The 2017 Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament was the post-season men's basketball tournament for the

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(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

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) in

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between March 9–11, 2017. The sixth-seeded

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won the tournament and the conference's automatic bid to the

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with a 70–65 win over the top-seeded

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. It is Kent State's sixth tournament title overall and first since

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. Kent State lost to

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in the First Round.

Seeds

All 12 MAC teams participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top four teams received a bye to quarterfinals.

Schedule

Bracket

* denotes overtime period

All-Tournament Team

Tournament MVP –

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, ''Kent State''

References

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Seeds

Schedule

Bracket

All-Tournament Team

See also

References