The 2001 MAC men's basketball tournament, a part of the 2000âÂÂ01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, took place at Gund Arena in Cleveland. Its winner received the Mid-American Conference's automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA tournament. It was a single-elimination tournament with four rounds and the three highest seeds received byes in the first round. All MAC teams were invited to participate. , the MAC regular season winner, received the number one seed in the tournament.