2009 MAC women's basketball tournament
2009 MAC women's basketball tournament | |
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![]() Logo for the 2009 Mid-American Conference tournament | |
Classification | Division I |
Teams | 12 |
Site | Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, Ohio |
Champions | Ball State |
Winning coach | Kelly Packard |
MVP | Tracy Pontius (Bowling Green) |
MAC women's basketball tournaments |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling Green | 15 | – | 1 | .938 | 28 | – | 4 | .875 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kent State | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 19 | – | 10 | .655 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Miami (OH) | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 16 | – | 15 | .516 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 13 | – | 18 | .419 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Akron | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 11 | – | 19 | .367 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Buffalo | 2 | – | 14 | .125 | 8 | – | 24 | .250 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ball State † | 14 | – | 2 | .875 | 25 | – | 8 | .758 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Toledo | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 18 | – | 13 | .581 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Illinois | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 15 | – | 15 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Central Michigan | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 18 | – | 14 | .563 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Michigan | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 8 | – | 21 | .276 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Michigan | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 7 | – | 23 | .233 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2009 MAC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll |
The 2009 Mid-American Conference women's basketball tournament was the post-season basketball tournament for the Mid-American Conference (MAC) 2008–2009 season. The winner of the tournament received the MAC's automatic bid into the 2009 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. Regular season west division winner Ball State won the tournament over east division winner Bowling Green.[1] Tracy Pontius was the tournament MVP.[2]
Format
Each of the 12 women's basketball teams in the MAC receive a berth in the conference tournament. Teams are seeded per division by conference record with the following tie-breakers:[3]
- Two-team tie:
- Head-to-head competition
- Division record (ten games)
- Record vs. #1 team in division proceeding through the #6 team, if necessary
- Non-division record (six games)
- Record vs. #1 team in the opposite division proceeding through the #6 team, if necessary
- Coin flip by the Commissioner
- Three-team tie:
- Total won–lost record of games played among the tied teams
- Division record (ten games)
- Record vs. #1 team in division proceeding through the #6 team, if necessary
- Non-division record (six games)
- Record vs. #1 team in the opposite division proceeding through the #6 team, if necessary
- Coin flip by the Commissioner
Note: Once a three-team tie has been reduced to two teams, the two-team tiebreakers go in effect. If there are multiple ties, the ties are broken from the top down (e.g. a tie for #3 will be broken before a tie for #5).
The top two seeds in each division receive byes into the Quarterfinals. All rounds were held at Quicken Loans Arena.
Bracket
First round Wednesday, March 11 | Quarterfinals Friday, March 13 | Semifinals Saturday, March 14 | Final Sunday, March 15 | ||||||||||||||||
1E | Bowling Green | 82 | |||||||||||||||||
4W | Central Michigan | 65 | |||||||||||||||||
4W | Central Michigan | 67 | |||||||||||||||||
5E | Akron | 69 | |||||||||||||||||
1E | Bowling Green | 79 | |||||||||||||||||
2W | Toledo | 66 | |||||||||||||||||
2W | Toledo | 77 | |||||||||||||||||
3E | Ohio | 70 | |||||||||||||||||
3E | Ohio | 68 | |||||||||||||||||
6W | Western Michigan | 57 | |||||||||||||||||
1E | Bowling Green | 51 | |||||||||||||||||
1W | Ball State | 55 | |||||||||||||||||
1W | Ball State | 76 | |||||||||||||||||
4E | Miami | 51 | |||||||||||||||||
4E | Miami | 75 | |||||||||||||||||
5W | Eastern Michigan | 69 | |||||||||||||||||
1W | Ball State | 68 | |||||||||||||||||
6E | Buffalo | 54 | |||||||||||||||||
2E | Kent State | 54 | |||||||||||||||||
6E | Buffalo | 66 | |||||||||||||||||
3W | Northern Illinois | 52 | |||||||||||||||||
6E | Buffalo | 57 |
All-Tournament Team
Tournament MVP – Tracy Pontius, Bowling Green[4]
Player | Team |
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Emily Maggert | Ball State |
Kourtney Brown | Buffalo |
Tanika Mays | Toledo |
Niki McCoy | Bowling Green |
Tracy Pontius | Bowling Green |
References
- ^ "Green powers Ball State past Bowling Green, into NCAAs". ESPN. Retrieved June 4, 2022.[dead link]
- ^ "Mid-American Conference women's basketball championship history". FOX News. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
- ^ "Men's and Women's Tiebreaker Procedures - MAC-Sports.com Official Web Site of the Mid-American Conference". Archived from the original on July 20, 2011. Retrieved January 30, 2009.
- ^ "Ball State Tops Falcons, 55-51, to Win MAC Tournament". Bowling Green Athletics. Retrieved June 5, 2022.