2016 MAC women's basketball tournament

August 2023 2016 MAC I Women's Mid-American Conference logo.svg 200 12 Campus sites Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, Ohio Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, Ohio Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, Ohio Buffalo 1st Felisha Legette-Jack 1st Stephanie Reid Buffalo TWCSC (Ohio) The 2016 Mid-American Conference women's basketball tournament is a post-season basketball tournament for the Mid-American Conference (MAC) 2015–16 college basketball season. Tournament first-round games were held on campus sites at the higher seed on March 7. The remaining rounds were held at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland between March 9–12. The winner of the tournament received the conference's automatic bid into the 2016 NCAA tournament. Defending champion Ohio earned the #1 seed. Both of Ohio's conference losses had come against eight-seeded Buffalo. The young Bulls defeated #9 seed Bowling Green and then upset Ohio for a third time that season in the quarter-final.https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/game?gameId=400870162 Bowling Green 44, Buffalo 60 ESPN 2022-05-26https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/game?gameId=400870718 Buffalo 72, Ohio 60 ESPN 2022-05-26 Buffalo then defeated fifth-seeded Akron and regular season runner-up Central Michigan to win the tournament championship.https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/game?gameId=400870718 Buffalo 73, Akron 71 ESPN 2022-05-26https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/game?gameId=400871072 Buffalo 88, Central Michigan 87 ESPN 2022-05-26 Stephanie Reid of Buffalo was the 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 With the automatic bid, Buffalo lost to Ohio State in the NCAA Tournament. Format In the recent tournaments, the top two seeds received byes into the semifinals and the three and four seeds received a bye to the quarterfinals. The tournament reverted to the original structure. The top four seeds received just one bye into the quarterfinals. 2016 MAC women's basketball tournament http://www.mac-sports.com/tournaments/?id=45.html mac-sports.com 2016-03-05 Seeds SeedSchoolConference recordDivisionTiebreaker1† Ohio16–2East 2†Central Michigan14–4West3†Ball State13–5West4†Toledo12–6West5Akron11–7East6Eastern Michigan10–8West7Western Michigan8–10West8Buffalo8–10East9Bowling Green6–12East10Northern Illinois4–14West11Kent State3–15East12Miami (OH)3–15East† – Received a Bye to quarterfinals. Overall record are as of the end of the regular season. Schedule 2016 MAC women's basketball tournament http://www.mac-sports.com/tournaments/?id=45.html mac-sports.com 2016-03-05 Game Time Matchup# Television First round – Monday March 7 1 5:30 PM #9 Bowling Green at #8 BuffaloESPN3 2 7:00 PM #12 Miami (OH) at #5 Akron 3 7:00 PM #10 Northern Illinois at #7 Western MichiganESPN3 4 5:00 PM #11 Kent State at #6 Eastern MichiganESPN3 Quarterfinals – Wednesday March 95 Noon#8 Buffalo vs. #1 OhioESPN36 2:30 PM#5 Akron vs. #4 Toledo7 5:00 PM#7 Western Michigan vs. #2 Central Michigan8 7:30 PM#6 Eastern Michigan vs. #3 Ball State Semifinals – Friday March 119 Noon #8 Buffalo vs. #5 AkronTWCSOH/BCSN10 2:30 PM #2 Central Michigan vs. #6 Eastern Michigan Championship – Saturday March 1211 1:00 PM #8 Buffalo vs. #2 Central Michigan TWCSOH/BCSN * Game times in ET. # Rankings denote tournament seed Bracket First round Monday, March 7 Quarterfinals Wednesday, March 9 Semifinals Friday, March 11 Championship Saturday, March 12 7 Western Michigan 94 10 Northern Illinois 52 6 Eastern Michigan 73 11 Kent State 60 8 Buffalo 60 9 Bowling Green 44 5 Akron 66 12 Miami (OH) 54 2 Central Michigan 66 7 Western Michigan 62 3 Ball State 53 6 Eastern Michigan 67 1 Ohio 60 8 Buffalo 72 4 Toledo 71 5 Akron 73OT 2 Central Michigan 86 6 Eastern Michigan 71 8 Buffalo 88 5 Akron 87 8 Buffalo 73OT 2 Central Michigan 71 First round games at campus sites of lower-numbered seeds See also 2016 MAC men's basketball tournament References External links 2016 tournament Category:2016 in sports in Ohio Category:March 2016 sports events in the United States Category:Basketball competitions in Cleveland Category:College basketball tournaments in Ohio Category:Women's sports in Cleveland Category:2016 in Cleveland