The 2009 Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament was the post-season men's basketball tournament for the

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(MAC) 2008–2009 season. The winner of the tournament receives the MAC's automatic bid into the

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Format

Each of the 12 men's basketball teams in the MAC receives a berth in the conference tournament. Teams are seeded by conference record with the following tie-breakers: * Head-to-head competition * Winning percentage vs. ranked conference teams (top to bottom, regardless of division, vs. common opponents regardless of the number of times played) * Coin flip The top four seeds receive byes into the quarterfinals. The winners of each division are awarded the #1 and #2 seeds. The team with the best record of the two receives the #1 seed.

Bracket

* Overtime

Tiebreakers

Seeds

West Division

All-Tournament Team

Tournament MVP – Nate Linhart, ''Akron''

References

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