High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 2006 MAC Men`s Basketball Tournament, a part of the 2005-06 NCAA Division I men`s basketball season, took place from March 6–March 11, 2006 at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. The March 6 first round games were held at the higher seeds home arenas. Its winner received the Mid-American Conference`s automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA Tournament. It is a single-elimination tournament with four rounds and the four highest seeds received byes in the first round. All MAC teams were invited to participate. Kent State, the MAC regular season winner, received the number one seed in the tournament.