The 2025 MAC women's basketball tournament was the postseason basketball tournament for the 2024–25 college basketball season in the Mid-American Conference (MAC). The entire tournament was held at Rocket Arena, in Cleveland, Ohio on March 12 and 14–15, 2025. Ball State defeated Western Michigan, Kent State, and Toledo to win their second MAC tournament title, and first since 2009, to advance to the 2025 NCAA tournament. Ally Becki was the tournament MVP.
Format As with the 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 tournaments, only the top eight teams qualify. The winner of the tournament, Ball State, received the MAC's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA tournament.
Venue The 2025 MAC tournament was held at Rocket Arena for the 25th 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 Ball State 16–2 2 Toledo 13–5 2–0 vs. Buffalo 3 Buffalo 13–5 0–2 vs. Toledo 4 Kent State 12–6 5Miami (OH) 11–7 1–0 vs. Bowling Green 6Bowling Green 11–7 0–1 vs. Miami (OH) 7Central Michigan 9–9 8Western Michigan 8–10 DNQNorthern Illinois 6–12 DNQAkron 4–14 +5 head-to-head point differentialDNQOhio 4–14 -5 head-to-head point differentialDNQEastern Michigan 1–17
Schedule SessionGameTime* MatchupScoreAttendanceTelevision Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 12 – Rocket Arena, Cleveland, OH1111:00 amNo. 1 Ball State vs. No. 8 Western Michigan82–53ESPN+230 mins after Game 1No. 4 Kent State vs. No. 5 Miami (OH)68–61330 mins after Game 2No. 2 Toledo vs. No. 7 Central Michigan76–58430 mins after Game 3No. 3 Buffalo vs. No. 6 Bowling Green65–63 Semifinals – Friday, March 14 – Rocket Arena, Cleveland, OH 2510:00 amNo. 1 Ball State vs. No. 4 Kent State70–53ESPN+630 mins after Game 5No. 2 Toledo vs. No. 3 Buffalo56–49 Championship – Saturday, March 15 – Rocket Arena, Cleveland, OH3711:00 amNo. 1 Ball State vs. No. 2 Toledo65–58CBSSN *Game times in EDT. ()-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
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Bracket
All-Tournament team Tournament MVP – Ally Becki, Ball State Player TeamAlly BeckiBall StateAlex RichardBall StateKhera GossToledoSammi MikonowiczToledoChellia WatsonBuffalo Source
See also 2025 MAC men's basketball tournament
References
External links 2025 MAC Women's Basketball Championship