Mid-American Conference

MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONS 1988 • 1991 • 1996 • 1998 81 MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS 1988 • 1991 • 1996 • 1998 Mid-American Conference Since its inception in 1946, the Mid-American Conference has progressively grown and devel- oped into one of the most aggressive Division I conferences in the country. One of only 11 football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) conferences, the MAC named Dr. as its eighth commissioner in the 63-year history of the league this past March. Steinbrecher came to the MAC after serving for six years as the commis- sioner of the Valley Conference. The league has grown its commitment to cham- pionships by expanding to six its number of neutral site post season events – football (Detroit’s Ford Field), volleyball (Toledo’s SeaGate Centre), men’s and women’s (’s Quicken Loans Arena), softball (Akron’s Firestone Stadium) and most recently baseball (Chillicothe’s VA Memo- rial Stadium). first overall pick of the 2009 Major League Soccer 15-year stay in Toledo, Ohio, the MAC has estab- The MAC tied a league record in 2008 with five Super Draft. Zakuani earned 2008 MAC Men’s Soc- lished historic measurements in both football and schools participating in bowl games – Buffalo (In- cer Player of the Year honors and was a finalist for men’s and women’s basketball since moving to ternational); Ball State (GMAC); Central Michigan the Hermann Trophy, which goes to the best men’s Northeast Ohio. (Motor City); Western Michigan (Texas); and North- soccer player in the country. The Mid-American Conference was founded as a ern (Independence Bowl). The 2008 season The conference now has national leadership po- five-school league on February 24, 1946 in Colum- also saw the first MAC football team ranked in the sitions on the following NCAA committees: Warde bus, Ohio with Ohio, Butler, Cincinnati, Wayne State Top 25 since 2003. Ball State was ranked as high as Manual, Buffalo (Academic Cabinet); Susan Lipnick- and Western Reserve admitted as charter members. 12th in the BCS Standings, 12th in the AP and 13th ey, Miami (Leadership Council and Infractions Ap- The Mid-American Conference has 12 full-time in the USA Today Poll. The Cardinals were ranked in peals); Derrick Gragg, Eastern Michigan (Legislative schools and a 13th, Temple, for football only. Com- all three polls for 10 straight weeks. MAC football Council); Dr. John Peters, Northern Illinois (Board prising the East Division is the teams won a league record four games versus op- of Directors); Tom Collins, Ball State (Amateurism (joined in 1992), Bowling Green State University ponents from the Big Ten. Toledo became the first Cabinet); Kelly Andrews, Toledo (Awards, benefits, (1952), University at Buffalo (1998), Kent State Uni- MAC team to ever beat Michigan in Ann Arbor; Ball Expenses & Financial Aid Cabinet); Stephannnie versity (1951), (1947), Ohio Uni- State won its first-ever game against a Big Ten foe Harvey-Vandenburg, Eastern Michigan (Recruiting versity (1946) and Temple University (2007). The when the Cardinals beat Indiana; Central Michigan & Athletic Personal Issues Cabinet); Brad Bates, Mi- West Division members are also defeated Indiana; and Western Michigan beat ami (Academic Performance); Eileen Jennings, Cen- (1973), Central Michigan University (1971), Eastern Illinois in a game played at Ford Field. tral Michigan (Infractions); Ted McKown, Kent State Michigan University (1971), Northern Illinois Uni- In its partnership with ESPN, the MAC signed (International Students Records); Jim Klein, Toledo versity (1975-86, 1997), (1950) an eight-year rights agreement through the 2016- (Legislative Review & Interpretations); Karin Lee, and Western Michigan University (1947). 