2024-25 MAC Men’s Basketball Schedule
Monday, November 4 | MAC x Sun Belt Challenge
Miami at Appalachian State, 6:30 pm ET (ESPN+)
Toledo at Troy, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Buffalo at Old Dominion, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Ohio at James Madison, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Ball State at Georgia State, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Western Michigan at Coastal Carolina, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Northern Illinois at Georgia Southern, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Akron at Arkansas State, 8 pm ET (ESPN+)
Central Michigan at South Alabama, 8 pm ET (ESPN+)
Eastern Michigan at Texas State, 8 pm ET (ESPN+)
Kent State at Louisiana, 8 pm ET (ESPN+)
Bowling Green at Southern Miss, 8 pm ET (ESPN+)
Thursday, November 7
Stony Brook at Central Michigan, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Davenport at Western Michigan, 7 pm ET
Holy Cross College (Ind.) at Northern Illinois, Time TBA
Friday, November 8
Siena Heights at Eastern Michigan, Noon ET (ESPN+)
Franklin College at Ball State, 5 pm ET (ESPN+)
Miami-Hamilton at Kent State, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Davidson at Bowling Green, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Ohio Wesleyan at Akron, 7 pm ET
Fredonia at Buffalo, 8 pm ET (ESPN+)
Saturday, November 9
Wright State at Miami, 1 pm ET (ESPN+)
Toledo at Marshall, 2 pm ET
UNC Asheville at Ohio, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Monday, November 11
Buffalo at Notre Dame, 7 pm ET (ACC Network)
Western Michigan at Butler, 7 pm ET (FS1)
Taylor at Bowling Green, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Central Michigan at Marquette, 9 pm ET (FS1)
Tuesday, November 12
Maryland Eastern Shore at Miami, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Ohio at Illinois State, 8 pm ET
Akron at Saint Mary’s, 10 pm ET
Monmouth at Northern Illinois, Time TBA
Wednesday, November 13
Ball State at Dayton, 7 pm ET
Central Michigan at George Mason, 7 pm ET
Wright State at Toledo, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Kent State at Auburn, 8 pm ET (SEC Network +)
Thursday, November 14
IU Indy at Eastern Michigan, 6:30 pm ET (ESPN+)
Bryant at Buffalo, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Friday, November 15
SIUE at Western Michigan, 5 pm ET (ESPN+)
Ohio at Memphis, Time TBA
Saturday, November 16
Indiana State at Ball State, 2 pm ET (ESPN+)
Cleveland State at Eastern Michigan, 3 pm ET (ESPN+)
Toledo at Detroit Mercy, 4 pm ET (ESPN+)
Bowling Green at Michigan State, Time TBA
Northern Illinois at Bradley, Time TBA
Sunday, November 17
Canisius at Western Michigan, Noon ET (ESPN+)
Monday, November 18
Miami at Michigan, 6 pm ET (Big Ten Network)
Tuesday, November 19
Buffalo at Vermont, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Niagara at Bowling Green, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Wednesday, November 20
Detroit Mercy at Ball State, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Central State at Central Michigan, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
South Dakota at Western Michigan, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Elon at Northern Illinois, Time TBA
Thursday, November 21
Ohio vs. Middle Tennessee, Noon ET (Myrtle Beach Invitational)
Toledo vs. Stetson, 5:30 pm ET (Boardwalk Battle)
Niagara at Kent State, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Eastern Michigan at Oakland, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Friday, November 22
Lamar at Akron, 6 pm ET (ESPN+)
Morgan State at Buffalo, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Ohio vs. South Florida OR Portland, 11:30 am ET/2 pm ET (Myrtle Beach Invitational)
Toledo vs. TBA, Time TBA (Boardwalk Battle)
Saturday, November 23
Bowling Green at Bellarmine, 3 pm ET
Nebraska Omaha at Akron, 4 pm ET (ESPN+)
Kent State at Cleveland State, 7 pm ET
Northern Illinois at DePaul, Time TBA
Toledo vs. TBA, Time TBA (Boardwalk Battle)
Sunday, November 24
