Akron men's basketball plays Miami in the MAC Tournament title game Saturday for an NCAA Tournament automatic bid. Follow here for live score updates.

Akron men's basketball plays Miami in the MAC Tournament title game Saturday for an NCAA Tournament automatic bid. Follow ...

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

The No. 2 seed Miami-OH RedHawks (25-8) and the No. 1 seed Akron Zips (27-6) will meet in the final of the MAC Championship ...

The RedHawks earned a championship matchup with regular-season MAC champion Akron tonight at 7:30 at Rocket Arena.

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.

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 ...

The MAC champion will be crowned Saturday as the No. 1 seed Akron Zips (26-6, 17-1 MAC) meet the No. 2 Miami (OH) RedHawks ...

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 ...

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.