2017 MAC Women's Basketball Tournament

2017 MAC Women's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2016–17
Teams 12
First round site Campus sites
Quarterfinals site Quicken Loans Arena
Cleveland, Ohio
Semifinals site Quicken Loans Arena
Cleveland, Ohio
Finals site Quicken Loans Arena
Cleveland, Ohio
Champions Toledo (8th title)
Winning coach Tricia Cullop (1st title)
MVP Mikaela Boyd (Toledo)
Television CBSSN
BCSN/SPCSN
2016–17 Mid-American Conference women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
East
Kent State13–5 .722  19–13  .594
Ohio12–6 .667  22–10  .688
Buffalo10–8 .556  22–10  .688
Miami (OH)5–13 .278  11–21  .344
Bowling Green4–14 .222  8–23  .258
Akron2–16 .111  9–21  .300
West
Central Michigan15–3 .833  23–9  .719
Ball State14–4 .778  21–11  .656
Toledo †12–6 .667  25–9  .735
Northern Illinois12–6 .667  21–12  .636
Western Michigan8–10 .444  19–13  .594
Eastern Michigan1–17 .056  6–25  .194
† 2017 MAC Tournament winner
As of March 17, 2017; 

The 2017 Mid-American Conference women's basketball tournament was a post-season basketball tournament for the Mid-American Conference (MAC) 2016–17 college basketball season. Tournament first round games were held on campus sites at the higher seed on March 6. The remaining rounds were held at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland between March 8–11. Toledo won their 8th MAC Women's Tournament and received the conference's automatic bid into the 2017 NCAA Tournament.

Format

Unlike with the recent tournaments, where the top two seeds received byes into the semifinals, with the three and four seeds receiving a bye to the quarterfinals. The tournament reverted to its original structure. The top four seeds received just one bye into the quarterfinals.[1]

Seeds

Seed School Conference record Division Tiebreaker
1† Central Michigan 15-3
2† Ball State 14-4
3† Kent State 13-5
4† Northern Ill 12-6
5 Ohio 12-6 2-1 vs. Ohio/Toledo
6 Toledo 12-6 0-3 vs. Ohio/N. ILL
7 Buffalo 10-8
8 Western Michigan 8-10
9 Miami (OH) 5-13
10 Bowling Green 4-14
11 Akron 2-16
12 Eastern Michigan 1-17
† – Received a Bye to quarterfinals.
Overall record are as of the end of the regular season.

Schedule

[2]

Game Time Matchup# Television
First round – Monday March 6
1 5:30 PM #9 Miami (OH) at #8 Western Michigan ESPN3
2 6:00 PM #12 Eastern Michigan at #5 Ohio
3 5:30 PM #10 Bowling Green at #7 Buffalo
4 5:30 PM #11 Akron at #6 Toledo
Quarterfinals – Wednesday March 8
5 Noon #8 Western Michigan vs. #1 Central Michigan BCSN/SPCSN
6 2:15 PM #5 Ohio vs. #4 Northern Illinois
7 4:30 PM #7 Buffalo vs. #2 Ball State
8 6:45 PM #6 Toledo vs. #3 Kent State
Semifinals – Friday March 10
9 11:00 AM #8 Western Michigan vs. #4 Northern Illinois BCSN/SPCSN
10 1:30 PM #7 Buffalo vs. #6 Toledo
Championship – Saturday March 11
11 11:00 AM #4 Northern Illinois vs #6 Toledo CBSSN
* Game times in ET. # Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

  First round
Monday, March 6		 Quarterfinals
Wednesday, March 8		 Semifinals
Friday, March 10		 Championship
Saturday, March 11
                                     
       
  2 Ball State 65  
    7 Buffalo 69  
7 Buffalo 61
10 Bowling Green 45  
  7 Buffalo 65  
  6 Toledo 72  
       
       
  3 Kent State 63
    6 Toledo 66  
6 Toledo 65
11 Akron 37  
  6 Toledo 82
  4 Northern Illinois 71
       
       
  1 Central Michigan 63
    8 Western Michigan 67  
8 Western Michigan 73
9 Miami (OH) 66  
  8 Western Michigan 55
  4 Northern Illinois 83  
       
       
  4 Northern Illinois 72
    5 Ohio 71  
5 Ohio 63
12 Eastern Michigan 49  

First round games at campus sites of lower-numbered seeds

See also

2017 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament

References

  1. ↑ "2016 MAC Women's Basketball Tournament". mac-sports.com. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  2. ↑ "2016 MAC Women's Basketball Tournament". mac-sports.com. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
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