Alabama State at Akron, 3 pm ET (ESPN+)
Ohio vs. TBA, Time TBA (Myrtle Beach Invitational)
Monday, November 25
Miami at Siena, 11 am ET
North Carolina A&T at Buffalo, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Central Michigan at Minnesota, 8 pm ET (Big Ten Network)
Eastern Michigan at Houston Christian, 8 pm ET (ESPN+) [Houston Christian MTE]
Ball State vs. TBA, Time TBA (Gulf Coast Showcase)
Tuesday, November 26
Ball State vs. TBA, Time TBA (Gulf Coast Showcase)
Miami vs. Jacksonville or Mercer, Time TBA (Fort Myers Classic)
Eastern Michigan vs. Northern Arizona, Time TBA (ESPN+) [Houston Christian MTE]
Wednesday, November 27
Western Michigan at Youngstown State, 2 pm ET
Ball State vs. TBA, Time TBA (Gulf Coast Showcase)
Northern Illinois at Valparaiso, Time TBA
Thursday, November 28
Kent State vs. Towson, 9:30 pm ET (Western Slam)
Friday, November 29
Bowling Green vs. Weber State, 1 pm ET (Arizona Tip-Off)
Kent State vs. UC Irvine, 9:30 pm ET (Western Slam)
Northern Illinois at Eastern Illinois, Time TBA
Saturday, November 30
Robert Morris at Ohio, 2 pm ET (ESPN+)
Detroit Mercy at Eastern Michigan, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Oakland at Toledo, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Kent State vs. Kennesaw State, 7:30 pm ET (Western Slam)
Bowling Green vs. Pepperdine/New Mexico State, Time TBA (Arizona Tip-Off)
Sunday, December 1
Buffalo at Penn State, 2 pm ET (Big Ten Network)
Purdue Northwest at Central Michigan, 2 pm ET (ESPN+)
Monday, December 2
Air Force at Miami, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Tuesday, December 3
Western Michigan at Dayton, 7 pm ET
Northern Kentucky at Akron, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Pitt-Bradford at Buffalo, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Eastern Michigan at Loyola Chicago, Time TBA
Benedictine at Northern Illinois, Time TBA
Thursday, December 5
Central Michigan at Aquinas College, Time TBA
Friday, December 6
Portland at Kent State, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Miami at Indiana, 7 pm ET (Big Ten Network)
Saturday, December 7
Morehead State at Ohio, 2 pm ET (ESPN+)
Morgan State at Bowling Green, 2 pm ET (ESPN+)
SUNY Brockport at Akron, 3 pm ET
Buffalo at St. Bonaventure, 4 pm ET (ESPN+)
Defiance College at Toledo, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Northern Illinois at Northern Iowa, Time TBA
Sunday, December 8
Ball State at SIUE, 2 pm ET
Friday, December 13
Western Michigan at St. Thomas, 8 pm ET
Saturday, December 14
Toledo at Youngstown State, 1 pm ET
Ball State at Bellarmine, 3 pm ET
Central Michigan at Valparaiso, 3 pm ET (ESPN+)
Ohio at Marshall, 4 pm ET
Bowling Green at Kansas City, 8 pm ET
Sunday, December 15
Akron at Milwaukee, 1 pm ET
Bethany at Miami, 1 pm ET (ESPN+)
Western Michigan at North Dakota State, 2 pm ET
Purdue Fort Wayne at Eastern Michigan, 2 pm ET (ESPN+)
Mercyhurst at Kent State, 5 pm ET (ESPN+)
Tuesday, December 17
Central Michigan at Mississippi State, 7:30 pm ET (SEC Network)
Wednesday, December 18
Miami at Vermont, 7 pm ET
Austin Peay at Ohio, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Toledo at Houston, 8 pm ET (ESPN+)
Northern Illinois at Illinois State, Time TBA
Thursday, December 19
Buffalo at Georgia, 7 pm ET (SEC Network)
Friday, December 20
Valparaiso at Western Michigan, 1 pm ET (ESPN+)
Yale vs. Akron, 7 pm ET (WestStar Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational)
Saturday, December 21
Evansville at Ball State, 2 pm ET (ESPN+)
St. Thomas at Bowling Green, 2 pm ET (ESPN+)
Wright State at Eastern Michigan, 2 pm ET (ESPN+)
Central Michigan at Arizona, 4 pm ET (ESPN+)
Akron vs. Jackson State or UTEP, 7 or 9 pm ET (WestStar Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational)
Sunday, December 22
Kent State at Alabama, 1 pm ET (SEC Network)
Sacred Heart at Miami, 1 pm ET (ESPN+)
Monday, December 23
Aquinas College at Bowling Green, 3 pm ET (ESPN+)
Saturday, December 28
Eastern Michigan at Davidson, 2 pm ET
Sunday, December 29
Buffalo at Temple, 3 pm ET (ESPNU)
