Mid-American Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
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The Mid-American Conference Women's Basketball Tournament is the postseason single-elimination tournament
Single-elimination tournament
A single-elimination tournament, also called a knockout, cup or sudden death tournament, is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match or bracket is immediately eliminated from winning the championship or first prize in the event...

 for the NCAA Division I Mid-American Conference
Mid-American Conference
The Mid-American Conference is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college athletic conference with a membership base in the Great Lakes region that stretches from Western New York to Illinois. Nine of the twelve full member schools are in Ohio and Michigan, with single members...

 (MAC). The winner of the tournament receives the MAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship
NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship
The NCAA Women's Division I Championship is an annual college basketball tournament for women. Held each April, the Women's Championship was inaugurated in the 1981–82 season...

. Each of the 12 women's basketball teams in the MAC are eligible for the tournament.

Format

The MAC announced a new format beginning with the 2012 Women's Basketball Tournament. With the new format, the No. 1 and 2 seeds will earn byes straight to the semifinals, with the No. 3 and 4 seeds beginning tournament play in the quarterfinals. Teams seeded 5-12 will have to play an additional two rounds, beginning with campus-site games. The MAC will also no longer automatically reward a top 2 seed to the division winners. teams will be seeded based on conference record, regardless of their place in their division — though no division champion will be seeded lower than fourth.

Previous Format

Each of the 12 women's basketball teams in the MAC receive a berth in the conference tournament. Teams are seeded per division by conference record with the following tie-breakers:
  • Two-team tie:
  1. Head-to-head competition
  2. Division record (ten games)
  3. Record vs. #1 team in division proceeding through the #6 team, if necessary
  4. Non-division record (six games)
  5. Record vs. #1 team in the opposite division proceeding through the #6 team, if necessary
  6. Coin flip by the Commissioner
    • Three-team tie:
  7. Total won–lost record of games played among the tied teams
  8. Division record (ten games)
  9. Record vs. #1 team in division proceeding through the #6 team, if necessary
  10. Non-division record (six games)
  11. Record vs. #1 team in the opposite division proceeding through the #6 team, if necessary
  12. Coin flip by the Commissioner


Note: Once a three-team tie has been reduced to two teams, the two-team tiebreakers go in effect. If there are multiple ties, the ties are broken from the top down (e.g. a tie for #3 will be broken before a tie for #5).

The top two seeds in each division receive byes into the Quarterfinals.

Yearly results

Year Champion Score Runner-up Most Valuable Player
1982 Miami (1) 58–56 Northern Illinois (3) none
1983 Central Michigan (3) 78–73 Miami (1) none
1984 Central Michigan (1) 71–65 Toledo (3) Latanga Cox, Central Michigan
1985 Western Michigan (2) 73–63 Central Michigan (1) Tracy Wells
Tracy Wells
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, Western Michigan
1986 Ohio (1) 92–85 OT Central Michigan (3) Caroline Mast, Ohio
1987 Bowling Green (1) 63–62 Central Michigan (2) Stephanie Coe, Bowling Green
1988 Bowling Green (1) 70–53 Western Michigan (2) Jackie Motycka, Bowling Green
1989 Bowling Green (1) 90–51 Toledo (2) Paulette Backstrom, Bowling Green
1990 Bowling Green (3) 84–63 Miami (1) Angie Bonner, Bowling Green
1991 Toledo (1) 93–66 Central Michigan (2) Dana Drew, Toledo
1992 Toledo (1) 78–57 Kent State (3) Dana Drew, Toledo
1993 Bowling Green (1) 96–68 Kent State (3) Lori Albers, Bowling Green
1994 Bowling Green (1) 74–63 Toledo (2) Michelle Shade, Bowling Green
1995 Toledo (2) 79–65 OT Miami (4) Angela Drake, Toledo
Dana Drew, Toledo
1996 Toledo (2) 73–66 Kent State (1) Mimi Olson, Toledo
1997 Toleo (1) 88–64 Kent State (2) Mimi Olson, Toledo
1998 Kent State (1) 64–56 Toledo (3) Dawn Zerman, Kent State
1999 Toledo (1) 65–50 Kent State (2) Kim Knuth, Toledo
2000 Kent State (1) 74–60 Toledo (3) Julie Studer, Kent State
2001 Toledo (1) 74–65 OT Kent State (2) Kahli Carter, Toledo
2002 Kent State (1) 73–59 Ball State (2) Andrea Csaszar, Kent State
2003 Western Michigan (4) 81–76 Ball State (3) Casey Rost, Western Michigan
2004 Eastern Michigan (2) 65–56 Bowling Green (4) Ryan Coleman, Eastern Michigan
2005 Bowling Green (1) 81–75 Kent State (2) Kate Achter, Bowling Green
2006 Bowling Green (1E) 64–38 Kent State (2E) Ali Mann, Bowling Green
2007 Bowling Green (1E) 67–53 Ball State (1W) Carin Horne, Bowling Green
2008 Miami (2E) 67–56 Ohio (3E) Amanda Jackson, Miami
2009
2009 MAC Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2009 Mid-American Conference women's basketball tournament is the post-season basketball tournament for the Mid-American Conference 2008–2009 season...

 
Ball State 55-51 Bowling Green
2010  Bowling Green 62-53 Toledo Lauren Prochaska, Bowling Green
2011  Bowling Green 51-46 Eastern Michigan
2012 

Performance by school

Club Winners Winning Years
Bowling Green
Bowling Green Falcons women's basketball
The Bowling Green Falcons women's basketball team is the NCAA Division I women's basketball team that represents Bowling Green State University. The team plays at the 4,700-seat Anderson Arena on the BGSU campus in Bowling Green, Ohio. The Falcons are scheduled to move into the new 5,000-seat Stroh...

11
1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011
Toledo
7
1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001
Kent State
3
1998, 2000, 2002
Central Michigan
2
1983, 1984
Miami
2
1982, 2008
Western Michigan
2
1985, 2003
Ball State
Ball State University
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1
2009
Eastern Michigan
1
2004
Ohio
1
1986
TOTAL
28
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