2007 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2007 Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament was won by #4 seed Miami University over #2 University of Akron 53–52 after a controversial finish. Miami guard Doug Penno banked in a three-point field goal with no time left on the clock to give Miami an apparent one point victory. However, after a ten minute delay, officials put 0.6 seconds back on the clock because the game clock did not start properly when Miami rebounded an Akron missed free throw. Because of the win in the conference tournament final, Miami was awarded the Mid-American Conference's automatic berth into the 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.
The tournament took place from March 7 to March 10 at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. This was the first year that the entire tournament was held in Cleveland. In previous tournaments the first round games were played at the higher seeds home courts. Comcast Local and FSN Ohio televised the Quarterfinals and Semifinals while ESPN2 broadcast the tournament championship.
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