# 2017 MAC women's basketball tournament

The 2017 Mid-American Conference women's basketball tournament was a post-season basketball tournament for the Mid-American Conference (MAC) 2016–17 college basketball season. Tournament first round games were held on campus sites at the higher seed on March 6. The remaining rounds were held at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland between March 8–11. Toledo won their 8th MAC Women's Tournament and received the conference's automatic bid into the 2017 NCAA tournament. Mikaela Boyd of Toledo was the MVP.

## Format

Unlike with the recent tournaments, where the top two seeds received byes into the semifinals, with the three and four seeds receiving a bye to the quarterfinals. The tournament reverted to its original structure. The top four seeds received just one bye into the quarterfinals.

## Seeds

| Seed | School | Conference record | Tiebreaker |
| 1† | Central Michigan | 15-3 | |
| 2† | Ball State | 14-4 | |
| 3† | Kent State | 13-5 | |
| 4† | Northern Ill | 12-6 | |
| 5 | Ohio | 12-6 | 2-1 vs. Ohio/Toledo |
| 6 | Toledo | 12-6 | 0-3 vs. Ohio/N. ILL |
| 7 | Buffalo | 10-8 | |
| 8 | Western Michigan | 8-10 | |
| 9 | Miami (OH) | 5-13 | |
| 10 | Bowling Green | 4-14 | |
| 11 | Akron | 2-16 | |
| 12 | Eastern Michigan | 1-17 | |
| † – Received a Bye to quarterfinals. Overall record are as of the end of the regular season. |||||

## Schedule

| Game | Time | Matchup$^#$ | Television |
| First round – Monday March 6 ||||
| 1 | 5:30 PM | #9 Miami (OH) at #8 Western Michigan | ESPN3 |
| 2 | 6:00 PM | #12 Eastern Michigan at #5 Ohio | ESPN3 |
| 3 | 5:30 PM | #10 Bowling Green at #7 Buffalo | ESPN3 |
| 4 | 5:30 PM | #11 Akron at #6 Toledo | ESPN3 |
| Quarterfinals – Wednesday March 8 ||||
| 5 | Noon | #8 Western Michigan vs. #1 Central Michigan | BCSN/SPCSN |
| 6 | 2:15 PM | #5 Ohio vs. #4 Northern Illinois | BCSN/SPCSN |
| 7 | 4:30 PM | #7 Buffalo vs. #2 Ball State | BCSN/SPCSN |
| 8 | 6:45 PM | #6 Toledo vs. #3 Kent State | BCSN/SPCSN |
| Semifinals – Friday March 10 ||||
| 9 | 11:00 AM | #8 Western Michigan vs. #4 Northern Illinois | BCSN/SPCSN |
| 10 | 1:30 PM | #7 Buffalo vs. #6 Toledo | BCSN/SPCSN |
| Championship – Saturday March 11 ||||
| 11 | 11:00 AM | #4 Northern Illinois vs #6 Toledo | CBSSN |
| * Game times in ET. # Rankings denote tournament seed ||||

## Bracket

| First round Monday, March 6 | First round Monday, March 6 | First round Monday, March 6 | Quarterfinals Wednesday, March 8 | Quarterfinals Wednesday, March 8 | Quarterfinals Wednesday, March 8 | Semifinals Friday, March 10 | Semifinals Friday, March 10 | Semifinals Friday, March 10 | Championship Saturday, March 11 | Championship Saturday, March 11 | Championship Saturday, March 11 |
| | | | 2 | Ball State | 65 | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Buffalo | 69 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Buffalo | 61 | 7 | Buffalo | 69 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Bowling Green | 45 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Bowling Green | 45 | | | | 7 | Buffalo | 65 | | | |
| | | | | | | 6 | Toledo | 72 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Kent State | 63 | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Toledo | 66 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Toledo | 65 | 6 | Toledo | 66 | | | | | | |
| 11 | Akron | 37 | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Akron | 37 | | | | | | | 6 | Toledo | 82 |
| | | | | | | | | | 4 | Northern Illinois | 71 |
| | | | 1 | Central Michigan | 63 | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | Western Michigan | 67 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Western Michigan | 73 | 8 | Western Michigan | 67 | | | | | | |
| 9 | Miami (OH) | 66 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Miami (OH) | 66 | | | | 8 | Western Michigan | 55 | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Northern Illinois | 83 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Northern Illinois | 72 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Ohio | 71 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Ohio | 63 | 5 | Ohio | 71 | | | | | | |
| 12 | Eastern Michigan | 49 | | | | | | | | | |
First round games at campus sites of lower-numbered seeds

## All-Tournament Team

Tournament MVP – Mikaela Boyd, Toledo
| Player | Team |
| Courtney Woods | Northern Illinois |
| Ally Lehman | Northern Illinois |
| Mikaela Boyd | Toledo |
| Mariella Santucci | Toledo |
| Breanna Mobley | Western Michigan |