2017 academic year for football, as well as men’s Ball State (Minority Opportunities and Interest); In 1946 men’s basketball was the first competi- and women’s basketball. The deal will be the most Melody Reifel Werner, Eastern Michigan (Research); tive sport in the MAC, which now sponsors a total extensive in the 63-year history of the conference. Catharine Marsszeky, Kent State (Student-Athlete 23 sports. Women’s sports were brought into the The new deal calls for a minimum of 25 events an- Advisory); Lee Merserve, Bowling Green (Walter By- conference’s structure in 1980. nually to be produced and aired on an ESPN plat- ers Scholarship). For men, championships (11) are sponsored in form including the men’s and women’s basketball The MAC also has representation on Division I football, basketball, baseball, cross country, soccer, championships, a regular-season MAC presence Sport Committees and related governing groups: swimming and diving, indoor track and field, out- on ESPN, the Marathon MAC Football Champion- Cathy O’Donnell, Kent State (Field Hockey); Dave door track and field, wrestling, golf and tennis. ship and a minimum of 11 regular-season football Heeke, Central Michigan (Football Issues); Marling For women, championships (12) are sponsored games. “Newt” Engle, Akron (Rifle); Karin Lee, Ball State in basketball, softball, volleyball, cross country, Women’s athletics shined for the MAC this past (Tennis); Rich Ceronie (Track & Field); Laing Ken- field hockey, golf, soccer, swimming and diving, year. For the first time in the history of the confer- nedy, Kent State (Men’s Basketball); Charlie Coles, gymnastics, indoor track and field, outdoor track ence the MAC sent three teams to the NCAA wom- Miami (Men’s Basketball Issues); Jim Schaus, Ohio and field and tennis. en’s volleyball tournament (Miami, Ohio and West- and Reggie Witherspoon, Buffalo (Men’s Basketball ern Michigan). Western Michigan became only the Rules); Steven Cady, Miami (Men’s Ice Hockey); Mary third team to make it to the Sweet Sixteen (Ohio Lu Gribschaw, Akron (Men’s Soccer); Greg Christo- CONTACT INFORMATION 2005 and Western Michigan 1983). In women’s pher, Bowling Green (Women’s Basketball); Anucha 24 Public Square, 15th Floor basketball MAC Tournament Champion Ball State Brown-Sanders, Buffalo and Donyale Canada, MAC Cleveland, OH 44113 upset perennial national power in the (Women’s Basketball Issues); Curt Miller, Bowling Phone: 216.566.4622 first round of the NCAA tournament handing the Green (Women’s Basketball Rules); Jerry Reighard, www.MAC-Sports.com Central Michigan (Gymnastics); Matt Wolfert, Ball Lady Vols their first ever loss in the opening round Dr. Jon Steinbrecher...... Commissioner (ext. 311) of the NCAA tournament. The victory was named State (Women’s Soccer); Dee Abrahamson, North- Bob Gennarelli...... Senior Assoc. Commissioner (ext. 308) “Pontiac Game Changing Performance” of the 2009 ern Illinois (Women’s Softball Rules); Derek van der Rick Boyages...... Assoc. Commissioner (ext. 307) Merwe, Central Michigan (Wrestling). Donyale Canada...... Assoc. Commissioner (ext. 312) NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament, while first Jackie Mynarski...... Assoc. Commissioner (ext. 318) year head coach Kelly Packard was named Maggie From two-time Super Bowl quarterback win- Ken Mather...... Assistant Commissioner (ext. 301) Dixon Division I Rookie Coach of the Year by the ning Ben Roethlisberger (Miami University), NFL Jeff Bacon...... Assistant Commissioner (ext. 316) Defensive MVP James Harrison (Kent State Univer- Jeremy Guy...... Director of Communications (ext. 303) WBCA. Betty Sislak...... Director of Finance (ext. 314) Akron continued its dominance of MAC men’s sity), British Open winner Ben Curtis (Kent State Erin Dugan...... Assoc. Director/Media Relations (ext. 319) soccer with its 11th regular-season championship University), World Series winning manager Bob Julie Kachner...... Executive Assistant (ext. 311) Ed Mont...... Intern/Bowl Operations Assistant (ext. 324) to go along with its sixth MAC Tournament title – Brenly () and Olympic bobsled team both league records. The Zips were ranked as high member Brock Kreitzburgh (University of Toledo), as No. 2 during the season and reached the Sweet the Mid-American Conference continues to excel in Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament before falling producing leaders in the world of athletics. to Northwestern, 1-0. Steve Zakuani, who helped guide the University of Akron men’s soccer pro- History of the MAC gram to a record-setting campaign in 2008, was the Based in Cleveland since July 1999 following a

