The 2026 MAC women's basketball tournament was the postseason basketball tournament for the 2025–26 college basketball season in the Mid-American Conference (MAC). The entire tournament was played at Rocket Arena, in Cleveland, Ohio on March 11 and 13–14, 2026.
Miami defeated in order Kent State, Ohio, and Toledo to win the MAC tournament title, it was their first since 2008, to advance to the 2026 NCAA tournament. Amber Scalia of Miami was named the tournament MVP.
Format As with all MAC tournaments that have been held since 2021, only the top eight teams qualified. The winner of the tournament will receive the MAC's automatic bid to the 2026 NCAA tournament.
Venue The 2026 MAC tournament was at Rocket Arena for the 26th consecutive season. The venue is also 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 Eight out of the thirteen MAC teams will qualified for the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference games that got played, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. Seed School Conferencerecord Tiebreaker 1 Miami (OH) 16–2 2–0 vs. Ball State 2 Ball State 16–2 0–2 vs. Miami (OH) 3 UMass 15–3 4 Central Michigan 12–6 5Ohio 11–7 6Toledo 9–9 2–1 vs. Bowling Green & Kent State 7Bowling Green 9–9 2–2 vs. Toledo & Kent State 8Kent State 9–9 1–2 vs. Toledo & Bowling GreenDNQEastern Michigan 6–12 DNQWestern Michigan5–13DNQAkron 4–14 1–0 vs. NIUDNQNorthern Illinois 4–14 0–1 vs. AkronDNQBuffalo 1–17
Schedule SessionGameTime * MatchupScoreAttendanceTelevision Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 111111:00 amNo. 1 Miami (OH) vs. No. 8 Kent State65–58 1,379ESPN+230 mins after Game 1No. 4 Central Michigan vs. No. 5 Ohio88–89330 mins after Game 2No. 2 Ball State vs. No. 7 Bowling Green75–63430 mins after Game 3No. 3 UMass vs. No. 6 Toledo56–67 Semifinals – Friday, March 133510:00 amNo. 1 Miami (OH) vs. No. 5 Ohio80–521,352ESPN+630 mins after Game 5No. 2 Ball State vs. No. 6 Toledo65–69 Final – Saturday, March 145711:00 amNo. 1 Miami (OH) vs. No. 6 Toledo68–582,173CBSSN *Game times in EDT. Rankings denote tournament seeding.
NOTE: The Mid-American Conference men's and women's basketball tournaments are run simultaneously as one event and, as a result, the sessions are numbered consecutively (1, 3 and 5 are women's; 2, 4 and 6 are men's). Source:
Bracket
All-Tournament team Tournament MVP – Amber Scalia Player TeamBree SalenbienBall StatePatricia AnumgbaToledoAmber ScaliaMiamiAmber TretterMiamiTamer SingerMiami Source:
See also 2026 MAC men's basketball tournament
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