2017 MAC men's basketball tournament

The 2017 Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament was the post-season men's basketball tournament for the Mid-American Conference (MAC). Tournament first-round games were held on campus sites at the higher seed on March 6. The remaining rounds here held at Quicken Loans Arena (now Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse) in Cleveland, Ohio between March 9–11, 2017. The sixth-seeded Kent State Golden Flashes won the tournament and the conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament with a 70–65 win over the top-seeded Akron Zips. It is Kent State's sixth tournament title overall and first since 2008. Kent State lost to UCLA in the First Round.

2017 MAC men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201617
Teams12
SiteQuicken Loans Arena
Cleveland, Ohio
First round siteCampus sites
ChampionsKent State (6th title)
Winning coachRob Senderoff (1st title)
MVPJaylin Walker (Kent State)
Attendance10,376
TelevisionBCSN, CBSSN, ESPN2
MAC men's basketball tournaments
2016–17 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
East
Akron144 .778279  .750
Ohio117 .6112011  .645
Buffalo117 .6111715  .531
Kent State108 .5562214  .611
Bowling Green711 .3891319  .406
Miami (OH)414 .2221121  .344
West
Ball State117 .6112113  .618
Western Michigan117 .6111616  .500
Toledo99 .5001717  .500
Eastern Michigan711 .3891617  .485
Northern Illinois711 .3891517  .469
Central Michigan612 .3331616  .500
2017 MAC tournament winner
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