The 2017 Mid-American Conference women's basketball tournament was a post-season basketball tournament for the Mid-American Conference (MAC) 2016–17 college basketball season. Tournament first round games were held on campus sites at the higher seed on March 6. The remaining rounds were held at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland between March 8–11. Toledo won their 8th MAC Women's Tournament and received the conference's automatic bid into the 2017 NCAA tournament. Mikaela Boyd of Toledo was the MVP.
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 reverted to its original structure. The top four seeds received just one bye into the quarterfinals.
Seeds SeedSchoolConference recordDivisionTiebreaker1† Central Michigan15-3 2†Ball State14-43†Kent State13-54†Northern Ill12-65Ohio12-62-1 vs. Ohio/Toledo6Toledo12-60-3 vs. Ohio/N. ILL7Buffalo10-88Western Michigan8-109Miami (OH)5-1310Bowling Green4-1411 Akron2-1612Eastern Michigan1-17† – 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 6 1 5:30 PM #9 Miami (OH) at #8 Western MichiganESPN3 2 6:00 PM #12 Eastern Michigan at #5 Ohio 3 5:30 PM #10 Bowling Green at #7 Buffalo 4 5:30 PM #11 Akron at #6 Toledo Quarterfinals – Wednesday March 85 Noon #8 Western Michigan vs. #1 Central MichiganBCSN/SPCSN6 2:15 PM #5 Ohio vs. #4 Northern Illinois7 4:30 PM #7 Buffalo vs. #2 Ball State8 6:45 PM #6 Toledo vs. #3 Kent State Semifinals – Friday March 109 11:00 AM #8 Western Michigan vs. #4 Northern IllinoisBCSN/SPCSN10 1:30 PM #7 Buffalo vs. #6 Toledo Championship – Saturday March 1111 11:00 AM #4 Northern Illinois vs #6 Toledo 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 – Mikaela Boyd, Toledo Player TeamCourtney WoodsNorthern IllinoisAlly LehmanNorthern IllinoisMikaela BoydToledoMariella SantucciToledoBreanna MobleyWestern Michigan
See also 2017 MAC men's basketball tournament
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