CLEVELAND, Ohio - The Mid-American Conference has announced the 2019-20 MAC Men's Basketball conference schedule.
The conference season is set to tip-off on Friday, January 3rd with a pair of nationally televised CBS Sports Network games. MAC Men's Basketball teams will play 18-games over 10-weeks (9 home, 9 away) this season. Each school will play seven teams (5 in division, 2 cross division) twice and four (cross division) teams once. This year's additional cross-divisional games (1 home, 1 away) were randomly selected.
The men's basketball regular season will come to a close on Friday, March 6th. This year's MAC Men's Basketball Tournament will begin Monday, March 9th with first round games on campus before moving to Cleveland's Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse (March 12-14). The MAC Men’s Basketball Semifinal games will once again air on CBS Sports Network, while the Championship Game will be played on Saturday, March 14th (ESPN2).
The conference office will release a full men’s basketball television schedule in October.
Tuesday, December 17th
Purdue at Ohio, 9 p.m. ET (ESPN2)
Friday, January 3rd
Toledo at Ball State 7 p.m. ET (CBS Sports Network)
Kent State at Bowling Green, 9 p.m. ET (CBS Sports Network)
Saturday, January 4th
Akron at Eastern Michigan
Miami at Central Michigan
Ohio at Western Michigan
Northern Illinois at Buffalo
Tuesday, January 7th
Buffalo at Ball State
Miami at Bowling Green
Northern Illinois at Central Michigan
Eastern Michigan at Ohio
Toledo at Kent State
Western Michigan at Akron
Friday, January 10th
Buffalo at Miami, 7 p.m. ET (CBS Sports Network)
Ball State at Akron, 9 p.m. ET (CBS Sports Network)
Saturday, January 11th
Bowling Green at Ohio
Eastern Michigan at Northern Illinois
Central Michigan at Kent State
Western Michigan at Toledo
Tuesday, January 14th
Akron at Northern Illinois
Bowling Green at Western Michigan
Kent State at Miami
Ohio at Buffalo
Ball State at Eastern Michigan
Central Michigan at Toledo
Saturday, January 18th
Buffalo at Central Michigan
Kent State at Western Michigan
Miami at Ball State
Ohio at Eastern Michigan
Northern Illinois at Bowling Green
Toledo at Akron
Tuesday, January 21st
Akron at Miami
Northern Illinois at Kent State
Eastern Michigan at Bowling Green
Toledo at Ohio
Western Michigan at Buffalo
Friday, January 24th
Kent State at Buffalo, 6:30 p.m. ET (CBS Sports Network)
Saturday, January 25th
Akron at Ohio
Bowling Green at Toledo
Ball State at Central Michigan
Eastern Michigan at Miami
Western Michigan at Northern Illinois
Tuesday, January 28th
Buffalo at Akron
Kent State at Toledo
Ohio at Northern Illinois
Ball State at Bowling Green
Central Michigan at Miami
Friday, January 31st
Akron at Kent State, 6:30 p.m. ET (CBS Sports Network)
Bowling Green at Buffalo, 7 p.m. ET (ESPNU)
Saturday, February 1st
Miami at Northern Illinois
Ohio at Ball State
Central Michigan at Western Michigan
Toledo at Eastern Michigan
Tuesday, February 4th
Bowling Green at Central Michigan
Buffalo at Eastern Michigan
Ball State at Kent State
Northern Illinois at Toledo
Western Michigan at Miami
Saturday, February 8th
Kent State at Northern Illinois
Miami at Ohio
Ball State at Western Michigan
Eastern Michigan at Akron
Central Michigan at Buffalo
Toledo at Bowling Green
Tuesday, February 11th
Bowling Green at Akron
Miami at Toledo
Northern Illinois at Ball State
Eastern Michigan at Central Michigan
Western Michigan at Ohio
Saturday, February 15th
Akron at Central Michigan
Bowling Green at Ball State
Buffalo at Toledo
Ohio at Kent State
Northern Illinois at Miami
Western Michigan at Eastern Michigan
Tuesday, February 18th
Akron at Western Michigan
Kent State at Eastern Michigan
Ball State at Buffalo
Central Michigan at Ohio
Saturday, February 22nd
Buffalo at Kent State
Miami at Akron
Ohio at Bowling Green
Eastern Michigan at Ball State
Central Michigan at Northern Illinois
Toledo at Western Michigan
Tuesday, February 25th
Akron at Bowling Green
Buffalo at Ohio
Miami at Kent State
Northern Illinois at Eastern Michigan
Toledo at Central Michigan
Western Michigan at Ball State
Saturday, February 29th
Akron at Buffalo
Bowling Green at Miami
Kent State at Ohio
Ball State at Toledo
Northern Illinois at Western Michigan
Central Michigan at Eastern Michigan
Tuesday, March 3rd
Bowling Green at Kent State
Miami at Buffalo
Ohio at Akron
Eastern Michigan at Western Michigan
Central Michigan at Ball State
Toledo at Northern Illinois
Friday, March 6th
Buffalo at Bowling Green
Kent State at Akron
Ohio at Miami
Ball State at Northern Illinois
Eastern Michigan at Toledo
Western Michigan at Central Michigan
