2023 MAC women's basketball tournament

The 2023 MAC women's basketball tournament was the postseason basketball tournament that ends the 2022–23 college basketball season in the Mid-American Conference (MAC). The entire tournament was held at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, in Cleveland, Ohio between March 8 and 11. Toledo defeated Bowling Green in the final to earn the conference's automatic bid into the 2023 NCAA tournament.^[1] Quinesha Lockett of Toledo was the MVP.^[2]

2023 MAC women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2022–23
Teams	8
Site	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse Cleveland, Ohio
Champions	Toledo (9th title)
Winning coach	Tricia Cullop (2nd title)
MVP	Quinesha Lockett (Toledo)
Television	CBSSN, ESPN+
MAC women's basketball tournaments ← 2022 2024 →

2022–23 Mid-American Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Toledo†	16	–	2		.889			29	–	5		.853
Bowling Green	14	–	4		.778			30	–	6		.833
Ball State	14	–	4		.778			26	–	8		.765
Kent State	12	–	6		.667			21	–	11		.656
Akron	8	–	10		.444			17	–	13		.567
Northern Illinois	8	–	10		.444			16	–	17		.485
Eastern Michigan	7	–	11		.389			15	–	15		.500
Buffalo	7	–	11		.389			12	–	16		.429
Western Michigan	7	–	11		.389			12	–	17		.414
Miami (OH)	7	–	11		.389			12	–	19		.387
Central Michigan	4	–	14		.222			6	–	23		.207
Ohio	4	–	14		.222			6	–	23		.207
† 2023 MAC tournament winner As of March 24, 2023

Format

As with the 2021, and 2022 tournament, only the top eight teams qualify. The winner of the tournament received the MAC's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA tournament.^[3]

Venue

The 2022 MAC tournament was held at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse for the 23rd consecutive season. The venue was the home of the Cleveland Cavaliers of the NBA,^[4] has a capacity for basketball of 19,432, and is located in downtown Cleveland at One Center Court.^[5]

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.^[6]

Seed	School	Conference record	Tiebreaker
1	Toledo	16–2
2	Bowling Green	14–4	1–1 vs. Toledo
3	Ball State	14–4	0–2 vs. Toledo
4	Kent State	12–6
5	Northern Illinois	8–10	1–0 vs. Akron
6	Akron	8–10	0–1 vs. Northern Illinois
7	Eastern Michigan	7–11	4–1 vs. 7–11 teams
8	Buffalo	7–11	3–3 vs. 7–11 teams; 1–2 vs. Ball State/Bowling Green
DNQ	Miami	7–11	2–2 vs. 7–11 teams; 0–3 vs. Ball State/Bowling Green
DNQ	Western Michigan	7–11	1–4 vs. 7–11 teams
DNQ	Ohio	4–14	1–2 vs. Akron/Northern Illinois
DNQ	Central Michigan	4–14	1–3 vs. Akron/Northern Illinois

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup	Score	Attendance	Television
Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 8 – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland, OH
1	1	11:00 am	No. 1 Toledo vs No. 8 Buffalo	75–74OT[7]		ESPN+
	2	1:30 p.m.	No. 4 Kent State vs No. 5 Northern Illinois	75–68[8]
	3	4:00 p.m.	No. 2 Bowling Green vs No. 7 Eastern Michigan	70–36[9]
	4	6:30 p.m.	No. 3 Ball State vs No. 6 Akron	92–68[10]
Semifinals – Friday, March 10 – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland, OH
2	5	10:00 am	No. 1 Toledo vs No. 4 Kent State	68–58[11]		ESPN+
	6	12:30 p.m.	No. 2 Bowling Green vs. No. 3 Ball State	70–61[12]
Championship – Saturday, March 11 – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland, OH
3	7	11:00 am	No. 1 Toledo vs No. 2 Bowling Green	73-58[13]	2,810	CBSSN
*Game times in ET. ()-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Source^[14]

Bracket

	Quarterfinals Wednesday, March 8, 2023					Semifinals Friday, March 10, 2023					Championship Saturday, March 11, 2023
	1	Toledo	75*
	8	Buffalo	74
						1	Toledo	68
						4	Kent State	58
	4	Kent State	75
	5	Northern Illinois	68
											1	Toledo	73
											2	Bowling Green	58
	2	Bowling Green	70
	7	Eastern Michigan	36
						2	Bowling Green	70
						3	Ball State	61
	3	Ball State	92
	6	Akron	68

• - indicates overtime

All-Tournament team

Tournament MVP – Quinesha Lockett

Player	Team
Quinesha Lockett	Toledo
Sammi Mikonowicz	Toledo
Jessica Cook	Toledo
Elissa Brett	Bowling Green
Katie Shumate	Kent State

Source^[2]

See also

2023 MAC men's basketball tournament

References

1. "Toledo returns to NCAA Tournament with win over Bowling Green for MAC women's basketball championship". Cleveland.com. March 11, 2023. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
2. "Toledo Wins MAC Women's Basketball Title". Mid-American conference. March 11, 2023. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
3. "MAC eliminating and scaling back postseason tournaments". ABC News. May 12, 2020. Retrieved June 9, 2022.
4. "About". Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
5. "A-Z Guide". Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
6. "Tie-Breaker Procedures". Mid-American Conference. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
7. "Buffalo 74, Toledo 75". ESPN. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
8. "Northern Illinois 68, Kent State 75". ESPN. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
9. "Eastern Michigan 30, Bowling Green 70". ESPN. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
10. "Akron 68, Ball State 92". ESPN. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
11. "Kent State 58, Toledo 68". ESPN. Retrieved March 9, 2023.
12. "Ball State 61, Bowling Green 70". ESPN. Retrieved March 9, 2023.
13. "Toledo 78, Kent State 93". ESPN. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
14. "2023 MAC Women's Basketball Championship". Mid-American Conference. Retrieved March 8, 2023.

External links

• 2023 MAC Women's Basketball Championship