2000 MAC men's basketball tournament

2000 MAC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season199900
Teams13
SiteGund Arena
Cleveland, Ohio
ChampionsBall State (7th title)
Winning coachRay McCallum (2nd title)
MVPDuane Clemens (Ball State)
MAC men's basketball tournaments

The 2000 MAC men's basketball tournament, a part of the 1999–2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place at Gund Arena in Cleveland to determine the Mid-American Conference's automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA tournament. The 2000 tournament was the first MAC Tournament to be held in Cleveland after a four-year stint in Toledo, Ohio, and also marked the first year all conference members were invited to participate after having previously limited participation to the top eight teams in the conference standings. It was a single-elimination tournament with four rounds and the three highest seeds received first-round byes. Bowling Green, the MAC regular season winner, received the number one seed in the tournament. MAC West Division champion Ball State won the tournament, their 7th conference tournament title and first since 1995.

1999–2000 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
East
Bowling Green144 .778228  .733
Kent State135 .722238  .742
Akron117 .6111711  .607
Marshall117 .611219  .700
Ohio117 .6112013  .606
Miami810 .4441515  .500
Buffalo315 .167523  .179
West
Ball State117 .611229  .710
Toledo117 .6111813  .581
Eastern Michigan99 .5001513  .536
Northern Illinois711 .3891315  .464
Western Michigan612 .3331018  .357
Central Michigan216 .111623  .207
2000 MAC tournament winner
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Rankings from AP Poll