2005 MAC men's basketball tournament explained

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]

Tournament

Team	1st	2nd	Final
Ohio	33	39	72
Marshall	28	38	66

Team	1st	2nd	Final
Kent State	46	45	91
Central Michigan	26	34	60

Team	1st	2nd	Final
Akron	46	32	78
Eastern Michigan	33	33	66

Team	1st	2nd	Final
Buffalo	34	39	73
Northern Illinois	30	36	66

Team	1st	2nd	Final
Bowling Green	30	43	75
Ball State	45	30	73

Team	1st	2nd	Final
Buffalo	45	40	85
Toledo	37	35	72

Team	1st	2nd	OT	Final
Western Michigan	31	27	8	66
Akron	37	21	2	60

Team	1st	2nd	Final
Miami	39	46	85
Bowling Green	29	36	65

Team	1st	2nd	Final
Ohio	23	39	62
Kent State	20	35	55

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

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

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