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2024–25 Mid-American Conference men's basketball season

2024–25 Mid-American Conference men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams12
Regular season
Tournament
Mid-American men's basketball seasons
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2024–25 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Kent State 0 – 0   – 8 – 3   .727
Akron 0 – 0   – 7 – 4   .636
Miami (OH) 0 – 0   – 7 – 4   .636
Eastern Michigan 0 – 0   – 6 – 5   .545
Toledo 0 – 0   – 6 – 5   .545
Ball State 0 – 0   – 5 – 6   .455
Buffalo 0 – 0   – 5 – 6   .455
Central Michigan 0 – 0   – 5 – 6   .455
Ohio 0 – 0   – 5 – 6   .455
Bowling Green 0 – 0   – 4 – 7   .364
Northern Illinois 0 – 0   – 3 – 8   .273
Western Michigan 0 – 0   – 3 – 8   .273
† 2025 MAC tournament winner
As of December 22, 2024

The 2024–25 Mid-American Conference men's basketball season will be the season for Mid-American Conference men's basketball teams. It will begin with practices in October 2024, followed by the start of the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play will begin in January 2024 and conclude in March 2024. The 2025 MAC tournament will be held at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, Ohio for the 26th consecutive season.[1] This will be the conference's last season with 12 members as it will see its first change in membership since 2005 with the addition of UMass[2]

Head coaches

Coaching changes

There have been no coaching changes since the end of the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

Coaches

Team Head coach Previous job Years at school Overall record School record MAC record MAC titles MAC Tournament titles NCAA tournaments NCAA Final Fours NCAA Championships
Akron John Groce Illinois 8 220–212 (.509) 140–80 (.636) 80–48 (.625) 1 2 2 0 0
Ball State Michael Lewis UCLA (Asst.) 3 35–28 (.556) 35–28 (.556) 18–18 (.500) 0 0 0 0 0
Bowling Green Todd Simon Southern Utah 2 147–128 (.535) 20–14 (.588) 10–8 (.556) 0 0 0 0 0
Buffalo George Halcovage Villanova (Assoc. HC) 2 4–27 (.129) 4–27 (.129) 2–16 (.111) 0 0 0 0 0
Central Michigan Tony Barbee Kentucky (Asst.) 4 166–185 (.473) 35–58 (.376) 23–31 (.426) 0 0 0 0 0
Eastern Michigan Stan Heath Lakeland Magic 4 240–269 (.472) 31–62 (.333) 16–40 (.286) 0 0 0 0 0
Kent State Rob Senderoff Kent State (Asst.) 14 264–164 (.617) 264–164 (.617) 138–94 (.595) 1 2 2 0 0
Miami Travis Steele Xavier 3 97–87 (.527) 27–37 (.422) 15–21 (.417) 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Illinois Rashon Burno Arizona State (Asst.) 4 33–60 (.355) 33–60 (.355) 20–36 (.357) 0 0 0 0 0
Ohio Jeff Boals Stony Brook 6 152–102 (.598) 98–60 (.620) 54–35 (.607) 0 1 1 0 0
Toledo Tod Kowalczyk Green Bay 15 414–293 (.586) 278–181 (.606) 156–93 (.627) 5 0 0 0 0
Western Michigan Dwayne Stephens Michigan State (Assoc. HC) 3 20–43 (.317) 20–43 (.317) 13–23 (.361) 0 0 0 0 0

Notes:

  • Appearances, titles, etc. are from time with current school only.
  • Years at school includes 2024–25 season.
  • MAC records are from time at current school only.
  • All records are through the beginning of the season.

Source - [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]

Preseason

The MAC Men’s & Women’s Basketball Tip-Off will be held on Tuesday, October 22, 2024. Each team will have their head coach and a student athlete from both the men's and women's basketball team for interviews.[15]

MAC Men's Basketball Preview Coaches & Student-Athletes

  • Akron: Head Coach John Groce & Nate Johnson (R-Junior, Guard)
  • Ball State: Head Coach Michael Lewis & Payton Sparks (Senior, Center)
  • Bowling Green: Head Coach Todd Simon & Trey Thomas (Senior, Guard)
  • Buffalo: Head Coach George Halcovage III & Noah Batchelor (Junior, Forward)
  • Central Michigan: Head Coach Tony Barbee & Anthony Pritchard (Senior, Guard)
  • Eastern Michigan: Head Coach Stan Heath & Jalin Billingsley (Senior, Forward)
  • Kent State: Head Coach Rob Senderoff & VonCameron Davis (R-Senior, Forward)
  • Miami: Head Coach Travis Steele & Eian Elmer (Sophomore, Wing)
  • Northern Illinois: Head Coach Rashon Burno & Quentin Jones (Sophomore, Guard)
  • Ohio: Head Coach Jeff Boals & AJ Clayton (Senior, Forward)
  • Toledo: Head Coach Tod Kowalczyk & Javan Simmons (Sophomore, Forward)
  • Western Michigan: Head Coach Dwayne Stephens & JaVaughn Hannah (Junior, Guard)

