2026 MAC Tournament

[HoopsFan03]

2 hours ago, LZIp said:

Yup. UMASS feels like the most dangerous team outside of Akron or Miami 

Looking at the schedule. UMass might not make it to Cleveland. 

[Zippy87]

As things currently stand, UMass is on the outside looking in. Buffalo also slipped up today at home against CMU.

 

Bracket is updated as of 4 PM. 

[Reslife4Life]

Wow this current bracket is unbelievable 😂

[Reslife4Life]

Don’t want to take anything away from CMU, but if we could play them in the first round and Miami has to battle Buffalo for a third time and Umass not in it at all. Thats a great scenario, but with us playing CMU on Tuesday I don’t think this will stay

[kreed5120]

6 minutes ago, Reslife4Life said:

Don’t want to take anything away from CMU, but if we could play them in the first round and Miami has to battle Buffalo for a third time and Umass not in it at all. Thats a great scenario, but with us playing CMU on Tuesday I don’t think this will stay

 

If Buffalo (who might be without Frietag) and UMass (play OU) lose CMU losing to us shouldn't matter.

[Reslife4Life]

Also I wouldn’t be surprised if ball state somehow sneaks into the tournament. They play @niu, @wmu, and vs CMU who has won one road game all year

[Zippy87]

If UMass, CMU, and Buffalo all finished tied, they would get the 7, 8, and 9 seeds, respectively. 

 

UMass at Ohio on Tuesday will have an impact on who we end up playing in the 1st round. 

Edited 38 minutes ago by Zippy87

[Zips1991]

4 minutes ago, Zippy87 said:

If UMass, CMU, and Buffalo all finished tied, they would get the 7, 8, and 9 seeds, respectively. 

 

UMass at Ohio on Tuesday will have an impact on who we end up playing in the 1st round. 

I was curious of how the order would go if there's a three way tie but didn't bother to figure out the three-way tiebreaker. Thanks for posting.

There's a very real chance they all finish 7-11, so according to the above post, we'd play UMass which I don't love. They appear to stink but they also seem to lose a lot of close games so maybe they're just unlucky?

Edited 32 minutes ago by Zips1991

[kreed5120]

For me it's not that I'd be concerned with losing to UMass (although anything is possible in single elimination tournaments). It's more that having to win 3 games in 3 days requires being able to recover quickly. The bumps and bruises we take on Thursday can have an impact on Friday or Saturday.