CLEVELAND, Ohio -- College basketball is back when the 2026 Mid-American Conference Basketball Tournament presented by Credit Union 1 returns to Rocket Arena March 11-14th! Celebrating our 26th year of MAC basketball in Cleveland, eight of the 13 schools that make up the Mid-American Conference will send men's and women's teams to Rocket Arena to battle for the MAC Championship and an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
Tickets go on sale Monday, February 2nd at 10:00 a.m. at
RocketArena.com. The per session and event page can be found
HERE.
This four-day tournament will showcase the best of the best in men’s and women’s college basketball with four quarterfinal women’s matchups on Wednesday, March 11th, four quarterfinal men’s matchups on Thursday, March 12th and the men’s & women’s conference semifinals on Friday, March 13th. The men's and women's championship games will be played on Saturday, March 14th.
Premium seating packages will be available for purchase and include access to all men’s and women’s semifinal and championship games on Friday and Saturday of the tournament. For more information, call 800-820-2287.
For more information on this year’s tournament check out
http://www.GetSomeMaction.com or follow
@MACSports on X.
About the Mid-American Conference
The Mid-American Conference office is based in Cleveland, Ohio as the Conference office serves 13 full members and offers championships in 23 sports.
Founded in 1946, the Mid-American Conference is an NCAA Division I, 13-member conference that sponsors 23 championships and is one of ten members of the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). With total enrollment of nearly 300,000 students, the league represents institutions of higher learning in six states – Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, and Ohio.
For more information on the Mid-American Conference, visit
GetSomeMACtion.com or follow @MACSports on social platforms.
About Rocket Arena
Rocket Arena is Northeast Ohio’s premier sports and entertainment facility. Home of the Cleveland Cavaliers, Cleveland Monsters and the annual MAC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournament, Rocket Arena also hosts major attractions, top-tier concert tours, family shows and signature events to the greater Cleveland area. Each year, Rocket Arena hosts more than 175 diverse ticketed events and 1,400 private events that draw nearly 1.5 million patrons to downtown Cleveland. These events have a lasting and significant cultural and economic impact on the city, the county and the broader Northeast Ohio region. Visit rocketarena.com to learn more.
