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.
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.
Seeds SeedSchoolConference recordDivisionTiebreaker1† Central Michigan17–1West 2†Buffalo16–2East 3†Ball State13–5West 4†Miami (OH)12–6East 5Ohio9–9East 1–0 vs. Western Michigan6Western Michigan9–9West 0–1 vs. Ohio7Toledo8–10West 8Northern Illinois7–11West 9Eastern Michigan6–12West 10Kent State5–13East 11Bowling Green3–15East 2–0 vs. Akron12Akron3–15East 0–2 vs. Bowling Green† – Received Bye to quarterfinals. Overall record are as of the end of the regular season.
Schedule
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 75 12:00 NN #9 Eastern Michigan vs. #1 Central MichiganESPN36 2:30 PM #5 Ohio vs. #4 Miami (OH)7 5:00 PM #10 Kent State vs. #2 Buffalo87:30 PM #6 Western Michigan vs. #3 Ball State Semifinals – Friday, March 99 11:00 AM #1 Central Michigan vs. #4 Miami (OH)ESPN310 1:30 PM #2 Buffalo vs. #6 Western Michigan Championship – Saturday, March 1011 11:00 AM #1 Central Michigan vs. #2 Buffalo CBSSN * Game times in ET. # Rankings denote tournament seed
Bracket
First round games at campus sites of lower-numbered seeds
All-Tournament Team Tournament MVP – Reyna Frost, Central Michigan Player TeamReyna FrostCentral MichiganTinara MooreCentral MichiganMicaela KellyCentral MichiganStephanie ReidBuffaloCierra DillardBuffalo
See also 2018 MAC men's basketball tournament
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