MAC Announces 2026 Men’s Basketball Tournament Pairings

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Mid-American Conference has introduced official pairings for the 2026 MAC Men’s Basketball Tournament at Rocket Arena. Tournament MACtion will get underway on Thursday, March twelfth with Game One set to tip-off at 11AM ET on ESPN+.

The undefeated, regular-season-champion Miami RedHawks maintain the No. 1 seed and can battle UMass to start this 12 months’s event. Game two will characteristic the No. 4 Toledo Rockets and No. 5 Bowling Green Falcons for a rivalry rubber match after splitting the common season sequence. In the day’s third contest, the No. 2 Akron Zips will sq. off in opposition to the No. 7 Buffalo Bulls. The opening day will then shut with the No. 3 Kent State Golden Flashes taking up the No. 6 Ohio Bobcats.

The full event schedule could be discovered under:

2026 Mid-American Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament

March 12-14 | Cleveland, Ohio | Rocket Arena

Thursday, March twelfth, 2026 – Quarterfinals

Game 1: No. 1 Miami vs. No. 8 UMass, 11:00AM ET (ESPN+)

Game 2: No. 4 Toledo vs. No. 5 Bowling Green, Time TBA (ESPN+)*

Game 3: No. 2 Akron vs. No. 7 Buffalo, Time TBA (ESPN+)*

Game 4: No. 3 Kent State vs. No. 6 Ohio, Time TBA (ESPN+)*

Friday, March thirteenth, 2026 – Semifinals

Game 5: Game 1 Winner vs. Game 2 Winner, 5 PM ET (CBS Sports Network)

Game 6: Game 3 Winner vs. Game 4 Winner, approx. 7:30 PM ET (CBS Sports Network)*

Saturday, March 14th, 2026 – MAC Championship Game

Game 7: Game 5 Winner vs. Game 6 Winner, 8 PM ET (ESPN2)


*half-hour following the completion of the primary recreation of the session.