1999 MAC men's basketball tournament

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1999 MAC men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1998–99
Teams	8
Site	SeaGate Centre Toledo, Ohio
Champions	Kent State (1st title)
Winning coach	Gary Waters (1st title)
MVP	John Whorton (Kent State)
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The 1999 MAC men's basketball tournament, a part of the 1998–99 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place at SeaGate Centre in Toledo, Ohio. It was a single-elimination tournament with three rounds and included only the top eight conference teams. The quarterfinal round was held on the campus sites of the top four seeds, and the winners advanced to play the semifinal and final rounds in Toledo. It was the final Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament that did not include all conference members, and the final tournament held in Toledo. Miami, the MAC regular season winner, received the number one seed in the tournament. Second-seeded Kent State won the tournament with a 49–43 win over Miami and received the Mid-American Conference's automatic bid to the 1999 NCAA tournament. It was Kent State's first MAC Tournament win and marked their first appearance in the NCAA Tournament. Miami was selected as an at-large entry for the NCAA Tournament. Through the 2016–17 season, it is the most recent time the MAC has had more than one team participate in the NCAA Tournament.

1998–99 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
East
Miami	15	–	3	.833	24	–	8	.750
Kent State †	13	–	5	.722	23	–	7	.767
Akron	12	–	6	.667	18	–	9	.667
Ohio	12	–	6	.667	18	–	10	.643
Bowling Green	12	–	6	.667	18	–	10	.643
Marshall	11	–	7	.611	16	–	11	.593
Buffalo	1	–	17	.056	5	–	24	.172
West
Toledo	11	–	7	.611	19	–	9	.679
Ball State	10	–	8	.556	16	–	11	.593
Central Michigan	7	–	11	.389	10	–	16	.385
Western Michigan	6	–	12	.333	11	–	15	.423
Eastern Michigan	5	–	13	.278	5	–	20	.200
Northern Illinois	2	–	16	.111	6	–	20	.231

† 1999 MAC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Tournament

Seeds

Miami
Kent State
Ohio
Akron
Bowling Green
Toledo
Marshall
Ball State

Bracket

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Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals

1	Miami	69

8	Ball State	43
			1	Miami	60*

			5	Bowling Green	56
4	Akron	74

5	Bowling Green	80
						1	Miami	43

						2	Kent State	49
2	Kent State	79

7	Marshall	76
			2	Kent State	68

			3	Ohio	57
3	Ohio	70

6	Toledo	60

* – Denotes overtime period

References

^ "MAC Tournament History" (PDF). 2009-10 MAC Men’s Basketball Record Book. Mid-American Conference. November 11, 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 3, 2016. Retrieved December 14, 2009.

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