82 NCAA DIVISION I TOURNAMENT 1987-88 • 1990-91 • 1995-96 • 1997-98 2008-09 Final MAC Standings

2008 Mid-American Conference Men’s Basketball Final Standings CONFERENCE OVERALL West Division W L Pct W L Pct Ball State 7 9 .438 14 17 .452 Central Michigan 7 9 .438 12 19 .387 Western Michigan 7 9 .438 10 21 .323 Eastern Michigan 6 10 .375 8 24 .250 Northern Illinois 5 11 .313 10 20 .333 Toledo 5 11 .313 7 25 .219

East Division W L Pct W L Pct Buffalo 11 5 .688 21 12 .636 Bowling Green 11 5 .688 19 14 .576 Akron 10 6 .625 23 13 .639 Miami 10 6 .625 17 13 .567 Regular Season Champion: Bowling Green All-MAC Honorable Mention Tournament Champion: Akron Mike Allen-Ohio Tyler Dierkers-Miami Greg Gamble-Buffalo Jarrod Jones- Ball State All-MAC First Team Brandon Lampley-Ball State Mike Bramos-Miami Nate Linhart-Akron -Kent State Chris McKnight-Akron Nate Miller-Bowling Green Brian Moten-Bowling Green Rodney Pierce-Buffalo Chris Singletary-Kent State Jerome Tillman-Ohio Marcus Van-Central Michigan All-MAC Second Team All-MAC Freshman Team Brandon Bowdry-Eastern Michigan Anthony Hitchens-Akron Darion “Jake” Anderson-Northern Illinois Jarrod Jones-Ball State Brett McKnight-Akron Mike DiNunno-Northern Illinois Tyrone Kent-Toledo Steven Coleman-Ohio David Kool-Western Michigan Flenard Whitfield-Western Michigan

2008-09 Eastern Michigan Basketball MAC Season Statistics

# Player GP-GS MIN MPG FG-A FG% 3FG-A 3PT% FT-A FT% OFF DEF TOT RPG PF FO A TO BLK STL PTS PPG 33 BOWDRY, Brandon 16-15 497 31.1 73-194 .376 11-36 .306 74-107 .692 35 90 125 7.8 48 1 31 57 5 16 231 14.4 25 DOBBINS, Justin 16-13 445 27.8 61-115 .530 0-0 .000 27-56 .482 36 47 83 5.2 47 2 17 22 11 7 149 9.3 20 GAY, Zane 16-6 413 25.8 37-113 .327 26-79 .329 15-28 .536 11 29 40 2.5 27 1 30 27 10 8 115 7.2 2 FARRIS, Solomon 3-1 34 11.3 2-13 .154 0-9 .000 0-0 .000 1 2 3 1.0 4 0 4 2 0 1 4 1.3 12 FRAZIER, L.J 16-9 354 22.1 32-91 .352 22-59 .373 10-18 .556 5 28 33 2.1 27 0 17 20 0 9 96 6.0 5 JONES, Tyler 16-8 506 31.6 24-56 .429 7-19 .368 34-50 .680 20 25 45 2.8 28 0 29 25 0 16 89 5.6 13 GREEN, Antonio 16-9 295 18.4 27-81 .333 13-46 .283 14-18 .778 2 23 25 1.6 24 0 8 20 3 10 81 5.1 15 COOPER, Will 16-10 290 18.1 11-40 .275 2-6 .333 4-14 .286 19 26 45 2.8 24 0 17 19 10 14 28 1.8 10 HARRISON, Branden 10-5 87 8.7 5-18 .278 0-3 .000 1-2 .500 3 10 13 1.3 5 0 0 2 5 3 11 1.1 21 FARROW, Wendale 15-1 233 15.5 14-29 .483 1-1 1.000 9-20 .450 16 31 47 3.1 22 0 5 9 5 5 38 2.5 34 DODD, Kyle 9-3 41 4.6 2-10 .200 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 7 8 0.9 6 0 3 4 3 1 4 0.4 4 BARNES, Daniel 6-0 25 4.2 3-9 .333 1-5 .200 0-2 .000 0 4 4 0.7 2 0 1 4 0 2 7 1.2 54 JANTON, Kamil 8-0 53 6.6 3-11 .273 0-0 .000 1-6 .167 5 2 7 0.9 10 0 0 5 0 1 7 0.9 32 HAMO, Alex 2-0 1 0.5 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 22 AMETI, Merlynd 1-0 1 1.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 20 31 51 3.2 0 9 Total 16 3275 294-780 .377 83-263 .316 189-321 .589 174 355 529 33.1 275 4 162 226 52 93 860 53.8 Opponents 16 3275 355-813 .437 75-225 .333 181-279 .649 164 380 544 34.0 293 7 186 205 44 121 966 60.4

MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONS 1988 • 1991 • 1996 • 1998 83 MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS 1988 • 1991 • 1996 • 1998 MAC Team Statistics TEAM SCORING OFFENSE TEAM 3-POINT PERCENTAGE Pl. Team G W-L Pts Avg/G Pl. Team G FG FGA PCT. 1. Kent State 34 19-15 2343 68.9 1. Ohio 32 208 573 .363 2. Akron 36 23-13 2403 66.8 2. Bowling Green 33 206 583 .353 3. Northern Illinois 30 10-20 1985 66.2 3. Northern Illinois 30 185 533 .347 4. Buffalo 33 21-12 2155 65.3 4. Buffalo 33 174 506 .344 5. Ohio 32 15-17 2075 64.8 5. Ball State 31 134 395 .339 6. Bowling Green 33 19-14 2126 64.4 6. Central Michigan 31 180 536 .336 7. Central Michigan 31 12-19 1928 62.2 7. Kent State 34 197 589 .334 8. Western Michigan 31 10-21 1918 61.9 8. Akron 36 258 776 .332 9. Miami 30 17-13 1847 61.6 9. Miami 30 160 482 .332 10. Toledo 32 7-25 1893 59.2 10. Western Michigan 31 198 636 .311 11. Ball State 31 14-17 1795 57.9 11. Eastern Michigan 32 154 507 .304 12. Eastern Michigan 32 8-24 1834 57.3 12. Toledo 32 149 498 .299

TEAM SCORING DEFENSE TEAM REBOUNDING OFFENSE Pl. Team G Pts Avg/G Pl. Team G REB AVG./G 1. Miami 30 1766 58.9 1. Buffalo 33 1215 36.8 2. Ball State 31 1852 59.7 2. Bowling Green 33 1186 35.9 3. Akron 36 2171 60.3 3. Kent State 34 1204 35.4 4. Bowling Green 33 2020 61.2 4. Northern Illinois 30 1060 35.3 5. Buffalo 33 2078 63.0 5. Ball State 31 1071 34.5 6. Eastern Michigan 32 2040 63.8 6. Eastern Michigan 32 1102 34.4 7. Western Michigan 31 2004 64.6 7. Western Michigan 31 1061 34.2 8. Kent State 34 2199 64.7 8. Akron 36 1199 33.3 9. Ohio 32 2080 65.0 9. Toledo 32 1058 33.1 10. Central Michigan 31 2018 65.1 10. Miami 30 956 31.9 11. Toledo 32 2173 67.9 11. Central Michigan 31 981 31.6 12. Northern Illinois 30 2123 70.8 12. Ohio 32 990 30.9

