2006 MAC men's basketball tournament

The 2006 MAC men's basketball tournament, a part of the 2005-06 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place from March 6–March 11, 2006 at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. The March 6 first-round games were held at the higher seeds home arenas. Its winner received the Mid-American Conference's automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA tournament. It is a single-elimination tournament with four rounds and the four highest seeds received byes in the first round. All MAC teams were invited to participate. Kent State, the MAC regular season winner, received the number one seed in the tournament. Kent State defeated seventh-seeded Toledo in the final. In the NCAA tournament they lost in the first round to Pittsburgh.

2006 MAC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season200506
Teams12
SiteQuicken Loans Arena
Cleveland, Ohio
ChampionsKent State (4th title)
Winning coachJim Christian (2nd title)
MVPKevin Warzynski (Kent State)
MAC men's basketball tournaments
2005–06 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
East
Kent State153 .833248  .750
Akron144 .778239  .719
Miami (OH)144 .7781812  .600
Ohio108 .5561911  .633
Buffalo810 .4441913  .594
Bowling Green513 .278921  .300
West
Northern Illinois126 .6671711  .607
Toledo108 .5562010  .667
Western Michigan108 .5561417  .452
Ball State612 .3331018  .357
Eastern Michigan315 .167721  .250
Central Michigan117 .056424  .143
2006 MAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll
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