MAC Men's Basketball Tournament championship features brothers John Groce of Akron and Travis Steele of Miami coaching ...

BOTTOM LINE: Akron and Miami (OH) meet in the MAC Championship. The Zips have gone 19-1 against MAC opponents, with a 7-5 ...

Miami begins the MAC tournament Thursday, eyeing a conference championship and its first bid to the NCAA Tournament since ...

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RedHawks are one win away from the NCAA Tournament after defeating Kent State Friday 72-64 in the MAC Tournament semifinals.

Peter Suder had 23 points to lead second-seeded Miami (OH) past third-seeded Kent State, 72-64 on Friday in the Mid-American Conference Tournament semifinals.

The No. 2 seed Miami (OH) RedHawks (24-8, 14-4 MAC) are in the MAC championship game against the No. 1 Akron Zips (26-6, 17-1 MAC). The title game is on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. ET.

No. 2-seed Miami punched its ticket to the MAC championship after edging out No. 3-seed Kent State in the semifinal Friday ...

Free throws helped Miami clinch their 11th MAC tournament championship appearance. Their most recent finals appearance and championship came in 2007, coincidentally over Akron in a one-point win.

The RedHawks will face No. 1 seed Akron in Saturday's tournament championship game for an automatic berth into the NCAA ...

Miami (25-8) reaches its first MAC Tournament championship game since 2007 and will face top-seed Akron at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Rocket Arena for an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The RedHawks ...

RedHawks and Kent State Golden Flashes play in the MAC Tournament. Friday's game is the third meeting of the season between the two teams.