TEAM PERCENTAGE TEAM BLOCKED SHOTS Pl. Team G FTM FTA PCT. Pl. Team G BLOCKS AVG./G 1. Miami 30 371 523 .709 1. Bowling Green 33 120 3.64 2. Akron 36 499 705 .708 2. Eastern Michigan 32 114 3.56 3. Ohio 32 449 639 .703 3. Toledo 32 102 3.19 4. Western Michigan 31 452 645 .701 4. Northern Illinois 30 94 3.13 5. Bowling Green 33 370 548 .675 5. Western Michigan 31 97 3.13 6. Toledo 32 360 551 .653 6. Miami 30 90 3.00 7. Kent State 34 432 665 .650 7. Buffalo 33 91 2.76 8. Buffalo 33 425 659 .645 8. Kent State 34 91 2.68 9. Central Michigan 31 388 615 .631 9. Central Michigan 31 79 2.55 10. Ball State 31 369 604 .611 10. Akron 36 80 2.22 11. Eastern Michigan 32 348 574 .606 11. Ball State 31 63 2.03 12. Northern Illinois 30 392 662 .592 12. Ohio 32 59 1.84

TEAM FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE TEAM ASSISTS Pl. Team G FG FGA PCT. Pl. Team G ASST. AVG./G 1. Kent State 34 857 1953 .439 1. Ohio 32 436 13.63 2. Miami 30 658 1512 .435 2. Kent State 34 434 12.76 3. Ohio 32 709 1634 .434 3. Bowling Green 33 415 12.58 4. Bowling Green 33 775 1796 .432 4. Northern Illinois 30 373 12.43 5. Northern Illinois 30 704 1668 .422 5. Akron 36 446 12.39 6. Toledo 32 692 1641 .422 6. Miami 30 370 12.33 7. Akron 36 823 1969 .418 7. Buffalo 33 406 12.30 8. Central Michigan 31 680 1628 .418 8. Eastern Michigan 32 366 11.44 9. Buffalo 33 778 1864 .417 9. Western Michigan 31 338 10.90 10. Ball State 31 646 1572 .411 10. Toledo 32 347 10.84 11. Eastern Michigan 32 666 1656 .402 11. Ball State 31 333 10.74 12. Western Michigan 31 634 1612 .393 12. Central Michigan 31 306 9.87

TEAM FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE-DEFENSE TEAM STEALS Pl. Team G FG FGA PCT. Pl. Team G STEALS AVG./G 1. Bowling Green 33 700 1782 .393 1. Kent State 34 274 8.06 2. Akron 36 718 1783 .403 2. Northern Illinois 30 239 7.97 3. Kent State 34 746 1815 .411 3. Central Michigan 31 244 7.87 4. Miami 30 633 1519 .417 4. Akron 36 270 7.50 5. Western Michigan 31 691 1656 .417 5. Ohio 32 222 6.94 6. Ball State 31 663 1578 .420 6. Bowling Green 33 221 6.70 7. Toledo 32 762 1767 .431 7. Buffalo 33 215 6.52 8. Buffalo 33 737 1699 .434 8. Toledo 32 208 6.50 9. Eastern Michigan 32 746 1714 .435 9. Eastern Michigan 32 194 6.06 10. Ohio 32 714 1620 .441 10. Miami 30 178 5.93 11. Northern Illinois 30 717 1619 .443 11. Western Michigan 31 167 5.39 12. Central Michigan 31 648 1444 .449 12. Ball State 31 158 5.10

84 NCAA DIVISION I TOURNAMENT 1987-88 • 1990-91 • 1995-96 • 1997-98 MAC Individual Leaders INDIVIDUAL SCORING LEADERS INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Pl. Player-School G FG 3FG FT PTS AVG./G Pl. Player-School G STEALS AVG./G 1. KOOL, David-WMU 31 168 58 161 555 17.9 1. MILLER, Nate-BGSU 30 60 2.00 2. BRAMOS, Michael-MIA 30 173 71 120 537 17.9 2. AMOS, Jonathan-UT 30 59 1.97 3. TILLMAN, Jerome-OHIO 32 183 27 173 566 17.7 3. LINHART, Nate-UA 36 62 1.72 4. ANDERSON, Darion-NIU 29 159 46 127 491 16.9 4. DIERKERS, Tyler-MIA 30 50 1.67 5. FISHER, Al-KSU 34 172 45 126 515 15.1 5. COLEMAN, Steven-OHIO 32 53 1.66 6. KENT, Tyrone-UT 32 168 53 95 484 15.1 6. FISHER, Al-KSU 34 56 1.65 7. BOWDRY, Brandon-EMU 32 169 17 117 472 14.8 7. ANDERSON, Darion-NIU 29 46 1.59 8. PIERCE, Rodney-UB 33 167 56 83 473 14.3 8. SINGLETARY, Chris-KSU 32 50 1.56 9. MILLER, Nate-BGSU 30 170 24 50 414 13.8 9. MINCY, Jordan-KSU 34 51 1.50 10. AMOS, Jonathan-UT 30 141 11 116 409 13.6 HARDIMAN, Jacolby-CMU 30 45 1.50 11. VAN, Marcus-CMU 26 126 0 85 337 13.0 11. ROBINSON, Andy-UB 30 44 1.47 12. SINGLETARY, Chris-KSU 32 134 17 102 387 12.1 DINUNNO, Mike-NIU 30 44 1.47

