2017 MAC women's basketball tournament

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.

2017 MAC women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2016–17
Teams	12
First round site	Campus sites
Quarterfinals site	Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, Ohio
Semifinals site	Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, Ohio
Finals site	Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, Ohio
Champions	Toledo (8th title)
Winning coach	Tricia Cullop (1st title)
MVP	Mikaela Boyd (Toledo)
Television	CBSSN BCSN/SPCSN
MAC women's basketball tournaments

2016–17 Mid-American Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
East
Kent State	13	–	5		.722			19	–	13		.594
Ohio	12	–	6		.667			22	–	10		.688
Buffalo	10	–	8		.556			22	–	10		.688
Miami (OH)	5	–	13		.278			11	–	21		.344
Bowling Green	4	–	14		.222			8	–	23		.258
Akron	2	–	16		.111			9	–	21		.300
West
Central Michigan	15	–	3		.833			23	–	9		.719
Ball State	14	–	4		.778			21	–	11		.656
Toledo †	12	–	6		.667			25	–	9		.735
Northern Illinois	12	–	6		.667			21	–	12		.636
Western Michigan	8	–	10		.444			19	–	13		.594
Eastern Michigan	1	–	17		.056			6	–	25		.194
† 2017 MAC tournament winner As of March 17, 2017

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

Seed	School	Conference record	Division	Tiebreaker
1†	Central Michigan	15-3
2†	Ball State	14-4
3†	Kent State	13-5
4†	Northern Ill	12-6
5	Ohio	12-6		2-1 vs. Ohio/Toledo
6	Toledo	12-6		0-3 vs. Ohio/N. ILL
7	Buffalo	10-8
8	Western Michigan	8-10
9	Miami (OH)	5-13
10	Bowling Green	4-14
11	Akron	2-16
12	Eastern Michigan	1-17
† – 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 Michigan	ESPN3
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 8
5	Noon	#8 Western Michigan vs. #1 Central Michigan	BCSN/SPCSN
6	2:15 PM	#5 Ohio vs. #4 Northern Illinois
7	4:30 PM	#7 Buffalo vs. #2 Ball State
8	6:45 PM	#6 Toledo vs. #3 Kent State
Semifinals – Friday March 10
9	11:00 AM	#8 Western Michigan vs. #4 Northern Illinois	BCSN/SPCSN
10	1:30 PM	#7 Buffalo vs. #6 Toledo
Championship – Saturday March 11
11	11:00 AM	#4 Northern Illinois vs #6 Toledo	CBSSN
* Game times in ET. # Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

	First round Monday, March 6					Quarterfinals Wednesday, March 8					Semifinals Friday, March 10					Championship Saturday, March 11
						2	Ball State	65
						7	Buffalo	69
	7	Buffalo	61
	10	Bowling Green	45
											7	Buffalo	65
											6	Toledo	72
						3	Kent State	63
						6	Toledo	66
	6	Toledo	65
	11	Akron	37
																6	Toledo	82
																4	Northern Illinois	71
						1	Central Michigan	63
						8	Western Michigan	67
	8	Western Michigan	73
	9	Miami (OH)	66
											8	Western Michigan	55
											4	Northern Illinois	83
						4	Northern Illinois	72
						5	Ohio	71
	5	Ohio	63
	12	Eastern Michigan	49

First round games at campus sites of lower-numbered seeds

All-Tournament Team

Tournament MVP – Mikaela Boyd, Toledo

Player	Team
Courtney Woods	Northern Illinois
Ally Lehman	Northern Illinois
Mikaela Boyd	Toledo
Mariella Santucci	Toledo
Breanna Mobley	Western Michigan

See also

2017 MAC men's basketball tournament