Heidelberg at Kent State, 3:30 pm ET
Toledo at Purdue, 6 pm ET (Big Ten Network)
Monday, December 30
Akron at Princeton, 1 pm ET
Cleary at Central Michigan, 2 pm ET (ESPN+)
Western Michigan at Michigan State, 3 pm ET (Big Ten Network)
Defiance at Miami, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Muskingum at Ohio, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
East-West University at Northern Illinois, Time TBA
Tuesday, December 31
Anderson at Ball State, 2 pm ET (ESPN+)
Friday, January 3
Akron at Bowling Green, 6 pm ET (CBS Sports Network)
Saturday, January 4
Toledo at Western Michigan, Noon ET (ESPN+)
Buffalo at Miami, 1 pm ET (ESPN+)
Ball State at Kent State, 1 pm ET (ESPN+)
Northern Illinois at Eastern Michigan, 2 pm ET (ESPN+)
Ohio at Central Michigan, 7 pm (ESPN+)
Tuesday, January 7
Bowling Green at Western Michigan, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Eastern Michigan at Toledo, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Ohio at Buffalo, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Central Michigan at Akron, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Miami at Ball State, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Kent State at Northern Illinois, Time TBA (ESPN+)
Friday, January 10
Kent State at Buffalo, 6 pm ET (CBS Sports Network)
Central Michigan at Toledo, 8 pm ET (CBS Sports Network)
Saturday, January 11
Northern Illinois at Ohio, 1 pm ET (ESPN+)
Bowling Green at Ball State, 2 pm ET (ESPN+)
Western Michigan at Miami, 3:30 pm ET (ESPN+)
Akron at Eastern Michigan, 3:30 pm ET (ESPN+)
Tuesday, January 14
Ball State at Ohio, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Buffalo at Bowling Green, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Eastern Michigan at Central Michigan, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Toledo at Akron, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Western Michigan at Kent State, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Miami at Northern Illinois, Time TBA (ESPN+)
Friday, January 17
Ohio at Akron, 6 pm ET (CBS Sports Network)
Saturday, January 18
Buffalo at Western Michigan, 1 pm ET (ESPN+)
Toledo at Ball State, 2 pm ET (ESPN+)
Eastern Michigan at Bowling Green, 2 pm ET (ESPN+)
Miami at Kent State, 3:30 pm ET (ESPN+)
Central Michigan at Northern Illinois, Time TBA (ESPN+)
Tuesday, January 21
Ohio at Eastern Michigan, 6:30 pm ET (ESPN+)
Akron at Buffalo, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Ball State at Central Michigan, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Bowling Green at Miami, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Kent State at Toledo, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Northern Illinois at Western Michigan, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Friday, January 24
Toledo at Bowling Green, 6 pm ET (CBS Sports Network)
Kent State at Ohio, 7 pm ET (ESPNU)
Saturday, January 25
Buffalo at Eastern Michigan, 2 pm ET (ESPN+)
Western Michigan at Central Michigan, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Miami at Akron, Time TBA (ESPN+)
Ball State at Northern Illinois, Time TBA (ESPN+)
Tuesday, January 28
Toledo at Ohio, 7 pm ET (ESPN2)
Central Michigan at Buffalo, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Eastern Michigan at Miami, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Bowling Green at Kent State, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Western Michigan at Ball State, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Akron at Northern Illinois, Time TBA (ESPN+)
Friday, January 31
Akron at Kent State, 7 pm ET (CBS Sports Network)
Saturday, Febuary 1
Eastern Michigan at Western Michigan, 1 pm ET (ESPN+)
Northern Illinois at Toledo, 2 pm ET (ESPN+)
Ohio at Miami, 3:30 pm ET (ESPN+)
Ball State at Buffalo, 5 pm ET (ESPN+)
Bowling Green at Central Michigan, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Tuesday, Febuary 4
Kent State at Eastern Michigan, 6:30 pm ET (ESPN+)
Buffalo at Toledo, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Miami at Central Michigan, 7 pm (ESPN+)
