2010 MAC men's basketball tournament

The 2010 Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament was the post-season men's basketball tournament for the Mid-American Conference (MAC) 2009–2010 season. Ninth-seeded Ohio won the tournament received the MAC's automatic bid into the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship tournament. There they defeated Georgetown 97–83 before losing to Tennessee in the second round. Armon Bassett of Ohio was named the tournament MVP.

2010 MAC men's basketball tournament
Logo for the 2010 Mid-American Conference tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2009–10
Teams	12
Site	Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, Ohio
Champions	Ohio Bobcats (5th title)
Winning coach	John Groce (1st title)
MVP	Armon Bassett (Ohio)
Top scorer	Armon Bassett (Ohio) (116 points)
Television	FSN Ohio, FSN Detroit, 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 tie-breakers:

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

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

Bracket

2009–10 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
East
Kent State	13	–	3		.813			24	–	10		.706
Akron	12	–	4		.750			24	–	11		.686
Miami	9	–	7		.563			14	–	18		.438
Buffalo	9	–	7		.563			18	–	12		.600
Ohio†	7	–	9		.438			22	–	15		.595
Bowling Green	6	–	10		.375			14	–	16		.467
West
Central Michigan	9	–	7		.563			15	–	15		.500
Eastern Michigan	8	–	8		.500			17	–	15		.531
Western Michigan	8	–	8		.500			18	–	15		.545
Ball State	8	–	8		.500			15	–	15		.500
Northern Illinois	6	–	10		.375			10	–	20		.333
Toledo	1	–	15		.063			4	–	28		.125
† Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

	First round Sunday, March 7					Quarterfinals Thursday, March 11					Semifinals Friday, March 12					Final Saturday, March 13
						1	Kent State	64
						9	Ohio	81
	8	Ball State	77
	9	Ohio	85*
											9	Ohio	54
											4	Miami	42
						4	Miami	73
						5	Buffalo	59
	5	Buffalo	72
	12	Toledo	54
																9	Ohio	81*
																3	Akron	75
						2	Central Michigan	60
						7	Western Michigan	69
	7	Western Michigan	75
	10	Bowling Green	73
											7	Western Michigan	64
											3	Akron	66
						3	Akron	97**
						6	Eastern Michigan	89
	6	Eastern Michigan	65
	11	Northern Illinois	59

* Overtime

Tiebreakers

Seed	Team	Record	Tiebreaker #1	Tiebreaker #2	Tiebreaker #3
1	Kent State	13–3	–	–	–
2	Central Michigan	9–7	Division champ	–	–
3	Akron	12–4	–	–	–
4	Miami	9–7	1–1 head-to-head	1–1 vs. #1 KSU	1–1 vs. #2 Akron
5	Buffalo	9–7	1–1 head-to-head	1–1 vs. #1 KSU	0–2 vs. #2 Akron
6	Eastern Michigan	8–8	3–1 head-to-head	–	–
7	Western Michigan	8–8	2–2 head-to-head	–	–
8	Ball State	8–8	1–3 head-to-head	–	–
9	Ohio	7–9	–	–	–
10	Bowling Green	6–10	1–0 head-to-head	–	–
11	Northern Illinois	6–10	0–1 head-to-head	–	–
12	Toledo	1–15	–	–	–

All-tournament team

• Armon Bassett, Ohio (MVP)
• Jimmy Conyers, Akron
• David Kool, WMU
• Carlos Medlock, EMU
• Chris McKnight, Akron