2008 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament - Format

Format

Each of the 12 men's basketball teams in the MAC received a berth in the conference tournament. Teams were 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.


2007–08 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W L PCT W L PCT
East
Kent State† 13 – 3 .813 28 – 7 .800
Akron 11 – 5 .688 24 – 11 .686
Ohio 9 – 7 .563 20 – 13 .606
Miami 9 – 7 .563 17 – 16 .515
Bowling Green 7 – 9 .438 13 – 16 .448
Buffalo 3 – 13 .188 10 – 20 .333
West
Western Michigan 12 – 4 .750 20 – 12 .625
Central Michigan 8 – 8 .500 14 – 17 .452
Eastern Michigan 8 – 8 .500 14 – 17 .452
Toledo 7 – 8 .467 11 – 19 .367
Ball State 5 – 11 .313 6 – 24 .200
Northern Illinois 3 – 12 .200 6 – 22 .214
† 2008 MAC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

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