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

2015–16 Mid-American Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	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.

Defending champion Ohio earned the #1 seed. Both of Ohio's conference losses had come against eight-seeded Buffalo. The young Bulls defeated #9 seed Bowling Green and then upset Ohio for a third time that season in the quarter-final.[1][2] Buffalo then defeated fifth-seeded Akron and regular season runner-up Central Michigan to win the tournament championship.[3][4] Stephanie Reid of Buffalo was the MVP.[5] With the automatic bid, Buffalo lost to Ohio State in the 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.[6]

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

[7]

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	73^OT
																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	73^OT
	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. "Bowling Green 44, Buffalo 60". ESPN. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
2. "Buffalo 72, Ohio 60". ESPN. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
3. "Buffalo 73, Akron 71". ESPN. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
4. "Buffalo 88, Central Michigan 87". ESPN. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
5. "Mid-American Conference women's basketball championship history". FOX News. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
6. "2016 MAC women's basketball tournament". mac-sports.com. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
7. "2016 MAC women's basketball tournament". mac-sports.com. Retrieved March 5, 2016.

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