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- Established: 1946
- Home office: Cleveland, Ohio
- Commissioner: Rick Chryst
- Members: 12
- Defending champion: Kent State
- 2009 tournament location: Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, Ohio
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The Mid-American Conference is comprised of 8 teams that play college basketball at the Division I-A level. For a listing of teams and their conferences, see College Basketball.
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History
The MAC was established on February 24, 1946, it is founded as a five school league the Ohio, Butler, Cincinnati, Wayne State and Western reserve. The current members are the Akron joined in 1992, the Ball State in 1973, the Bowling Green in 1952, Buffalo in 1998, Central Michigan in 1971, Eastern Michigan in 1971, Kent State in 1951, Miami in 1947, Northern Illinois in 1975-1986, 1997, Ohio in 1946, Toledo in 1950, and Western Michigan in 1947.Rick Chryst is the third longest serving commissioner for the MAC. He held the post since 1999 up to present. Dr. David E. Reese is the first Conference Commissioner in 1946-1964 and Fred Jacoby being the commissioner longer from 1971-1982.
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MAC Basketball Members
- Akron Zips
- Bowling Green Falcons
- Buffalo Bulls
- Kent State
- Miami RedHawks
- Ohio Bobcats
- Ball State Cardinals
- Central Michigan Chippewas
- Eastern Michigan Eagles
- Northern Illinois Huskies
- Toledo Rockets
- Western Michigan Broncos
Recent Champions
- 2008: Kent State Official site: MAC Tournament History
- 2007: Miami Official site: MAC Tournament History
- 2006: Kent State Official site: MAC Tournament History
- 2005: Ohio Official site: MAC Tournament History
- 2004: WMU Official site: MAC Tournament History
- 2003: CMU Official site: MAC Tournament History
- 2002: Kent State Official site: MAC Tournament History
- 2001: Kent State Official site: MAC Tournament History
- 2000: Ball State Official site: MAC Tournament History
- 1999: Kent State Official site: MAC Tournament History
- 1998: EMU Official site: MAC Tournament History
- 1997: Miami Official site: MAC Tournament History
- 1996: EMU Official site: MAC Tournament History
- 1995: Ball State Official site: MAC Tournament History
- 1994: Ohio Official site: MAC Tournament History
- 1993: Ball State Official site: MAC Tournament History
- 1992: Miami Official site: MAC Tournament History
- 1991: EMU Official site: MAC Tournament History
- 1990: Ball State Official site: MAC Tournament History
- 1989: Ball State Official site: MAC Tournament History
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MAC Men's Basketball Questions
in mens ncaa basketball how many times has all 4 #1 seeds made it to the final 4 ? if any who and when? 1 AnswerOnce, last year was the first time ever . The teams were UCLA, Memphis, Kansas and North Carolina. read more
What are the best Soccer, Basketball, and Football games playable on MACs? 2 AnswersIf you run Windows and dual-boot your Mac you can run all sorts of cool games, but I think there are still good games for Mac out there, including Madden '08, b... read more
Which basketball games are playable on Macs? 1 AnswerNo basketball games on Mac, but if you have a newer Intel Mac, use Boot Camp and run NBA 2K in Windows. Don't bother with NBA Live, 2K is much better. read more



