The 2001 MAC men's basketball tournament , a part of the 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season , took place at Gund Arena in Cleveland . Its winner received the Mid-American Conference 's automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA tournament . It was 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. Central Michigan , the MAC regular season winner, received the number one seed in the tournament.
Tournament
Seeds
Central Michigan
Kent State
Marshall
Toledo
Ohio
Ball State
Bowling Green
Miami
Akron
Western Michigan
Northern Illinois
Buffalo
Eastern Michigan
Bracket
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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 .