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2009 MAC women's basketball tournament
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August 2023
2009 MAC I Women's 2009 Mac tourn.png 200px Logo for the 2009 Mid-American Conference tournament 12 Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, Ohio Ball State Kelly Packard Tracy Pontius Bowling Green
The 2009 Mid-American Conference women's basketball tournament was the post-season basketball tournament for the Mid-American Conference (MAC) 2008–2009 season. The winner of the tournament received the MAC's automatic bid into the 2009 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. Regular season west division winner Ball State won the tournament over east division winner Bowling Green.Green powers Ball State past Bowling Green, into NCAAs https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=290740189 https://web.archive.org/web/20220605012412/https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=290740189 dead June 5, 2022 ESPN June 4, 2022 Tracy Pontius was the tournament MVP.Mid-American Conference women's basketball championship history https://www.foxnews.com/sports/mid-american-conference-womens-basketball-championship-history FOX News June 4, 2022
Format
Each of the 12 women's basketball teams in the MAC receive a berth in the conference tournament. Teams are seeded per division by conference record with the following tie-breakers:http://mac-sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=42971&SPID=3803&DB_OEM_ID=9400&ATCLID=3651224 Men's and Women's Tiebreaker Procedures - MAC-Sports.com Official Web Site of the Mid-American Conference 2009-01-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20110720091514/http://mac-sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=42971&SPID=3803&DB_OEM_ID=9400&ATCLID=3651224 2011-07-20 dead
Two-team tie:
Head-to-head competition
Division record (ten games)
Record vs. #1 team in division proceeding through the #6 team, if necessary
Non-division record (six games)
Record vs. #1 team in the opposite division proceeding through the #6 team, if necessary
Coin flip by the Commissioner
Three-team tie:
Total won–lost record of games played among the tied teams
Division record (ten games)
Record vs. #1 team in division proceeding through the #6 team, if necessary
Non-division record (six games)
Record vs. #1 team in the opposite division proceeding through the #6 team, if necessary
Coin flip by the Commissioner
Note: Once a three-team tie has been reduced to two teams, the two-team tiebreakers go in effect. If there are multiple ties, the ties are broken from the top down (e.g. a tie for #3 will be broken before a tie for #5).
The top two seeds in each division receive byes into the Quarterfinals. All rounds were held at Quicken Loans Arena.
Bracket
First roundWednesday, March 11 QuarterfinalsFriday, March 13 SemifinalsSaturday, March 14 FinalSunday, March 15 4W Central Michigan 67 5E Akron 69 3E Ohio 68 6W Western Michigan 57 4E Miami 75 5W Eastern Michigan 69 3W Northern Illinois 52 6E Buffalo 57 1E Bowling Green 82 4W Central Michigan 65 2W Toledo 77 3E Ohio 70 1W Ball State 76 4E Miami 51 2E Kent State 54 6E Buffalo 66 1E Bowling Green 79 2W Toledo 66 1W Ball State 68 6E Buffalo 54 1E Bowling Green 51 1W Ball State 55
All-Tournament Team
Tournament MVP – Tracy Pontius, Bowling Greenhttps://bgsufalcons.com/news/2009/3/15/031509aab_807.aspx Ball State Tops Falcons, 55-51, to Win MAC Tournament Bowling Green Athletics June 5, 2022
Player TeamEmily MaggertBall StateKourtney BrownBuffaloTanika MaysToledoNiki McCoyBowling GreenTracy PontiusBowling Green
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