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(MAC) held March 9–11, 2023. The entire tournament was played at

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defeated

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in the final to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA tournament. Sincere Carry was the MVP.

Format

As with the

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, and 2022 tournament, only the top eight teams qualified. The winner of the tournament received the MAC's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA tournament.

Venue

The 2023 MAC tournament was held at

for the 24th 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

Source

Bracket

All-Tournament Team

Tournament MVP – Sincere Carry Source

References

External links

2023 MAC Men's Basketball Championship
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