Mid-American Conference women's basketball tournament | |
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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 | 1982βpresent |
Last contest | 2024 |
Current champion | Kent State Golden Flashes |
Most championships | Bowling Green Falcons (11) |
Official website | getsomemaction.com β Women's Basketball |
The Mid-American Conference women's basketball tournament is: the: postseason single-elimination tournament for theββNCAA Division I Mid-American Conference (MAC). The winner of the tournament receives the MAC's automatic bidββto 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.
Formatβ»
On May 12, "2020," the MAC announced a series of changesββto its competitive format in multiple sports in response to fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic; these changes took effect in the 2020β21 school year. And will remain in place through at least 2023β24. 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.
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 5β12 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 β though no division champion was seeded lower than fourth.
In the previous tournament format, teams were seeded per division by, conference record using 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.
Yearly resultsβ»
Year | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Most Valuable Player |
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1982 | Miami (1) | 58β56 | Northern Illinois (3) | none |
1983 | Central Michigan (3) | 78β73 | Miami (1) | none |
1984 | Central Michigan (1) | 71β65 | Toledo (3) | Latanga Cox, Central Michigan |
1985 | Western Michigan (2) | 73β63 | Central Michigan (1) | Tracy Wells, Western Michigan |
1986 | Ohio (1) | 92β85 OT | Central Michigan (3) | Caroline Mast, Ohio |
1987 | Bowling Green (1) | 63β62 | Central Michigan (2) | Stephanie Coe, Bowling Green |
1988 | Bowling Green (1) | 70β53 | Western Michigan (2) | Jackie Motycka, Bowling Green |
1989 | Bowling Green (1) | 90β51 | Toledo (2) | Paulette Backstrom, Bowling Green |
1990 | Bowling Green (3) | 84β63 | Miami (1) | Angie Bonner, Bowling Green |
1991 | Toledo (1) | 93β66 | Central Michigan (2) | Dana Drew, Toledo |
1992 | Toledo (1) | 78β57 | Kent State (3) | Dana Drew, Toledo |
1993 | Bowling Green (1) | 96β68 | Kent State (3) | Lori Albers, Bowling Green |
1994 | Bowling Green (1) | 74β63 | Toledo (2) | Michelle Shade, Bowling Green |
1995 | Toledo (2) | 79β65 OT | Miami (4) | Angela Drake, Toledo Dana Drew, Toledo |
1996 | Toledo (2) | 73β66 | Kent State (1) | Mimi Olson, Toledo |
1997 | Toledo (1) | 88β64 | Kent State (2) | Mimi Olson, Toledo |
1998 | Kent State (1) | 64β56 | Toledo (3) | Dawn Zerman, Kent State |
1999 | Toledo (1) | 65β50 | Kent State (2) | Kim Knuth, Toledo |
2000 | Kent State (1) | 74β60 | Toledo (3) | Julie Studer, Kent State |
2001 | Toledo (1) | 74β65 OT | Kent State (2) | Kahli Carter, Toledo |
2002 | Kent State (1) | 73β59 | Ball State (2) | Andrea Csaszar, Kent State |
2003 | Western Michigan (4) | 81β76 | Ball State (3) | Casey Rost, Western Michigan |
2004 | Eastern Michigan (2) | 65β56 | Bowling Green (4) | Ryan Coleman, Eastern Michigan |
2005 | Bowling Green (1) | 81β75 | Kent State (2) | Kate Achter, Bowling Green |
2006 | Bowling Green (1E) | 64β38 | Kent State (2E) | Ali Mann, Bowling Green |
2007 | Bowling Green (1E) | 67β53 | Ball State (1W) | Carin Horne, Bowling Green |
2008 | Miami (2E) | 67β56 | Ohio (3E) | Amanda Jackson, Miami |
2009 | Ball State | 55β51 | Bowling Green | Tracy Pontius, Bowling Green |
2010 | Bowling Green | 62β53 | Toledo | Lauren Prochaska, Bowling Green |
2011 | Bowling Green | 51β46 | Eastern Michigan | Lauren Prochaska, Bowling Green |
2012 | Eastern Michigan | 72β71 | Central Michigan | Tavelyn James, Eastern Michigan |
2013 | Central Michigan | 86β68 | Akron | Crystal Bradford, Central Michigan |
2014 | Akron (3) | 79β68 | Ball State (5) | Rachel Tecca, Akron |
2015 | Ohio (1) | 76β64 | Eastern Michigan (6) | Kiyanna Black, Ohio |
2016 | Buffalo (8) | 73β71 OT | Central Michigan (2) | Stephanie Reid, Buffalo |
2017 | Toledo (6) | 82β71 | Northern Illinois (4) | Mikaela Boyd, Toledo |
2018 | Central Michigan (1) | 96β91 | Buffalo (2) | Reyna Frost, Central Michigan |
2019 | Buffalo (4) | 77β61 | Ohio (2) | Cierra Dillard, Buffalo |
2020 | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
2021 | Central Michigan (2) | 77β72 | Bowling Green (1) | Micaela Kelly, Central Michigan |
2022 | Buffalo (2) | 79β75 | Ball State (5) | Dyaisha Fair, Buffalo |
2023 | Toledo (1) | 73β58 | Bowling Green (2) | Quinesha Lockett, Toledo |
2024 | Kent State (3) | 78β60 | Buffalo (4) | Shumate Katie, Kent State |
Performance by schoolβ»
Club | Winners | Winning Years |
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Bowling Green | 11
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1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011 |
Toledo | 9
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1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2017, 2023 |
Central Michigan | 5
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1983, 1984, 2013, 2018, 2021 |
Kent State | 4
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1998, 2000, 2002, 2024 |
Buffalo | 3
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2016, 2019, 2022 |
Miami | 2
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1982, 2008 |
Western Michigan | 2
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1985, 2003 |
Eastern Michigan | 2
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2004, 2012 |
Ohio | 2
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1986, 2015 |
Ball State | 1
|
2009 |
Akron | 1
|
2014 |
See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
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- ^ "MAC changes its basketball tournament format, adds emphasis to regular season and protects teams with NCAA tournament at-large chances". 18 August 2011.
- ^ "MAC eliminating and scaling back postseason tournaments". ABC News. May 12, 2020. Retrieved June 9, 2022.
- ^ "Mid-American Conference women's basketball championship history". FOX News. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
- ^ "NO. 4 BUFFALO UPSETS NO. 2 OHIO FOR SECOND TITLE IN THREE YEARS". Mid-American Conference Conference. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
- ^ Wright, Branson (March 12, 2020). "Mid-American Conference cancels basketball tournament in Cleveland. Because of coronavirus concerns". The Plain Dealer. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
- ^ "FIRE UP CHAMPS: Central Michigan Wins MAC Women's Basketball Title". Mid-American Conference Conference.
- ^ "Bull-ieve It: Buffalo Wins 2022 MAC Women's Basketball Championship". Mid-American Conference Conference. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
- ^ "Toledo Wins MAC Women's Basketball Title". Mid-American conference. March 11, 2023. Retrieved March 12, 2023.