2009 MAC women's basketball tournament

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.[1] Tracy Pontius was the tournament MVP.[2]

2009 MAC women's basketball tournament
Logo for the 2009 Mid-American Conference tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Teams12
SiteQuicken Loans Arena
Cleveland, Ohio
ChampionsBall State
Winning coachKelly Packard
MVPTracy Pontius (Bowling Green)
MAC women's basketball tournaments
2008–09 Mid-American Conference women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Bowling Green15–1 .93828–4  .875
Kent State8–8 .50019–10  .655
Miami (OH)7–9 .43816–15  .516
Ohio7–9 .43813–18  .419
Akron6–10 .37511–19  .367
Buffalo2–14 .1258–24  .250
West
Ball State †14–2 .87525–8  .758
Toledo11–5 .68818–13  .581
Northern Illinois10–6 .62515–15  .500
Central Michigan9–7 .56318–14  .563
Eastern Michigan4–12 .2508–21  .276
Western Michigan3–13 .1887–23  .233
† 2009 MAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

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:[3]

  • 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
First round
Wednesday, March 11 		Quarterfinals
Friday, March 13 		Semifinals
Saturday, March 14 		Final
Sunday, March 15
            
1E Bowling Green 82
4W Central Michigan 65
4W Central Michigan 67
5E Akron 69
1E Bowling Green 79
2W Toledo 66
2W Toledo 77
3E Ohio 70
3E Ohio 68
6W Western Michigan 57
1E Bowling Green 51
1W Ball State 55
1W Ball State 76
4E Miami 51
4E Miami 75
5W Eastern Michigan 69
1W Ball State 68
6E Buffalo 54
2E Kent State 54
6E Buffalo 66
3W Northern Illinois 52
6E Buffalo 57

All-Tournament Team

Tournament MVP – Tracy Pontius, Bowling Green[4]

Player Team
Emily Maggert Ball State
Kourtney Brown Buffalo
Tanika Mays Toledo
Niki McCoy Bowling Green
Tracy Pontius Bowling Green

References
  1. "Green powers Ball State past Bowling Green, into NCAAs". ESPN. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
  2. "Mid-American Conference women's basketball championship history". FOX News. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
  3. "Men's and Women's Tiebreaker Procedures - MAC-Sports.com Official Web Site of the Mid-American Conference". Archived from the original on July 20, 2011. Retrieved January 30, 2009.
  4. "Ball State Tops Falcons, 55-51, to Win MAC Tournament". Bowling Green Athletics. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
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