Bowling Green State University Athletics
BGSU Will Play At Ball State In MAC Tournament
March 08, 2003 | Men's Basketball
March 8, 2003
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The pairings for the 2003 First Energy Mid-American Conference Tournament were finalized Saturday as Kent State captured the No. 2 seed with its 73-60 win over Ohio. Meanwhile, Northern Illinois' 71-67 overtime loss to Western Michigan handed Miami the No. 3 seed and dropped the Huskies to the No. 4 slot. The Broncos clinched the No. 5 seed with its win.
Marshall had its back to the wall as a loss by the Thundering Herd in its game with Miami would have dropped the Thundering Herd to a No. 11 seed. Marshall, however, fought back for a 58-51 win against Miami to secure the No. 7 seed for the Thundering Herd.
Akron (No. 6) and Ball State (No. 8) also secured first round home games despite losses Saturday. The complete tournament schedule is listed below.
Monday, March 10 first round at campus sites, times tba No. 13 Buffalo (5-22, 2-16) at No. 4 N. Ill. (15-13, 11-7) No. 12 Toledo (13-15, 7-11) at No. 5 W. Mich. (18-9, 10-8) No. 11 Ohio (12-15, 8-10) at No. 6 Akron (14-13, 9-9) No. 10 E. Mich. (14-13, 8-10) at No. 7 Marshall (13-14, 9-9) No. 9 BGSU (12-15, 8-10) at No. 8 Ball St. (13-16, 8-10)Thursday, March 13 at Gund Arena, Cleveland Game 1 - 7/10 winner vs. No. 2 Kent St. (19-8, 12-6), noon Game 2 - 6/11 winner vs. No. 3 Miami (13-14, 11-7), 2:00* Game 3 - 8/9 winner vs. No. 1 C. Mich. (21-6, 14-4), 7:00 Game 4 - 4/13 winner vs. 5/12 winner, 9:00* * or 30 minues following previous game
Friday, March 14 at Gund Arena, Cleveland Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner, 6:30 Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 8:30 FOX Sports Net Regionals
Saturday, March 15 at Gund Arena, Cleveland Championship Game, 7:00, ESPN2
