The 2022 MAC women's basketball tournament was the postseason basketball tournament that ends the 2021–22 college basketball season in the Mid-American Conference. The entire tournament was held at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, in Cleveland, Ohio between March 9 and 12. The MAC Women's Tournament champion received the conference's automatic bid into the 2022 NCAA tournament. Second seeded Buffalo won the tournament with a 79–75 win over . Dyaisha Fair was named the tournament MVP.
Format As with the 2021 MAC women's basketball tournament only the top 8 finishing teams qualify and all games were played on a neutral court.
Venue The 2022 MAC tournament was held at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse for the 22nd consecutive season. The venue is the home of the Cleveland Cavaliers of the NBA, has a capacity for basketball of 19,432, and is located in downtown Cleveland at One Center Court.
Seeds 8 out of the 12 MAC teams will qualify for the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. Seed School Conferencerecord Tiebreaker 1 19–1 2 Buffalo 16–4 3 13–7 4 11–9 5 11–8 6 10–10 7 10–10 8 Ohio 9–10DNQ 10–10DNQ 4–16DNQ 4–16DNQ 2–18
Schedule
Game Time Matchup Score Television Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 9 – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland, OH 1 11:00 am No. 8 Ohio vs. No. 1 Toledo 67–80 ESPN+ 2 1:30 pm No. 5 Ball State vs. No. 4 Northern Illinois 60–54 3 4:00 pm No. 7 Western Michigan vs. No. 2 Buffalo 49–63 4 6:30 pm No. 6 Bowling Green vs. No. 3 Akron 67–81 Semifinals – Friday, March 11 – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland, OH 5 10:00 am No. 5 Ball State vs. No. 1 Toledo71-66 ESPN+/ESPN3 6 Approx. 12:30 pm No. 3 Akron vs. No. 2 Buffalo43-82 Championship – Saturday, March 12 – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland, OH 7 11:00 amNo. 5 Ball State vs. No. 2 Buffalo 75-79 CBSSN Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seed * denotes overtime period
Bracket
All-Tournament team Tournament MVP – Dyaisha Fair, Buffalo Player TeamSophia WiardToledoJordyn DawsonAkronAlly BeckiBall StateDyaisha FairBuffaloGeorgia WoolleyBuffalo
See also 2022 MAC men's basketball tournament
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