1998 MAC men's basketball tournament

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1998 MAC men's basketball tournament
Classification
SeaGate Centre
Toledo, Ohio
ChampionsEastern Michigan (4th title)
Winning coachMilton Barnes (1st title)
MVPEarl Boykins (Eastern Michigan)
MAC men's basketball tournaments
1997–98 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
Akron 13 5   .722 17 10   .630
Kent State 9 9   .500 13 17   .433
Miami 9 9   .500 17 12   .586
Marshall 7 11   .389 11 16   .407
Bowling Green 7 11   .389 10 16   .385
Ohio 3 15   .167 5 21   .192
West
Ball State 14 4   .778 21 8   .724
Western Michigan 14 4   .778 21 8   .724
Eastern Michigan 13 5   .722 20 10   .667
Toledo 10 8   .556 15 12   .556
Northern Illinois 6 12   .333 10 16   .385
Central Michigan 3 15   .167 5 21   .192
AP Poll

The 1998

1998 NCAA tournament. It was a single-elimination tournament with three rounds and the top eight MAC teams invited to participate. No teams received byes in the tournament. Ball State
, the MAC West Division co-champion, received the number one seed in the tournament.

Tournament

Seeds

  1. Ball State
  2. Western Michigan
  3. Akron
  4. Eastern Michigan
  5. Toledo
  6. Kent State
  7. Miami
  8. Marshall

Bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
1 Ball State 93
8 Marshall 76
1 Ball State 92
4 Eastern Michigan 93*
4 Eastern Michigan 98
5 Toledo 79
4 Eastern Michigan 92
7 Miami 77
2 Western Michigan 63
7 Miami 67
7 Miami 64
6 Kent State 59
3 Akron 88
6 Kent State 95

* Overtime period

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