KALAMAZOO -- The Western Michigan University men's basketball team travels to Cleveland this week for the quarterfinals of the 2006 FirstEnergy Mid-American Conference Tournament at Quicken Loans Arena. The No. 6 Broncos (14-16, 10-8 MAC) will play No. 3 seed Akron (21-8, 14-4 MAC) at 2 p.m. on Thursday, March 9.

The Broncos defeated the Zips, 66-60, in overtime in last year's quarterfinals, but Akron has claimed two victories over Western Michigan in the regular season.

Western Michigan advanced in the MAC Tournament by defeating Eastern Michigan, 60-55, Monday night at University Arena. This is the fourth straight year WMU has made it to the final eight of the MAC Tournament.

For more information on the Broncos please see the tournament notes located below.