The 2024 MAC women's basketball tournament was the postseason basketball tournament for the 2023–24 college basketball season in the Mid-American Conference (MAC). The entire tournament was held at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, in Cleveland, Ohio on March 13 and 15-16, 2024. Kent State defeated Northern Illinois, Ball State, and Buffalo to win their fourth MAC tournament title and first since 2002, and advance to the 2024 NCAA tournament. Katie Shumate was the tournament MVP.
Format As with the 2021, 2022, and 2023 tournaments, only the top eight teams qualify. The winner of the tournament will receive the MAC's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA tournament.
Venue The 2024 MAC tournament was held at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse for the 24th 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 Eight out of the 12 MAC teams qualified 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 Toledo 17–1 2 Ball State 16–2 3 Kent State 13–5 4 Buffalo 10–8 2–0 vs. Bowling Green 5 Bowling Grenn 10–8 0–2 vs. Buffalo 6 Northern Illinois 8–10 1–0 vs. Ohio 7 Ohio 8–10 0–1 vs. Northern Illinois 8 Western Michigan 7–11 DNQ Miami 6–12 1–0 vs. AkronDNQ Akron 6–12 0–1 vs. MiamiDNQ Central Michigan 4–14 DNQ Eastern Michigan 3–15
Schedule SessionGameTime* MatchupScoreAttendanceTelevision Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 13 – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland, OH1111:00 amNo. 1 Toledo vs. No. 8 Western Michigan72–611,426ESPN+230 mins after Game 1No. 4 Buffalo vs. No. 5 Bowling Green70–64330 mins after Game 2No. 2 Ball State vs. No. 7 Ohio77–53430 mins after Game 3No. 3 Kent State vs. No. 6 Northern Illinois63–60 Semifinals – Friday, March 15 – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland, OH 2510:00 amNo. 1 Toledo vs. No. 4 Buffalo74–77OTESPN+630 mins after Game 5No. 2 Ball State vs. No. 3 Kent State50–65 Championship – Saturday, March 16 – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland, OH3711:00 amNo. 4 Buffalo vs. No. 3 Kent State60–782,292CBSSN *Game times in ET. ()-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Source
Bracket
All-Tournament team Tournament MVP – Katie Shumate Player TeamQuinesha LockettToledoChellia WatsonBuffaloRana ElhusseiniBuffaloBridget DunnKent StateKatie ShumateKent State Source
See also 2024 MAC men's basketball tournament
References
External links 2024 MAC Women's Basketball Championship