# 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. Tracy Pontius was the tournament MVP.

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

## All-Tournament Team

Tournament MVP – Tracy Pontius, Bowling Green
| Player | Team |
| Emily Maggert | Ball State |
| Kourtney Brown | Buffalo |
| Tanika Mays | Toledo |
| Niki McCoy | Bowling Green |
| Tracy Pontius | Bowling Green |