The 2019 MAC women's basketball tournament was the postseason basketball tournament that ended the 2018–19 college basketball season in the Mid-American Conference. Tournament first-round games were held on campus sites at the higher seed on March 11. The remaining rounds were held at Quicken Loans Arena, now known as Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, in Cleveland, Ohio between March 13 and 16. The MAC Women's Tournament champion received the conference's automatic bid into the 2019 NCAA tournament. Buffalo won the conference tournament championship game 77–61 over Ohio. Cierra Dillard was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player.
Format Unlike recent MAC women's tournaments, in which the top two seeds received byes into the semifinals, with the 3 and 4 seeds receiving a bye to the quarterfinals, the tournament reverted to its original structure in which the top four seeds receive just one bye into the quarterfinals.
Seeds Seed School Conferencerecord Division Tiebreaker 1 Central Michigan 15–3 24–6 2 Ohio 14–4 25–4 3 Miami (OH) 13–5 22–7 4 Buffalo 12–6 20–9 5Kent State 11–7 18–11 1–0 vs. TOL 6Toledo 11–7 19–10 0–1 vs. KSU 7Northern Illinois 10–8 18–12 8Akron 7–11 16–13 9Eastern Michigan 6–12 13–16 10Western Michigan 4–14 10–19 11Ball State 3–15 10–19 12Bowling Green 2–16 9–20
Schedule Game Time Matchup Score Television First round – Monday March 11 – Campus sites 1 5:00 pm No. 9 Eastern Michigan at No. 8 Akron 61–59ESPN+ 2 7:00 pm No. 12 Bowling Green at No. 5 Kent State 62–86 3 6:30 pm No. 10 Western Michigan at No. 7 Northern Illinois 69–70 4 7:00 pm No. 11 Ball State at No. 6 Toledo 63–67 Quarterfinals – Wednesday March 13 – Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH 5 12:00 pm No. 9 Eastern Michigan vs. No. 1 Central Michigan 80–88, OTESPN+ 6 2:30 pm No. 5 Kent State vs. No. 4 Buffalo 52–85 7 5:00 pm No. 7 Northern Illinois vs. No. 2 Ohio 56–72 8 7:30 pm No. 6 Toledo vs. No. 3 Miami (OH) 54–72 Semifinals – Friday March 15 – Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH 9 11:00 am No. 1 Central Michigan vs. No. 4 Buffalo 77-82 ESPN+ 10 1:30 pm No. 2 Ohio vs. No. 3 Miami (OH)74-48 Championship – Saturday March 16 – Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, OH 11 11:00 am No. 2 Ohio vs. No. 4 Buffalo77-61 CBSSN Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seed
Bracket Miami (OH), Ohio, Buffalo and Central Michigan have clinched first round byes Miami (OH), Ohio, Buffalo and Central Michigan have clinched home games in the second round Akron, Bowling Green, Eastern Michigan, Western Michigan and Ball State will play in the first round
First round games at campus sites of lower-numbered seeds
All-Tournament team Tournament MVP – Cierra Dillard, Buffalo Player TeamCierra DillardBuffaloHanna HallBuffaloSummer HemphillBuffaloReyna FrostCentral MichiganCece HooksOhio
See also 2019 MAC men's basketball tournament
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