final '''Miami'''  39  46  '''85''' '''Bowling Green'''  29  36  '''65''' Team  1st  2nd  Final '''Ohio'''  23  39  '''62''' '''Kent State'''  20  35  '''55'''=== Semifinals === Team  1st  2nd  Final '''Ohio'''  26  37  '''63''' '''Miami'''  24  32  '''56''' Team  1st  2nd  Final '''Buffalo'''  29  46  '''75''' '''Western Michigan'''  37  31  '''68'''=== Finals === Team  1st  2nd  OT  Final '''Ohio'''  33  37  10  '''80''' '''Buffalo'''  43  27  9  '''79'''
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