# 2022 MAC women's basketball tournament

The 2022 MAC women's basketball tournament was the postseason basketball tournament that ends the 2021–22 college basketball season in the Mid-American Conference. The entire tournament was held at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, in Cleveland, Ohio between March 9 and 12. The MAC Women's Tournament champion received the conference's automatic bid into the 2022 NCAA tournament. Second seeded Buffalo won the tournament with a 79–75 win over Ball State. Dyaisha Fair was named the tournament MVP.

## Format

As with the 2021 MAC women's basketball tournament only the top 8 finishing teams qualify and all games were played on a neutral court.

## Venue

The 2022 MAC tournament was held at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse for the 22nd consecutive season. The venue is the home of the Cleveland Cavaliers of the NBA, has a capacity for basketball of 19,432, and is located in downtown Cleveland at One Center Court.

## Seeds

8 out of the 12 MAC teams will qualify for the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.
| Seed | School | Conference record |
| 1 | Toledo | 19–1 |
| 2 | Buffalo | 16–4 |
| 3 | Akron | 13–7 |
| 4 | Northern Illinois | 11–9 |
| 5 | Ball State | 11–8 |
| 6 | Bowling Green | 10–10 |
| 7 | Western Michigan | 10–10 |
| 8 | Ohio | 9–10 |
| DNQ | Kent State | 10–10 |
| DNQ | Eastern Michigan | 4–16 |
| DNQ | Miami | 4–16 |
| DNQ | Central Michigan | 2–18 |

## Schedule

| Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television |
| Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 9 – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland, OH |||||
| 1 | 11:00 am | No. 8 Ohio vs. No. 1 Toledo | 67–80 | ESPN+ |
| 2 | 1:30 pm | No. 5 Ball State vs. No. 4 Northern Illinois | 60–54 | ESPN+ |
| 3 | 4:00 pm | No. 7 Western Michigan vs. No. 2 Buffalo | 49–63 | ESPN+ |
| 4 | 6:30 pm | No. 6 Bowling Green vs. No. 3 Akron | 67–81 | ESPN+ |
| Semifinals – Friday, March 11 – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland, OH |||||
| 5 | 10:00 am | No. 5 Ball State vs. No. 1 Toledo | 71-66 | ESPN+/ESPN3 |
| 6 | Approx. 12:30 pm | No. 3 Akron vs. No. 2 Buffalo | 43-82 | ESPN+/ESPN3 |
| Championship – Saturday, March 12 – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland, OH |||||
| 7 | 11:00 am | No. 5 Ball State vs. No. 2 Buffalo | 75-79 | CBSSN |
| Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seed |||||
* denotes overtime period

## Bracket

| Quarterfinals Wednesday, March 9, 2022 ESPN+ | Quarterfinals Wednesday, March 9, 2022 ESPN+ | Quarterfinals Wednesday, March 9, 2022 ESPN+ | Semifinals Friday, March 11, 2022 ESPN+ | Semifinals Friday, March 11, 2022 ESPN+ | Semifinals Friday, March 11, 2022 ESPN+ | Championship Saturday, March 12, 2022 CBSSN | Championship Saturday, March 12, 2022 CBSSN | Championship Saturday, March 12, 2022 CBSSN |
| 1 | Toledo | 80 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Ohio | 67 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Ohio | 67 | 1 | Toledo | 66 | | | |
| | | | 5 | Ball State | 71 | | | |
| 4 | Northern Illinois | 54 | 5 | Ball State | 71 | | | |
| 5 | Ball State | 60 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Ball State | 60 | | | | 5 | Ball State | 75 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Buffalo | 79 |
| 2 | Buffalo | 63 | | | | | | | 2 | Buffalo | 79 |
| 7 | Western Michigan | 49 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Western Michigan | 49 | 2 | Buffalo | 82 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Akron | 43 | | | |
| 3 | Akron | 81 | 3 | Akron | 43 | | | |
| 6 | Bowling Green | 67 | | | | | | |

## All-Tournament team

Tournament MVP – Dyaisha Fair, Buffalo
| Player | Team |
| Sophia Wiard | Toledo |
| Jordyn Dawson | Akron |
| Ally Becki | Ball State |
| Dyaisha Fair | Buffalo |
| Georgia Woolley | Buffalo |