2005 MAC men's basketball tournament

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.^[1][2] In the NCAA Ohio lost in the first round to Florida.^[3] Leon Williams of Ohio was named the tournament MVP. ^[4]

2005 MAC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2004–05
Teams	13
Site	Gund Arena Cleveland, Ohio
Champions	Ohio (4th title)
Winning coach	Tim O'Shea (1st title)
MVP	Leon Williams (Ohio)
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2004–05 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
East
Miami (OH)	12	–	6		.667			19	–	11		.633
Buffalo	11	–	7		.611			23	–	10		.697
Ohio †	11	–	7		.611			21	–	11		.656
Akron	11	–	7		.611			19	–	10		.655
Kent State	11	–	7		.611			20	–	13		.606
Marshall	3	–	15		.167			6	–	22		.214
West
Western Michigan	11	–	7		.611			20	–	13		.606
Toledo	11	–	7		.611			16	–	13		.552
Bowling Green	10	–	8		.556			18	–	11		.621
Ball State	10	–	8		.556			15	–	13		.536
Northern Illinois	7	–	11		.389			11	–	17		.393
Eastern Michigan	5	–	13		.278			12	–	18		.400
Central Michigan	4	–	14		.222			10	–	18		.357
† 2005 MAC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Tournament

Seeds

1. Miami
2. Toledo
3. Western Michigan
4. Ohio
5. Kent State
6. Akron
7. Buffalo
8. Bowling Green
9. Ball State
10. Northern Illinois
11. Eastern Michigan
12. Central Michigan
13. Marshall

Bracket

	First round March 7, 2005					Quarterfinals March 10, 2005					Semifinals March 11, 2005					Championship March 12, 2005
						1	Miami (OH)	85
						8	Bowling Green	65
	8	Bowling Green	75
	9	Ball State	73
											1	Miami	56
											4	Ohio	63
	4	Ohio	72
	13	Marshall	66
						4	Ohio	62
						5	Kent State	55
	5	Kent State	91
	12	Central Michigan	60
																4	Ohio	80
																7	Buffalo	79OT
						2	Toledo	72
						7	Buffalo	85
	7	Buffalo	73
	10	Northern Illinois	66
											7	Buffalo	75
											3	Western Michigan	68
						3	Western Michigan	66
						6	Akron	60OT
	6	Akron	78
	11	Eastern Michigan	66

First round

Team[5] 1st 2nd Final Ohio 33 39 72 Marshall 28 38 66 Team[6] 1st 2nd Final Kent State 46 45 91 Central Michigan 26 34 60 Team[7] 1st 2nd Final Akron 46 32 78 Eastern Michigan 33 33 66

Team[8] 1st 2nd Final Buffalo 34 39 73 Northern Illinois 30 36 66 Team[9] 1st 2nd Final Bowling Green 30 43 75 Ball State 45 30 73

Quarterfinals

Team[10] 1st 2nd Final Buffalo 45 40 85 Toledo 37 35 72 Team[11] 1st 2nd OT Final Western Michigan 31 27 8 66 Akron 37 21 2 60

Team[12] 1st 2nd Final Miami 39 46 85 Bowling Green 29 36 65 Team[13] 1st 2nd Final Ohio 23 39 62 Kent State 20 35 55

Semifinals

Team[14] 1st 2nd Final Ohio 26 37 63 Miami 24 32 56

Team[15] 1st 2nd Final Buffalo 29 46 75 Western Michigan 37 31 68

Finals

Team[16]	1st	2nd	OT	Final
Ohio	33	37	10	80
Buffalo	43	27	9	79