We have all heard that the regular season in college basketball is meaningless. Heck, I have said many times myself. It’s a lie. It does have meaning everywhere, including the MAC. In the this league, there are two times that it’s most crucial. The first is during the non-conference. Currently the MAC is a one bid league, meaning it will only get their one automatic bid from the MAC tournament winner to the NCAA tournament. It didn’t have to be that way. There were quite a few key match-ups in the non-conference that could have given a team a fighting chance at an at-large bid.
Road to a First Round Bye in the MAC Tournament
