2009 MAC women's basketball tournament

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:

• Two-team tie:

1. Head-to-head competition
2. Division record (ten games)
3. Record vs. #1 team in division proceeding through the #6 team, if necessary
4. Non-division record (six games)
5. Record vs. #1 team in the opposite division proceeding through the #6 team, if necessary
6. Coin flip by the Commissioner

• Three-team tie:

1. Total won–lost record of games played among the tied teams
2. Division record (ten games)
3. Record vs. #1 team in division proceeding through the #6 team, if necessary
4. Non-division record (six games)
5. Record vs. #1 team in the opposite division proceeding through the #6 team, if necessary
6. 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

Wednesday, March 11 Friday, March 13 Saturday, March 14 Sunday, March 15

| RD1-seed03 = 4W | RD1-team03 = Central Michigan | RD1-score03 = 67 | RD1-seed04 = 5E | RD1-team04 = Akron | RD1-score04 = 69

| RD1-seed07 = 3E | RD1-team07 = Ohio | RD1-score07 = 68 | RD1-seed08 = 6W | RD1-team08 = Western Michigan | RD1-score08 = 57

| RD1-seed11 = 4E | RD1-team11 = Miami | RD1-score11 = 75 | RD1-seed12 = 5W | RD1-team12 = Eastern Michigan | RD1-score12 = 69

| RD1-seed15 = 3W | RD1-team15 = Northern Illinois | RD1-score15 = 52 | RD1-seed16 = 6E | RD1-team16 = Buffalo | RD1-score16 = 57

| RD2-seed01 = 1E | RD2-team01 = Bowling Green | RD2-score01 = 82 | RD2-seed02 = 4W | RD2-team02 = Central Michigan | RD2-score02 = 65

| RD2-seed03 = 2W | RD2-team03 = Toledo | RD2-score03 = 77 | RD2-seed04 = 3E | RD2-team04 = Ohio | RD2-score04 = 70

| RD2-seed05 = 1W | RD2-team05 = Ball State | RD2-score05 = 76 | RD2-seed06 = 4E | RD2-team06 = Miami | RD2-score06 = 51

| RD2-seed07 = 2E | RD2-team07 = Kent State | RD2-score07 = 54 | RD2-seed08 = 6E | RD2-team08 = Buffalo | RD2-score08 = 66

| RD3-seed01 = 1E | RD3-team01 = Bowling Green | RD3-score01 = 79 | RD3-seed02 = 2W | RD3-team02 = Toledo | RD3-score02 = 66

| RD3-seed03 = 1W | RD3-team03 = Ball State | RD3-score03 = 68 | RD3-seed04 = 6E | RD3-team04 = Buffalo | RD3-score04 = 54

| RD4-seed01 = 1E | RD4-team01 = Bowling Green | RD4-score01 = 51 | RD4-seed02 = 1W | RD4-team02 = Ball State | RD4-score02 = 55

All-Tournament Team

Tournament MVP – Tracy Pontius, Bowling Green

References

References

1. "Green powers Ball State past Bowling Green, into NCAAs". ESPN.
2. "Mid-American Conference women's basketball championship history". FOX News.
3. "Men's and Women's Tiebreaker Procedures - MAC-Sports.com Official Web Site of the Mid-American Conference".
4. "Ball State Tops Falcons, 55-51, to Win MAC Tournament". Bowling Green Athletics.