- Mid-American Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
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Mid-American Conference Women's Basketball Tournament Conference Basketball Championship Sport Basketball Conference Mid-American Conference Number of teams 12 Format Single-elimination tournament Played 1982–present Current champion Miami RedHawks Most championships Bowling Green Falcons (9) Official website MAC-Sports.com Women's Basketball The Mid-American Conference Women's Basketball Tournament is the postseason single-elimination tournament for the NCAA Division I Mid-American Conference (MAC). The winner of the tournament receives the MAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship. Each of the 12 women's basketball teams in the MAC are eligible for the tournament.
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New Format
Format
The MAC announced a new format beginning with the 2012 Women's Basketball Tournament. With the new format, the No. 1 and 2 seeds will earn byes straight to the semifinals, with the No. 3 and 4 seeds beginning tournament play in the quarterfinals. Teams seeded 5-12 will have to play an additional two rounds, beginning with campus-site games. The MAC will also no longer automatically reward a top 2 seed to the division winners. teams will be seeded based on conference record, regardless of their place in their division — though no division champion will be seeded lower than fourth.[1]
Previous Format
Each of the 12 women's basketball teams in the MAC receive a berth in the conference tournament. Teams are seeded per division by conference record with the following tie-breakers:[2]
- Two-team tie:
- Head-to-head competition
- Division record (ten games)
- Record vs. #1 team in division proceeding through the #6 team, if necessary
- Non-division record (six games)
- Record vs. #1 team in the opposite division proceeding through the #6 team, if necessary
- Coin flip by the Commissioner
- Three-team tie:
- Total won–lost record of games played among the tied teams
- Division record (ten games)
- Record vs. #1 team in division proceeding through the #6 team, if necessary
- Non-division record (six games)
- Record vs. #1 team in the opposite division proceeding through the #6 team, if necessary
- Coin flip by the Commissioner
Note: Once a three-team tie has been reduced to two teams, the two-team tiebreakers go in effect. If there are multiple ties, the ties are broken from the top down (e.g. a tie for #3 will be broken before a tie for #5).
The top two seeds in each division receive byes into the Quarterfinals.
Yearly results
Year Champion Score Runner-up Most Valuable Player 1982 Miami (1) 58–56 Northern Illinois (3) none 1983 Central Michigan (3) 78–73 Miami (1) none 1984 Central Michigan (1) 71–65 Toledo (3) Latanga Cox, Central Michigan 1985 Western Michigan (2) 73–63 Central Michigan (1) Tracy Wells, Western Michigan 1986 Ohio (1) 92–85 OT Central Michigan (3) Caroline Mast, Ohio 1987 Bowling Green (1) 63–62 Central Michigan (2) Stephanie Coe, Bowling Green 1988 Bowling Green (1) 70–53 Western Michigan (2) Jackie Motycka, Bowling Green 1989 Bowling Green (1) 90–51 Toledo (2) Paulette Backstrom, Bowling Green 1990 Bowling Green (3) 84–63 Miami (1) Angie Bonner, Bowling Green 1991 Toledo (1) 93–66 Central Michigan (2) Dana Drew, Toledo 1992 Toledo (1) 78–57 Kent State (3) Dana Drew, Toledo 1993 Bowling Green (1) 96–68 Kent State (3) Lori Albers, Bowling Green 1994 Bowling Green (1) 74–63 Toledo (2) Michelle Shade, Bowling Green 1995 Toledo (2) 79–65 OT Miami (4) Angela Drake, Toledo
Dana Drew, Toledo1996 Toledo (2) 73–66 Kent State (1) Mimi Olson, Toledo 1997 Toleo (1) 88–64 Kent State (2) Mimi Olson, Toledo 1998 Kent State (1) 64–56 Toledo (3) Dawn Zerman, Kent State 1999 Toledo (1) 65–50 Kent State (2) Kim Knuth, Toledo 2000 Kent State (1) 74–60 Toledo (3) Julie Studer, Kent State 2001 Toledo (1) 74–65 OT Kent State (2) Kahli Carter, Toledo 2002 Kent State (1) 73–59 Ball State (2) Andrea Csaszar, Kent State 2003 Western Michigan (4) 81–76 Ball State (3) Casey Rost, Western Michigan 2004 Eastern Michigan (2) 65–56 Bowling Green (4) Ryan Coleman, Eastern Michigan 2005 Bowling Green (1) 81–75 Kent State (2) Kate Achter, Bowling Green 2006 Bowling Green (1E) 64–38 Kent State (2E) Ali Mann, Bowling Green 2007 Bowling Green (1E) 67–53 Ball State (1W) Carin Horne, Bowling Green 2008 Miami (2E) 67–56 Ohio (3E) Amanda Jackson, Miami 2009 Ball State 55-51 Bowling Green 2010 Bowling Green 62-53 Toledo Lauren Prochaska, Bowling Green 2011 Bowling Green 51-46 Eastern Michigan 2012 Performance by school
Club Winners Winning Years Bowling Green 11 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011 Toledo 7 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001 Kent State 3 1998, 2000, 2002 Central Michigan 2 1983, 1984 Miami 2 1982, 2008 Western Michigan 2 1985, 2003 Ball State 1 2009 Eastern Michigan 1 2004 Ohio 1 1986 TOTAL 28 See also
References
Mid-American Conference Women's Basketball Tournament 1980s 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989
1990s 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999
2000s 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009
2010s 2010 • 2011
Mid-American Conference women's basketball East Division Akron Zips • Bowling Green Falcons • Buffalo Bulls • Kent State Golden Flashes • Miami RedHawks • Ohio Bobcats
West Division Ball State Cardinals • Central Michigan Chippewas • Eastern Michigan Eagles • Northern Illinois Huskies • Toledo Rockets • Western Michigan Broncos
Championships & awards Mid-American Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
NCAA Division I women's basketball conference tournaments ACC • America East • Atlantic 10 • Atlantic Sun • Big 12 • Big East • Big Sky • Big South • Big Ten • Big West
CAA • Conference USA • Horizon • MAAC • MEAC • Mid-American • Missouri Valley • Mountain West • Northeast
Ohio Valley • Pac 10 • Patriot • SEC • Southern • Southland • Sun Belt • SWAC • The Summit League • WAC • West Coast
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