Preseason men's basketball coaches poll

Men's Basketball Preseason Poll
Place Team Points First place votes
1. Ohio 121 11
2. Akron 106 1
3. Kent State 99 --
4. Toledo 95 --
5. Bowling Green 73 --
6. Miami 72 --
7. Ball State 67 --
8. Central Michigan 55 --
9. Eastern Michigan 36 --
10. Western Michigan 33 --
11. Northern Illinois 24 --
12. Buffalo 11 --

MAC Tournament Champions:Ohio (8), Kent State (3), Toledo (1)

Source[16]

MAC Preseason All-Conference

Honor Recipient
Preseason All-MAC First Team Peyton Sparks, Center, Akron, Sr.
Anthony Pritchard, Guard, Central Michigan, Sr.
VonCameron Davis, Forward, Kent State, R-Sr.
AJ Clayton, Forward, Ohio, Sr.
Javon Simmons, Forward, Toledo, Jo.
Preseason All-MAC Second Team Isaiah Gray, Guard, Akron, Sr.
Jalen Sullinger, Guard, Kent State, Sr.
Shereef Mitchell, Guard, Ohio, Grad.
AJ Brown, Guard, Ohio, R-So..
Isaiah Adams, Guard, Toledo, 5th

Source[16]

Regular season

Rankings

Main article: 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
  Pre Wk
2		 Wk
3		 Wk
4		 Wk
5		 Wk
6		 Wk
7		 Wk
8		 Wk
9		 Wk
10		 Wk
11		 Wk
12		 Wk
13		 Wk
14		 Wk
15		 Wk
16		 Wk
17		 Wk
18		 Wk
19		 Final
Akron AP
C
Ball State AP
C
Bowling Green AP
C
Buffalo AP
C
Central Michigan AP
C
Eastern Michigan AP
C
Kent State AP
C
Miami AP
C
Northern Illinois AP
C
Ohio AP
C
Toledo AP
C
Western Michigan AP
C
Legend
    Improvement in ranking
  Drop in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
  No change in ranking from previous week
RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
т Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

All-MAC awards

Mid-American men's basketball weekly awards

[17]

Week Player(s) of the Week School
Nov 11[18] Tyson Dunn Buffalo
Nov 18[19] Sonny Wilson Toledo
Nov 25[20] AJ Clayton
Nate Johnson 		Ohio
Akron
Dec 2[21] Jermahri Hill
Da’Sean Nelson 		Ball State
Eastern Michigan
Dec 9[22] Derrick Butler
Peter Suder 		Bowling Green
Miami
Dec 16[23] Juanse Gorosito Ball State
Dec 23
Dec 30
Jan 6
Jan 13
Jan 20
Jan 27
Feb 3
Feb 10
Feb 17
Feb 24
Mar 3
Mar 10

See also

2024–25 Mid-American Conference women's basketball season

References

  1. ^ Zarrella, Tony (March 12, 2021). "MAC Tournament staying in downtown Cleveland through 2030". Cleveland 19 News. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
  2. ^ Withers, Tom (February 27, 2024). "UMass will join Mid-American Conference as a full sports member in 2025, MAC commissioner says". APNews. Retrieved 2024-04-20.
  3. ^ "John Groce". Sports Reference.
  4. ^ "Michael Lewis". Sports Reference.
  5. ^ "Todd Simon". Sports Reference.
  6. ^ "George Halcovage". Sports Reference.
  7. ^ "Tony Barbee". Sports Reference.
  8. ^ "Stan Heath". Sports Reference.
  9. ^ "Rob Senderoff". Sports Reference.
  10. ^ "Travis Steele". Sports Reference.
  11. ^ "Rashon Burno". Sports Reference.
  12. ^ "Jeff Boals". Sports Reference.
  13. ^ "Tod Kowalczyk". Sports Reference.
  14. ^ "Dwayne Stephens". Sports Reference.
  15. ^ "2024-25 MAC Men's & Women's Basketball Tip-Off Show to Air on October 22". getsomemaction.com. Mid-American Conference. October 9, 2024. Retrieved October 16, 2024.
  16. ^ a b "MAC Announces 2024-25 Men's Basketball Preseason Poll & Teams". getsomemaction.com. Mid-American Conference. October 23, 2024. Retrieved October 25, 2024.
  17. ^ "Men's Basketball Players of the Week".
  18. ^ "Dunn Garners Men's Basketball Player of the Week Honors".
  19. ^ "Rockets' Wilson Earns Week 2 Men's Hoops Honors".
  20. ^ "Clayton, Johnson Share Week 3 Men's Hoops Honors".
  21. ^ "Hill, Nelson Garner Week 4 Men's Basketball Awards".
  22. ^ "Miami's Suder, BGSU's Butler Named Men's Basketball Players of the Week".
  23. ^ "Ball State's Gorosito Named Men's Basketball Player of the Week".
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