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2018 MAC women's basketball tournament

2018 MAC women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2017–18
Teams12
First round siteCampus sites
Quarterfinals siteQuicken Loans Arena
Cleveland, Ohio
Semifinals siteQuicken Loans Arena
Cleveland, Ohio
Finals siteQuicken Loans Arena
Cleveland, Ohio
ChampionsCentral Michigan (4th title)
Winning coachSue Guevara (2nd title)
MVPReyna Frost (Central Michigan)
TelevisionCBSSN, ESPN3
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2017–18 Mid-American Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
Buffalo 16 – 2   .889 29 – 6   .829
Miami (OH) 12 – 6   .667 21 – 11   .656
Ohio 9 – 9   .500 16 – 15   .516
Kent State 5 – 13   .278 13 – 19   .406
Bowling Green 3 – 15   .167 11 – 19   .367
Akron 3 – 15   .167 9 – 21   .300
West
Central Michigan † 17 – 1   .944 30 – 5   .857
Ball State 13 – 5   .722 25 – 7   .781
Western Michigan 9 – 9   .500 18 – 15   .545
Toledo 8 – 10   .444 18 – 15   .545
Northern Illinois 7 – 11   .389 15 – 15   .500
Eastern Michigan 6 – 12   .333 11 – 20   .355
† 2018 MAC tournament winner
As of March 24, 2018

The 2018 Mid-American Conference women's basketball tournament was a post-season basketball tournament for the Mid-American Conference (MAC) 2017–18 college basketball season. Tournament first round games was held on campus sites at the higher seed on March 5. The remaining rounds was held at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland between March 7–10. Central Michigan won the MAC Women's Tournament received the conference's automatic bid into the 2018 NCAA tournament.[1]

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 its original structure in which the top four seeds receive just one bye into the quarterfinals.[2]

Seeds

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

Schedule

[3]

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

Bracket

First round
Monday, March 5 		Quarterfinals
Wednesday, March 7 		Semifinals
Friday, March 9 		Championship
Saturday, March 10
            
2 Buffalo 72
10 Kent State 50
7 Toledo 76
10 Kent State 80OT
2 Buffalo 85
6 Western Michigan 53
3 Ball State 54
6 Western Michigan 65
6 Western Michigan 85
11 Bowling Green 71
2 Buffalo 91
1 Central Michigan 96
1 Central Michigan 67
9 Eastern Michigan 64
8 Northern Illinois 77
9 Eastern Michigan 84
1 Central Michigan 61
4 Miami (OH) 58
4 Miami (OH) 69
5 Ohio 66
5 Ohio 85
12 Akron 73

First round games at campus sites of lower-numbered seeds

All-Tournament Team

Tournament MVP – Reyna Frost, Central Michigan[4]

Player Team
Reyna Frost Central Michigan
Tinara Moore Central Michigan
Micaela Kelly Central Michigan
Stephanie Reid Buffalo
Cierra Dillard Buffalo

See also

2018 MAC men's basketball tournament

References

  1. ^ "2018 MAC Women's Basketball Tournament Bracket" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Retrieved April 30, 2022.
  2. ^ "2016 MAC women's basketball tournament". mac-sports.com. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  3. ^ "2018 MAC women's basketball tournament". mac-sports.com. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  4. ^ "CENTRAL MICHIGAN WINS MAC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP". Mid-American Conference Conference. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
Quelle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_MAC_women%27s_basketball_tournament