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1999 Mid-American Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

1999 Mid-American Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1998–99
Teams 8
Site SeaGate Centre
Toledo, Ohio
Champions Kent State (1st title)
Winning coach Gary Waters (1st title)
MVP John Whorton (Kent State)
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1998–99 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
East
Miami† 15 3   .833     24 8   .750
Kent State 13 5   .722     23 7   .767
Akron 12 6   .667     18 9   .667
Ohio 12 6   .667     18 10   .643
Bowling Green 12 6   .667     18 10   .643
Marshall 11 7   .611     16 11   .593
Buffalo 1 17   .056     5 24   .172
West
Toledo 11 7   .611     19 9   .679
Ball State 10 8   .556     16 11   .593
Central Michigan 7 11   .389     10 16   .385
Western Michigan 6 12   .333     11 15   .423
Eastern Michigan 5 13   .278     5 20   .200
Northern Illinois 2 16   .111     6 20   .231
1999 MAC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1999 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament, a part of the 1998–99 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place at SeaGate Centre in Toledo, Ohio. It was a single-elimination tournament with three rounds and included only the top eight conference teams. The quarterfinal round was held on the campus sites of the top four seeds, and the winners advanced to play the semifinal and final rounds in Toledo. It was the final Mid-American Conference Men's Basketball Tournament that did not include all conference members, and the final tournament held in Toledo. Miami, the MAC regular season winner, received the number one seed in the tournament. Second-seeded Kent State won the tournament with a 49–43 win over Miami and received the Mid-American Conference's automatic bid to the 1999 NCAA Tournament. It was Kent State's first MAC Tournament win and marked their first appearance in the NCAA Tournament. Miami was selected as an at-large entry for the NCAA Tournament. Through the 2016–17 season, it is the most recent time the MAC has had more than one team participate in the NCAA Tournament.

* – Denotes overtime period


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