INDIVIDUAL REBOUNDING LEADERS INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Pl. Player-School G OFF DEF TOT AVG./G Pl. Player-School G BLOCKS AVG./G 1. VAN, Marcus-CMU 26 88 127 215 8.3 1. LOWE, LaMarcus-WMU 28 48 1.71 2. TILLMAN, Jerome-OHIO 32 84 174 258 8.1 2. VAN, Marcus-CMU 26 37 1.42 3. DIERKERS, Tyler-MIA 30 83 137 220 7.3 3. POLK, Otis-BGSU 33 41 1.24 4. JONES, Jarrod-BSU 31 71 156 227 7.3 4. JONES, Jarrod-BSU 31 35 1.13 5. MILLER, Nate-BGSU 30 55 163 218 7.3 5. BRAMOS, Michael-MIA 30 33 1.10 6. BOWDRY, Brandon-EMU 32 75 155 230 7.2 6. SIMPSON, Anthony-KSU 34 33 0.97 7. ANYIJONG, Justin-UT 32 68 138 206 6.4 7. ANYIJONG, Justin-UT 32 28 0.88 8. BETTS, Calvin-UB 32 84 119 203 6.3 8. LO, Mohamed-UT 31 27 0.87 9. SIMPSON, Anthony-KSU 34 64 149 213 6.3 9. COOPER, Will-EMU 32 25 0.78 10. LINHART, Nate-UA 36 61 161 222 6.2 10. KOWAL, Sean-NIU 29 22 0.76 11. POLK, Otis-BGSU 33 95 86 181 5.5 11. DOBBINS, Justin-EMU 32 23 0.72 12. ANDERSON, Darion-NIU 29 36 121 157 5.4 12. HARRISON, Branden-EMU 24 16 0.67

INDIVIDUAL FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE LEADERS INDIVIDUAL MINUTES PLAYED LEADERS Pl. Player-School G FG FGA PCT. Pl. Player-School G MINUTES AVG./G 1. KOWAL, Sean-NIU 29 114 207 .551 1. DIERKERS, Tyler-MIA 30 1092 36.40 2. DOBBINS, Justin-EMU 32 128 245 .522 2. BRAMOS, Michael-MIA 30 1057 35.23 3. VAN, Marcus-CMU 26 126 243 .519 3. KOOL, David-WMU 31 1058 34.13 4. TILLMAN, Jerome-OHIO 32 183 361 .507 4. KENT, Tyrone-UT 32 1056 33.00 5. DIERKERS, Tyler-MIA 30 107 212 .505 5. HARMAN, Robbie-CMU 31 1019 32.87 6. MILLER, Nate-BGSU 30 170 351 .484 6. TILLMAN, Jerome-OHIO 32 1047 32.72 7. HARDIMAN, Jacolby-CMU 30 115 238 .483 7. ANYIJONG, Justin-UT 32 1028 32.12 8. COLEMAN, Steven-OHIO 32 112 238 .471 8. FISHER, Al-KSU 34 1089 32.03 9. JONES, Jarrod-BSU 31 136 297 .458 9. HARDIMAN, Jacolby-CMU 30 960 32.00 10. BOWDRY, Brandon-EMU 32 169 379 .446 10. LAMPLEY, Brandon-BSU 31 980 31.61 11. LINHART, Nate-UA 36 128 289 .443 11. ANDERSON, Darion-NIU 29 914 31.52 12. SMITH, Sean-NIU 29 92 208 .442 12. CLEMENTS, Darryl-BGSU 33 1031 31.24

