# 2024 MAC women's basketball tournament

The 2024 MAC women's basketball tournament was the postseason basketball tournament for the 2023–24 college basketball season in the Mid-American Conference (MAC). The entire tournament was held at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, in Cleveland, Ohio on March 13 and 15-16, 2024. Kent State defeated Northern Illinois, Ball State, and Buffalo to win their fourth MAC tournament title and first since 2002, and advance to the 2024 NCAA tournament. Katie Shumate was the tournament MVP.

## Format

As with the 2021, 2022, and 2023 tournaments, only the top eight teams qualify. The winner of the tournament will receive the MAC's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA tournament.

## Venue

The 2024 MAC tournament was held at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse for the 24th 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

Eight out of the 12 MAC teams qualified 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 | Tiebreaker |
| 1 | Toledo | 17–1 | |
| 2 | Ball State | 16–2 | |
| 3 | Kent State | 13–5 | |
| 4 | Buffalo | 10–8 | 2–0 vs. Bowling Green |
| 5 | Bowling Grenn | 10–8 | 0–2 vs. Buffalo |
| 6 | Northern Illinois | 8–10 | 1–0 vs. Ohio |
| 7 | Ohio | 8–10 | 0–1 vs. Northern Illinois |
| 8 | Western Michigan | 7–11 | |
| DNQ | Miami | 6–12 | 1–0 vs. Akron |
| DNQ | Akron | 6–12 | 0–1 vs. Miami |
| DNQ | Central Michigan | 4–14 | |
| DNQ | Eastern Michigan | 3–15 | |

## Schedule

| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup | Score | Attendance | Television |
| Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 13 – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland, OH |||||||
| 1 | 1 | 11:00 am | No. 1 Toledo vs. No. 8 Western Michigan | 72–61 | 1,426 | ESPN+ |
| 1 | 2 | 30 mins after Game 1 | No. 4 Buffalo vs. No. 5 Bowling Green | 70–64 | 1,426 | ESPN+ |
| 1 | 3 | 30 mins after Game 2 | No. 2 Ball State vs. No. 7 Ohio | 77–53 | 1,426 | ESPN+ |
| 1 | 4 | 30 mins after Game 3 | No. 3 Kent State vs. No. 6 Northern Illinois | 63–60 | 1,426 | ESPN+ |
| Semifinals – Friday, March 15 – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland, OH |||||||
| 2 | 5 | 10:00 am | No. 1 Toledo vs. No. 4 Buffalo | 74–77$^{OT}$ | | ESPN+ |
| 2 | 6 | 30 mins after Game 5 | No. 2 Ball State vs. No. 3 Kent State | 50–65 | | ESPN+ |
| Championship – Saturday, March 16 – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland, OH |||||||
| 3 | 7 | 11:00 am | No. 4 Buffalo vs. No. 3 Kent State | 60–78 | 2,292 | CBSSN |
| *Game times in ET.-Rankings denote tournament seeding. |||||||
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## Bracket

| Quarterfinals Wednesday, March 13, 2024 | Quarterfinals Wednesday, March 13, 2024 | Quarterfinals Wednesday, March 13, 2024 | Semifinals Friday, March 15, 2024 | Semifinals Friday, March 15, 2024 | Semifinals Friday, March 15, 2024 | Championship Saturday, March 16, 2024 | Championship Saturday, March 16, 2024 | Championship Saturday, March 16, 2024 |
| 1 | Toledo | 72 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Western Michigan | 61 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Western Michigan | 61 | 1 | Toledo | 74 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Buffalo | 77* | | | |
| 4 | Buffalo | 70 | 4 | Buffalo | 77* | | | |
| 5 | Bowling Green | 64 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Bowling Green | 64 | | | | 4 | Buffalo | 60 |
| | | | | | | 3 | Kent State | 78 |
| 2 | Ball State | 77 | | | | | | | 3 | Kent State | 78 |
| 7 | Ohio | 53 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Ohio | 53 | 2 | Ball State | 50 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Kent State | 65 | | | |
| 3 | Kent State | 63 | 3 | Kent State | 65 | | | |
| 6 | Northern Illinois | 60 | | | | | | |

## All-Tournament team

Tournament MVP – Katie Shumate
| Player | Team |
| Quinesha Lockett | Toledo |
| Chellia Watson | Buffalo |
| Rana Elhusseini | Buffalo |
| Bridget Dunn | Kent State |
| Katie Shumate | Kent State |
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