Mid-American Conference Women's Basketball Tournament

Mid-American Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
Mid-American Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
Conference Basketball Championship
Sport	Basketball
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Number of teams	8
Format	Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Current location	Cleveland, Ohio
Played	1982–present
Last contest	2022
Current champion	2022 Buffalo
Most championships	Bowling Green Falcons (11)
Official website	getsomemaction.com – Women's Basketball

Last updated June 15, 2022

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 Division I Women's Basketball Tournament. As of the next MAC tournament in 2021, the top eight teams in conference play will qualify for the tournament.^[1]

Format

On May 12, 2020, the MAC announced a series of changes to its competitive format in multiple sports in response to fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic; these changes took effect in the 2020–21 school year and will remain in place through at least 2023–24. With respect to men's and women's basketball, the MAC abandoned its divisional format for a single league table, increased the conference schedule from 18 to 20 games, and reduced the conference tournament field to 8. All qualifying teams will continue to play at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, and the men's and women's tournaments will continue to run concurrently.^[1]

Through the 2020 edition, canceled in progress due to COVID-19, the tournament involved all 12 conference members. In 2019 and 2020, the top four seeds received byes into the quarterfinals; all other teams started play in the first round at campus sites. The survivors of these games joined the top four seeds in Cleveland for the remainder of the tournament. This structure was used in the MAC men's tournament from 2016 to 2020.

From 2012 to 2018, the No. 1 and 2 seeds earned a "double-bye" to the semifinals, with the No. 3 and 4 seeds beginning tournament play in the quarterfinals. Teams seeded 5–12 had to play an additional two rounds, beginning with campus-site games in the first round. All other games were at the venue now known as Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, which has served as the regular host for the men's tournament since 2000. When the MAC adopted this format, it abandoned a former practice of awarding the top two seeds to its divisional winners. Teams were (and still are) seeded based on conference record, regardless of their place in their division — though no division champion was seeded lower than fourth.^[2]

In the previous tournament format, teams were seeded per division by conference record using a series of specified tiebreakers when necessary. The top two seeds in each division received byes into the quarterfinals.

Yearly results

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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, Toledo
1996	Toledo (2)	73–66	Kent State (1)	Mimi Olson, Toledo
1997	Toledo (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	Tracy Pontius, Bowling Green
2010	Bowling Green	62–53	Toledo	Lauren Prochaska, Bowling Green
2011	Bowling Green	51–46	Eastern Michigan	Lauren Prochaska, Bowling Green
2012	Eastern Michigan	72–71	Central Michigan	Tavelyn James, Eastern Michigan
2013	Central Michigan	86–68	Akron	Crystal Bradford, Central Michigan
2014	Akron (3)	79–68	Ball State (5)	Rachel Tecca, Akron
2015	Ohio (1)	76–64	Eastern Michigan (6)	Kiyanna Black, Ohio
2016	Buffalo (8)	73–71 OT	Central Michigan (2)	Stephanie Reid, Buffalo
2017	Toledo (6)	82–71	Northern Illinois (4)	Mikaela Boyd, Toledo
2018	Central Michigan (1)	96–91	Buffalo (2)	Reyna Frost, Central Michigan
2019	Buffalo (4)	77–61	Ohio (2)	Cierra Dillard, Buffalo
2020	Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Central Michigan (2)	77–72	Bowling Green (1)	Micaela Kelly, Central Michigan
2022	Buffalo (2)	79–75	Ball State (5)	Dyaisha Fair, Buffalo

Performance by school

Club	Winners	Winning Years
Bowling Green	11	1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011
Toledo	8	1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2017
Central Michigan	5	1983, 1984, 2013, 2018, 2021
Kent State	3	1998, 2000, 2002
Buffalo	3	2016, 2019, 2022
Miami	2	1982, 2008
Western Michigan	2	1985, 2003
Eastern Michigan	2	2004, 2012
Ohio	2	1986, 2015
Ball State	1	2009
Akron	1	2014

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References

1 2 Strack, Jordan (May 12, 2020). "Major changes coming to Mid-American Conference". Toledo, OH: WTOL . Retrieved May 12, 2020.
↑ "MAC changes its basketball tournament format, adds emphasis to regular season and protects teams with NCAA tournament at-large chances". 18 August 2011.
↑ "Mid-American Conference women's basketball championship history". FOX News. Retrieved June 4, 2022.

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[Strack-1] 1 2 Strack, Jordan (May 12, 2020). "Major changes coming to Mid-American Conference". Toledo, OH: WTOL . Retrieved May 12, 2020.

[2] "MAC changes its basketball tournament format, adds emphasis to regular season and protects teams with NCAA tournament at-large chances". 18 August 2011.

[3] "Mid-American Conference women's basketball championship history". FOX News. Retrieved June 4, 2022.

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West Division	Ball State Cardinals Central Michigan Chippewas Eastern Michigan Eagles Northern Illinois Huskies Toledo Rockets Western Michigan Broncos
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