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Pl. Player-School G ASSISTS AVG./G 1. ALLEN, Michael-OHIO 32 138 4.31 2. GAMBLE, Greg-UB 33 127 3.85 3. FISHER, Al-KSU 34 120 3.53 4. Jakubowski, Joe-BGSU 33 115 3.48 5. REDELL, Michael-WMU 31 100 3.23 6. AMOS, Jonathan-UT 30 95 3.17 7. HARMAN, Robbie-CMU 31 94 3.03 8. CLEMENTS, Darryl-BGSU 33 100 3.03 9. SINGLETARY, Chris-KSU 32 94 2.94 10. POLLITZ, Eric-MIA 26 75 2.88 11. MINCY, Jordan-KSU 34 97 2.85 12. LAMPLEY, Brandon-BSU 31 85 2.74

INDIVIDUAL FREE THROW PERCENTAGE LEADERS Pl. Player-School G FT FTM PCT. 1. ROBERTS, Darryl-UA 36 75 81 .926 2. KOOL, David-WMU 31 161 180 .894 3. FISHER, Al-KSU 34 126 149 .846 4. BRAMOS, Michael-MIA 30 120 144 .833 5. LINHART, Nate-UA 36 74 91 .813 6. PIERCE, Rodney-UB 33 83 110 .755 7. GARY, Shawntes-WMU 31 95 129 .736 8. TILLMAN, Jerome-OHIO 32 173 235 .736 9. DINUNNO, Mike-NIU 30 71 97 .732 10. LAMPLEY, Brandon-BSU 31 64 91 .703 11. BOWDRY, Brandon-EMU 32 117 170 .688 12. McKNIGHT, Brett-UA 36 82 120 .683

MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONS 1988 • 1991 • 1996 • 1998 85 MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS 1988 • 1991 • 1996 • 1998 MAC Tournament Bracket 2010 Mid-American Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament March 7, 10-13, 2010 • Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, Ohio

First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship Campus Sites Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland, Ohio Quicken Loans Arena Quicken Loans Arena Quicken Loans Arena

#7 Seed

#10 Seed #2 Seed #6 Seed

#11 Seed MAC TOURNAMENT #3 Seed #8 Seed CHAMPION

#9 Seed AUTOMATIC NCAA BID #1 Seed #5 Seed

#12 Seed

#4 Seed

2009 Mid-American Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament March 10-14, 2009 • Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, Ohio March 10-Quicken March 12-Quicken March 13-Quicken March 14-Quicken Loans Arena Loans Arena Loans Arena Loans Arena #7 Seed CMU (62) Noon #7 Seed CMU (61) #10 Seed EMU (49) Noon/FS Ohio #2 Seed BSU (52)

#6 Seed Kent State (64) #2 Seed BSU (64) 730 p.m. FS Ohio #3 Seed Buffalo (53) 2 p.m. #6 Seed Kent State (62) 2:30 FS Ohio #3 Seed Buffalo (64) MAC TOURNAMENT #11 Seed NIU (61) CHAMPION #3 Seed Buffalo (65) #8 Seed WMU 55) #5 Seed Akron 4 p.m. #9 Seed Ohio (61) AUTOMATIC NCAA BID #9 Seed Ohio (62) 7 p.m. FS Ohio #1 Seed BGSU (55) 8 p.m. ESPN2 #1 Seed BGSU (74) #5 Seed Akron (93-OT) #5 Seed Akron (65) 9:30 p.m. FS Ohio 6 p.m. #5 Seed Akron (73) #12 Seed Toledo (92) 9:30 p.m. FS Ohio #5 Seed Akron (63) #4 Seed Miami (63)

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