2017 MAC Women's Basketball Tournament

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.

2017 MAC Women's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201617
Teams12
First round siteCampus sites
Quarterfinals siteQuicken Loans Arena
Cleveland, Ohio
Semifinals siteQuicken Loans Arena
Cleveland, Ohio
Finals siteQuicken Loans Arena
Cleveland, Ohio
ChampionsToledo (8th title)
Winning coachTricia Cullop (1st title)
MVPMikaela Boyd (Toledo)
TelevisionCBSSN
BCSN/SPCSN
2016–17 Mid-American Conference women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
East
Kent State135 .722  1913  .594
Ohio126 .667  2210  .688
Buffalo108 .556  2210  .688
Miami (OH)513 .278  1121  .344
Bowling Green414 .222  823  .258
Akron216 .111  921  .300
West
Central Michigan153 .833  239  .719
Ball State144 .778  2111  .656
Toledo126 .667  259  .735
Northern Illinois126 .667  2112  .636
Western Michigan810 .444  1913  .594
Eastern Michigan117 .056  625  .194
2017 MAC Tournament winner
As of March 17, 2017; 

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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