2011 MAC women's basketball tournament

The 2011 Mid-American Conference women's basketball tournament was the post-season basketball tournament for the Mid-American Conference (MAC) 2010–11 college basketball season. The 2011 tournament was held March 5–12, 2011. Second seeded Bowling Green won the championship over fifth seeded Eastern Michigan.^[1] Lauren Prochaska of Bowling Green was the MVP.^[2]

2011 MAC women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	12
Site	Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, Ohio
Champions	Bowling Green
Winning coach	Curt Miller
MVP	Lauren Prochaska (Bowling Green)
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2010–11 Mid-American Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Bowling Green †	13	–	3		.813			28	–	4		.875
Kent State	11	–	5		.688			20	–	9		.690
Buffalo	8	–	8		.500			16	–	15		.516
Akron	6	–	10		.375			14	–	16		.467
Ohio	4	–	12		.250			9	–	22		.290
Miami (OH)	3	–	13		.188			11	–	19		.367
West
Toledo	14	–	2		.875			23	–	8		.742
Central Michigan	11	–	5		.688			20	–	10		.667
Eastern Michigan	10	–	6		.625			22	–	12		.647
Northern Illinois	7	–	9		.438			13	–	17		.433
Western Michigan	5	–	11		.313			9	–	21		.300
Ball State	4	–	12		.250			9	–	21		.300
† 2011 MAC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Format

The top four seeds received byes into the quarterfinals. The winners of each division were awarded the #1 and #2 seeds. The team with the best record of the two receives the #1 seed. First round games will be played on campus sites at the higher seed. The remaining rounds were held at Quicken Loans Arena.^[3]

Seeds

Seed	School	Conference record	Division
1†	Toledo	14–2	West
2†	Bowling Green	13–3	East
3†	Central Michigan	11–5	West
4†	Kent State	11–5	East
5	Eastern Michigan	10–6	West
6	Buffalo	8–8	East
7	Northern Illinois	7–9	West
8	Akron	6–10	East
9	Western Michigan	5–11	West
10	Ohio	4–12	East
11	Ball State	4–12	West
12	Miami	3–13	East
† – Received a Bye to quarterfinals. Overall record are as of the end of the regular season.

Bracket

	First round Campus sites March 5					Quarterfinals Quicken Loans Arena March 9					Semifinals Quicken Loans Arena March 11					Championship game Quicken Loans Arena March 12
						1	Toledo	73
						8	Akron	65
	8	Akron	76
	9	Western Michigan	65
											1	Toledo	55
											5	Eastern Michigan	61
						4	Kent State	65
						5	Eastern Michigan	69
	5	Eastern Michigan	82
	12	Miami	74
																5	Eastern Michigan	46
																2	Bowling Green	51
						2	Bowling Green	66
						10	Ohio	57
	7	Northern Illinois	56
	10	Ohio	72
											2	Bowling Green	80
											3	Central Michigan	72
						3	Central Michigan	90
						6	Buffalo	69
	6	Buffalo	82
	11	Ball State	73

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All-Tournament Team

Tournament MVP – Lauren Prochaska, Bowling Green^[12]

Player	Team
Melissa Goodall	Toledo
Tavelyn James	Eastern Michigan
Cassie Schrock	Eastern Michigan
Tracy Pontius	Bowling Green
Lauren Prochaska	Bowling Green

References

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2. "Mid-American Conference women's basketball championship history". FOX News. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
3. "MAC presidents cut MAC basketball tournament in Cleveland back to eight teams". Cleveland. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
4. "MAC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND RESULTS". Mid-American Conference. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
5. "Toledo 73, Akron 65". ESPN. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
6. "Eastern Michigan 69, Kent State 65". ESPN. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
7. "Bowling Green 66, Ohio 57". ESPN. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
8. "Central Michigan 90, Buffalo 69". ESPN. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
9. "Eastern Michigan 61, Toledo 55". ESPN. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
10. "Bowling Green 80, Central Michigan 72". ESPN. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
11. "Bowling Green 51, Eastern Michigan 46". ESPN. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
12. "BOWLING GREEN CAPTURES SECOND CONSECUTIVE MAC CROWN". Mid-American Conference Conference. Retrieved June 5, 2022.