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 were held on campus sites at the higher seed on March 7. The remaining rounds were held at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland between March 9–12. The winner of the tournament received 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. Buffalo then defeated fifth-seeded Akron and regular season runner-up Central Michigan to win the tournament championship. Stephanie Reid of Buffalo was the MVP. With the automatic bid, Buffalo lost to Ohio State in the NCAA Tournament.
Format In the recent tournaments, the top two seeds received byes into the semifinals and the three and four seeds received a bye to the quarterfinals. The tournament reverted to the original structure. The top four seeds received just one bye into the quarterfinals.
Seeds SeedSchoolConference recordDivisionTiebreaker1† Ohio16–2East 2†Central Michigan14–4West3†Ball State13–5West4†Toledo12–6West5Akron11–7East6Eastern Michigan10–8West7Western Michigan8–10West8Buffalo8–10East9Bowling Green6–12East10Northern Illinois4–14West11Kent State3–15East12Miami (OH)3–15East† – Received a Bye to quarterfinals. Overall record are as of the end of the regular season.
Schedule
Game Time Matchup# Television First round – Monday March 7 1 5:30 PM #9 Bowling Green at #8 BuffaloESPN3 2 7:00 PM #12 Miami (OH) at #5 Akron 3 7:00 PM #10 Northern Illinois at #7 Western MichiganESPN3 4 5:00 PM #11 Kent State at #6 Eastern MichiganESPN3 Quarterfinals – Wednesday March 95 Noon#8 Buffalo vs. #1 OhioESPN36 2:30 PM#5 Akron vs. #4 Toledo7 5:00 PM#7 Western Michigan vs. #2 Central Michigan8 7:30 PM#6 Eastern Michigan vs. #3 Ball State Semifinals – Friday March 119 Noon #8 Buffalo vs. #5 AkronTWCSOH/BCSN10 2:30 PM #2 Central Michigan vs. #6 Eastern Michigan Championship – Saturday March 1211 1:00 PM #8 Buffalo vs. #2 Central Michigan TWCSOH/BCSN * Game times in ET. # Rankings denote tournament seed
Bracket
First round games at campus sites of lower-numbered seeds
See also 2016 MAC men's basketball tournament
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