1999 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament

1999 Mid-American Conference 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)
Mid-American Conference Men's Basketball Tournaments «1998  2000»

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. Its winner received the Mid-American Conference's automatic bid to the 1999 NCAA Tournament. It was a single-elimination tournament with three rounds and the none of the teams received byes in the first round. Because of this, only the top eight MAC teams were invited to participate. Miami, the MAC regular season winner, received the number one seed in the tournament.

1998–99 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
	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

1. Miami
2. Kent State
3. Ohio
4. Akron
5. Bowling Green
6. Toledo
7. Marshall
8. 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

1. "MAC Tournament History" (PDF). 2009-10 MAC Men’s Basketball Record Book. Mid-American Conference. 2009-11-11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2009-12-14.