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 teams8
Format Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Current location Cleveland, Ohio
Played1982–present
Last contest 2024
Current champion Kent State Golden Flashes
Most championships Bowling Green Falcons (11)
Official website getsomemaction.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 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]

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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.

Starting in 2021 only the top eight teams qualify and the entire tournament has been played in Cleveland. [3]

Yearly results

[4]

YearChampionScoreRunner-upMost Valuable Player
1982Miami (1)58–56Northern Illinois (3)none
1983Central Michigan (3)78–73Miami (1)none
1984Central Michigan (1)71–65Toledo (3) Latanga Cox, Central Michigan
1985Western Michigan (2)73–63Central Michigan (1) Tracy Wells, Western Michigan
1986Ohio (1)92–85 OTCentral Michigan (3) Caroline Mast, Ohio
1987Bowling Green (1)63–62Central Michigan (2) Stephanie Coe, Bowling Green
1988Bowling Green (1)70–53Western Michigan (2) Jackie Motycka, Bowling Green
1989Bowling Green (1)90–51Toledo (2) Paulette Backstrom, Bowling Green
1990Bowling Green (3)84–63Miami (1) Angie Bonner, Bowling Green
1991Toledo (1)93–66Central Michigan (2) Dana Drew, Toledo
1992Toledo (1)78–57Kent State (3)Dana Drew, Toledo
1993Bowling Green (1)96–68Kent State (3) Lori Albers, Bowling Green
1994Bowling Green (1)74–63Toledo (2) Michelle Shade, Bowling Green
1995Toledo (2)79–65 OTMiami (4) Angela Drake, Toledo
Dana Drew, Toledo
1996Toledo (2)73–66Kent State (1) Mimi Olson, Toledo
1997Toledo (1)88–64Kent State (2)Mimi Olson, Toledo
1998Kent State (1)64–56Toledo (3) Dawn Zerman, Kent State
1999Toledo (1)65–50Kent State (2) Kim Knuth, Toledo
2000Kent State (1)74–60Toledo (3) Julie Studer, Kent State
2001Toledo (1)74–65 OTKent State (2) Kahli Carter, Toledo
2002 Kent State (1)73–59Ball State (2) Andrea Csaszar, Kent State
2003 Western Michigan (4)81–76Ball State (3) Casey Rost, Western Michigan
2004 Eastern Michigan (2)65–56Bowling Green (4) Ryan Coleman, Eastern Michigan
2005 Bowling Green (1)81–75Kent State (2) Kate Achter, Bowling Green
2006 Bowling Green (1E)64–38Kent State (2E) Ali Mann, Bowling Green
2007 Bowling Green (1E)67–53Ball State (1W) Carin Horne, Bowling Green
2008 Miami (2E)67–56Ohio (3E) Amanda Jackson, Miami
2009 Ball State55–51Bowling GreenTracy Pontius, Bowling Green
2010 Bowling Green62–53ToledoLauren Prochaska, Bowling Green
2011 Bowling Green51–46Eastern MichiganLauren Prochaska, Bowling Green
2012 Eastern Michigan72–71Central MichiganTavelyn James, Eastern Michigan
2013 Central Michigan86–68Akron Crystal Bradford, Central Michigan
2014 Akron (3)79–68Ball State (5)Rachel Tecca, Akron
2015 Ohio (1)76–64Eastern Michigan (6)Kiyanna Black, Ohio
2016 Buffalo (8)73–71 OTCentral Michigan (2) Stephanie Reid, Buffalo
2017 Toledo (6)82–71Northern Illinois (4)Mikaela Boyd, Toledo
2018 Central Michigan (1)96–91Buffalo (2)Reyna Frost, Central Michigan
2019 Buffalo (4)77–61Ohio (2) Cierra Dillard, Buffalo [5]
2020 Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [6]
2021 Central Michigan (2)77–72Bowling Green (1) Micaela Kelly, Central Michigan [7]
2022 Buffalo (2)79–75Ball State (5)Dyaisha Fair, Buffalo [8]
2023 Toledo (1)73–58Bowling Green (2)Quinesha Lockett, Toledo [9]
2024 Kent State (3)78–60Buffalo (4)Shumate Katie, Kent State

Performance by school

ClubWinnersWinning Years
Bowling Green
11
1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011
Toledo
9
1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2017, 2023
Central Michigan
5
1983, 1984, 2013, 2018, 2021
Kent State
4
1998, 2000, 2002, 2024
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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