Editing Mid-American Conference (section)

==Basketball==
{{main|Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament|Mid-American Conference women's basketball tournament}}
{{see also|Mid-American Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year}}

In August 2010, Commissioner Jon Steinbrecher and the [[Cleveland Cavaliers]] announced that the Mid-American Conference men's and women's basketball tournaments would remain in Cleveland at the venue then known as Quicken Loans Arena and now as [[Rocket Arena]] through 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mid-American Conference and Quicken Loans Arena Announce Extension to Hold FirstEnergy Mac Tournament at The Q Through 2017 |url=http://www.theqarena.com/news/mac_100811/ |year=2010 |publisher=Quicken Loans Arena |access-date=March 14, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717022952/http://www.theqarena.com/news/mac_100811/ |archive-date=July 17, 2011}}</ref> Both tournaments have flourished since moving to Cleveland in 2000, with the men's semi-finals and championship regularly drawing large crowds at Quicken Loans Arena.<ref>{{cite web|title= MAC Tournament History|url= https://www.nmnathletics.com//pdf5/153033.pdf?ATCLID=1620714&SPSID=42971&SPID=3803&DB_OEM_ID=9400 |format=PDF |year=2008|work= 2008-09 Men's Basketball Media Guide|publisher= Mid-American Conference |access-date=September 26, 2009|pages=62–63 |url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090716163044/https://www.nmnathletics.com/ |archive-date=July 16, 2009 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> In 2007, the MAC also announced a format change for both tournaments, bringing all twelve men's and women's teams to Cleveland. The MAC also co-hosted the [[2007 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|2007 Women's Final Four]] at Quicken Loans Arena after successfully hosting the [[2006 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|2006 NCAA Women's Basketball Regional]] at the same facility.

On May 12, 2020, Steinbrecher announced a suite of major changes to the conference's competitive format across multiple sports in response to fallout from the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|COVID-19 pandemic]]. Specific to men's and women's basketball, the following changes took effect in 2020–21 and will continue through at least 2023–24:<ref name=Strack>{{cite news|url=https://www.wtol.com/article/sports/major-changes-coming-to-mid-american-conference/512-0e4f0d45-546b-432f-89a1-67a5a6d8fe3c |title=Major changes coming to Mid-American Conference |first=Jordan |last=Strack |publisher=[[WTOL]] |location=Toledo, OH |date=May 12, 2020 |access-date=May 12, 2020}}</ref>
* The conference adopted a single league table, eliminating the divisional standings.
* The conference schedule increased from 18 to 20 games.
* Only the top eight men's and women's teams advance to their respective conference tournaments.