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(MAC) held March 10–12, 2022. The entire tournament was played at

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. The tournament champion, the

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, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA tournament where they lost in the first round to

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Format

As with the 2021 tournament, only the top eight teams qualify. The winner of the tournament will receive the MAC's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA tournament.

Venue

The 2022 MAC tournament is scheduled to be held at

for the 23rd consecutive season. The venue, located in downtown Cleveland at One Center Court, is the home of the

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of the

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(NBA) and has a seating capacity for basketball of 19,432.

Seeds

Eight out of the 12 MAC teams qualified for the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.

Schedule

* denotes overtime period

Bracket

All-Tournament Team

Tournament MVP – Enrique Freeman, ''Akron''

References

External links

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