2016 MAC Women's Basketball Tournament

2016 MAC Women's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2015–16
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 Buffalo (1st title)
Winning coach Felisha Legette-Jack (1st title)
MVP Stephanie Reid (Buffalo)
Television TWCSC (Ohio)
MAC Women's Basketball Tournaments
«2015  2017»
2015–16 Mid-American Conference women's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
East
Ohio 16 – 2   .889     26 – 7   .788
Akron 11 – 7   .611     19 – 14   .576
Buffalo † 8 – 10   .444     20 – 14   .588
Bowling Green 6 – 12   .333     10 – 18   .357
Miami (OH) 3 – 15   .167     9 – 21   .300
Kent State 3 – 15   .167     6 – 23   .207
West
Central Michigan 14 – 4   .778     22 – 11   .667
Ball State 13 – 5   .722     22 – 10   .688
Toledo 12 – 6   .667     17 – 13   .567
Eastern Michigan 10 – 8   .556     22 – 12   .647
Western Michigan 8 – 10   .444     17 – 15   .531
Northern Illinois 4 – 14   .222     11 – 19   .367
† 2016 MAC Tournament winner
As of March 24, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Mid-American Conference women's basketball tournament is a post-season basketball tournament for the Mid-American Conference (MAC) 2015–16 college basketball season. Tournament first round games will be held on campus sites at the higher seed on March 7. The remaining rounds will be held at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland between March 9–12. The winner of the tournament will receive the conference's automatic bid into the 2016 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 will revert to the original structure. The top four seeds will receive just one bye into the quarterfinals.[1]

Seeds

Seed School Conference record Division Tiebreaker
1† Ohio 16–2 East
2† Central Michigan 14–4 West
3† Ball State 13–5 West
4† Toledo 12–6 West
5 Akron 11–7 East
6 Eastern Michigan 10–8 West
7 Western Michigan 8–10 West
8 Buffalo 8–10 East
9 Bowling Green 6–12 East
10 Northern Illinois 4–14 West
11 Kent State 3–15 East
12 Miami (OH) 3–15 East
† – 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 7
1 5:30 PM #9 Bowling Green at #8 Buffalo ESPN3
2 7:00 PM #12 Miami (OH) at #5 Akron
3 7:00 PM #10 Northern Illinois at #7 Western Michigan ESPN3
4 5:00 PM #11 Kent State at #6 Eastern Michigan ESPN3
Quarterfinals – Wednesday March 9
5 Noon #8 Buffalo vs. #1 Ohio ESPN3
6 2:30 PM #5 Akron vs. #4 Toledo
7 5:00 PM #7 Western Michigan vs. #2 Central Michigan
8 7:30 PM #6 Eastern Michigan vs. #3 Ball State
Semifinals – Friday March 11
9 Noon #8 Buffalo vs. #5 Akron TWCSOH/BCSN
10 2:30 PM #2 Central Michigan vs. #6 Eastern Michigan
Championship – Saturday March 12
11 1:00 PM #8 Buffalo vs. #2 Central Michigan TWCSOH/BCSN
* Game times in ET. # Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

  First round
Monday, March 7		 Quarterfinals
Wednesday, March 9		 Semifinals
Friday, March 11		 Championship
Saturday, March 12
                                     
        
  2  Central Michigan 66  
    7  Western Michigan 62  
7  Western Michigan 94
10  Northern Illinois 52  
  2  Central Michigan 86  
  6  Eastern Michigan 71  
        
        
  3  Ball State 53
    6  Eastern Michigan 67  
6  Eastern Michigan 73
11  Kent State 60  
  8  Buffalo 73OT
  2  Central Michigan 71
        
        
  1  Ohio 60
    8  Buffalo 72  
8  Buffalo 60
9  Bowling Green 44  
  8  Buffalo 88
  5  Akron 87  
        
        
  4  Toledo 71
    5  Akron 73OT  
5  Akron 66
12  Miami (OH) 54  

First round games at campus sites of lower-numbered seeds

See also

2016 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.

External links

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