MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE Table of Contents This is the Mid-American Conference .......................................................2 24 PUBLIC SQUARE, 15TH FLOOR, CLEVELAND, OHIO 44113 2017-18 Season in Review........................................................................6 WEBSITE: WWW.MAC-SPORTS.COM 2017-18 Season Stats ...............................................................................7 TELEPHONE: 216-566-4622 Year-by-Year Standings ...........................................................................33 MEDIA RELATIONS FAX: 216-858-9622 MAC Coaching History ............................................................................37 ADMINISTRATION FAX: 216-696-2622 Individual Award Winners ........................................................................39 All-MAC Selections ..................................................................................40 All-Tournament Teams .............................................................................45 Academic All-MAC Selections .................................................................46 Dr. Jon A. Steinbrecher Past Players of the Week ........................................................................48 Commissioner Annual Stat Leaders ................................................................................52 Julie Kachner [email protected] Single Game Records .............................................................................56 Executive Assistant to the Commissioner Ext. 311 Single Season Records ...........................................................................60 Career Records .......................................................................................65 Bob Gennarelli [email protected] Past MAC Tournament Results ...............................................................68 Deputy Commissioner/Chief Operating Officer (COO) Ext. 308 MAC Tournament Records ......................................................................72 MAC in Postseason Play .........................................................................76 Jeff Bacon [email protected] MAC Overtime Games ............................................................................78 Sr. Assoc. Commissioner/Championships & Sport Dev’t Ext. 316 Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame ...........................................................80 Ricky Stokes [email protected] Senior Assoc. Commissioner/Men’s & Women’s BB Ext. 307 MAC Women’s Basketball On Twitter Betty Sislak [email protected] Mid-American Conference ......................................... @MACSports Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Ext. 328 Heather Klatt (MAC Women’s Basketball Contact) ....@HeatherKlatt_ Akron Zips .................................................................... @ZipsWBB Ken Mather [email protected] Ball State Cardinals ...............................................@BallStateWBB Assoc. Commissioner/Media & Public Relations Ext. 301 Bowling Green Falcons ...............................................@BGSUwbb Kristin Williams [email protected] Buffalo Bulls ..................................................... @UBwomenshoops Assoc. Commissioner/Institutional Services & SWA Ext. 318 Central Michigan Chippewas ................................... @CMUWBBall Eastern Michigan Eagles ............................................. @EMUWBB Jeremy Guy [email protected] Kent State Golden Flashes........................................ @KentStWbb Assistant Commissioner/Integrated Digital Strategies Ext. 303 Miami RedHawks................................................ @MiamiOH_WBB Korinth Patterson [email protected] Northern Illinois Huskies .....................................@GoHuskiesWBB Assistant Commissioner/Championships Ext. 302 Ohio Bobcats ....................................................@OhioWBasketball Toledo Rockets ..........................................................@ToledoWBB Renee Dubuc [email protected] Western Michigan Broncos ....................................... @WMU_WBB Director of Institutional Services Ext. 320 Kadeem Huggins [email protected] Director of Digital Media Services Ext. 314 Follow the #MACtion Facebook ........................................................ @GetSomeMACtion Heather Klatt [email protected] Instagram................................................................... @MACSports Director of Visual & Creative Content Ext. 319 Snapchat .......................................................................MACSports Kyle Klein [email protected] Twitter ........................................................................ @MACSports Director of Championships & Special Events Ext. 312 YouTube .........................................................MAC Digital Network Rachel Konieczki [email protected] Director of Men’s & Women’s Basketball Operations Ext. 304 MAC/IMG PROPERTIES Kerri Krawczak [email protected] Steve Volchko [email protected] Director of Football Operations & External Relations Ext. 324 IMG - MAC Account Executive Ext. 304 Eric Kwaitkowski [email protected] Tom Sitko [email protected] Assistant Director of Communication Ext. 322 General Manager, MAC IMG Sports Marketing Ext. 305 Logan Brooks [email protected] Championships Assistant Ext. 323 www.GetSomeMACtion.com 11 This is the Mid-American Conference Providing leadership in education and diversity, in 2018 the Mid-American Conference moves into its 73rd year of service to our students. Since its inception in 1946, the Mid-American Conference has progressively grown and developed into one of the most aggressive Division I conference’s in the country. One of only 10 football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) conferences, the MAC named Dr. Jon A. Steinbrecher as its eighth commissioner in March of 2009. The league hosts championships in 23 sports, including neutral site events at some of the finest facilities in the nation – football (Ford Field, Detroit), men’s and women’s basketball (Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland), softball (Firestone Stadium, Akron) and baseball (Sprenger Stadium, Avon, Ohio). The MAC secured a two-year contract extension with Ford Field to host the MAC Football Championship Game through the 2021 football season, anchored a six-year contract extension for the MAC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournaments at Quicken Loans Arena through the 2023 season, and stabilized a five-year contract extension through the 2020 season for the MAC Baseball Tournament at Sprenger Stadium in Avon, Ohio. In addition to growing its commitment to MAC championships, Steinbrecher has been aggressive in pursuing NCAA Championship events. The MAC served as the host for the 2015 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Midwest Regional at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland as well as the 2018 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships, which set NCAA Wrestling three-day Championship total attendance and single-session attendance records. The MAC will also be hosting the 2020 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament First and Second Rounds, also at Quicken Loans Arena. The MAC has previously hosted both the 2012 and 2014 NCAA Women’s Bowling Championships and will also host the 2019 NCAA Women’s Bowling Championships under Steinbrecher’s direction. In the summer of 2014, the MAC and ESPN announced a historic 13-year rights extension deal through the 2026-27 season for expanded national television and digital distribu- tion. This is the largest and most extensive agreement in the history of the Conference and brings long-term security for the MAC through the 2026-27 academic year. For the second time in Mid-American Conference history a member institution played in one of the prestigious New Year’s Six Bowl Games, as 2016 MAC Champion Western Michigan faced Wisconsin in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic on Jan. 2, 2017 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. During the 2017 NFL Draft, Western Michigan wide receiver Corey Davis was the fifth overall selection by the Tennessee Titans. Davis’ selection was the highest ever for the Broncos program and tied the second-highest ever draft selection by a student from the MAC. It also marked the third MAC football student selected in the top five of the NFL draft over the last six seasons. In the 2014 NFL Draft, Buffalo Bulls linebacker Khalil Mack was the fifth overall selection by the Oakland Raiders. Mack’s selection was the highest-ever for the Buffalo program and the second highest ever selection for a MAC student. In the 2013 NFL Draft, Central Michigan offensive tackle Eric Fisher was selected as the first overall selection by the Kansas City Chiefs, making Fisher the first-ever football player from the MAC selected first overall in the NFL Draft. The MAC witnessed former Akron Zips defensive lineman Jason Taylor inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a member of the 2017 Hall of Fame Class. Taylor, who spent 13 of his 15 seasons in the NFL with the Miami Dolphins, was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on August 5, 2017 in Canton, Ohio. Taylor is the first Zips player elected to the Hall of Fame and was a third-round pick out of Akron in the 1997 NFL draft. Taylor ended his career in 2011 as the Miami Dolphins’ all-time leader in sacks and forced fumbles. A six-time Pro Bowl selection and three-time AP All- Pro first-team choice, Taylor was named the 2006 NFL Defensive Player of the Year and was selected as the Walter Payton Man of the Year in 2007. Joining the list of MAC alum heading