Northern Illinois at Bowling Green, 7 pm (ESPN+)
Western Michigan at Ohio, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Ball State at Akron, Time TBA (ESPN+)
Saturday, February 8
MAC x Sun Belt Challenge
Tuesday, February 11
Toledo at Miami, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Central Michigan at Kent State, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Eastern Michigan at Ball State, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Ohio at Bowling Green, 7 pm (ESPN+)
Western Michigan at Akron, Time TBA (ESPN+)
Buffalo at Northern Illinois, Time TBA (ESPN+)
Friday, February 14
*21-day wildcard selection, 7 pm ET (CBS Sports Network)
Saturday, February 15
Ohio at Kent State, 1 pm ET (ESPN+)
Bowling Green at Buffalo, 2 pm ET (ESPN+)
Northern Illinois at Ball State, 2 pm ET (ESPN+)
Miami at Western Michigan, 2:30 pm ET (ESPN+)
Toledo at Eastern Michigan, 3:30 pm ET (ESPN+)
Akron at Central Michigan, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Tuesday, February 18
Miami at Eastern Michigan, 6:30 pm ET (ESPN+)
Central Michigan at Ohio, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Western Michigan at Buffalo, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Ball State at Toledo, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Kent State at Bowling Green, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Northern Illinois at Akron, Time TBA (ESPN+)
Friday, February 21
*21-day wildcard selection, 6 pm ET (CBS Sports Network)
*21-day wildcard selection, 8 pm ET (CBS Sports Network)
Saturday, February 22
*21-day wildcard selection, 6 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU)
Central Michigan at Western Michigan, 1 pm ET (ESPN+)
Bowling Green at Toledo, 2 pm ET (ESPN+)
Akron at Ohio, 2 pm ET (ESPN+)
Buffalo at Ball State, 2 pm ET (ESPN+)
Kent State at Miami, 3:30 pm ET (ESPN+)
Eastern Michigan at Northern Illinois, Time TBA (ESPN+)
Tuesday, February 25
Bowling Green at Eastern Michigan, 6:30 pm ET (ESPN+)
Buffalo at Central Michigan, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Toledo at Kent State, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Northern Illinois at Miami, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Ohio at Western Michigan, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Akron at Ball State, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Friday, February 28
*21-day wildcard selection, 6 pm ET (CBS Sports Network)
*21-day wildcard selection, 9 pm ET (ESPN2)
Saturday, March 1
Miami at Ohio, 1 pm ET (ESPN+)
Ball State at Bowling Green, 2 pm ET (ESPN+)
Central Michigan at Eastern Michigan, 2 pm ET (ESPN+)
Toledo at Buffalo, 4:30 pm ET (ESPN+)
Kent State at Akron, Time TBA (ESPN+)
Western Michigan at Northern Illinois, Time TBA (ESPN+)
Tuesday, March 4
Akron at Toledo, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Eastern Michigan at Ohio, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Kent State at Western Michigan, 7 pm (ESPN+)
Central Michigan at Ball State, 7 pm (ESPN+)
Miami at Buffalo, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Bowling Green at Northern Illinois, Time TBA (ESPN+)
Friday, March 7
*21-day wildcard selection, 8 pm ET (ESPNU)
Ball State at Miami, 6 pm ET (ESPN+)
Eastern Michigan at Kent State, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Northern Illinois at Central Michigan, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Western Michigan at Bowling Green, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Ohio at Toledo, 7 pm ET (ESPN+)
Buffalo at Akron, Time TBA (ESPN+)
Thursday, March 13
MAC Tournament Men’s Quarterfinal #1, Time TBA (ESPN+)
MAC Tournament Men’s Quarterfinal #2, Time TBA (ESPN+)
MAC Tournament Men’s Quarterfinal #3, Time TBA (ESPN+)
MAC Tournament Men’s Quarterfinal #4, Time TBA (ESPN+)
Friday, March 14
MAC Tournament Men’s Semifinals, 5 pm ET (CBS Sports Network)
MAC Tournament Men's Semifinals, 7:30 pm ET (CBS Sports Network)
Saturday, March 15
MAC Men’s Basketball Tournament Championship Game, Time TBA (ESPN2)
