2006–07 Mid-American Conference women's basketball season explained

2006–07 Mid-American Conference women's basketball season
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League:NCAA Division I
Sport:Basketball
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No Of Teams:12
Season:Regular season
Season Champs:Bowling Green
Season Champ Name:Champions
Second Place:Ball State
Mvp:Ali Mann and Carrie Moore
Mvp Link:Mid-American Conference women's Basketball Player of the Year
Finals:Tournament
Finals Link:2007 MAC Women's Basketball Tournament
Finals Champ:Bowling Green
Finals Runner-Up:Ball State
Finals Mvp:Carin Horne
Finals Mvp Link:Mid-American Conference women's basketball tournament
Seasonslist:List of Mid-American women's basketball seasons
Seasonslistnames:Mid-American women's basketball
Prevseason Year:2005–06
Nextseason Year:2007–08

The 2006–07 Mid-American Conference women's basketball season began with practices in October 2006, followed by the start of the 2006–07 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November. Conference play began in January 2007 and concluded in March 2007. Bowling Green won the regular season title with a record of 16–1 over West Division champion Ball State. Ali Mann of Bowling Green and Carrie Moore of Western Michigan shared MAC player of the year.[1]

Regular season champion Bowling Green won the MAC tournament over Ball State.[2] Carin Horne of Bowling Green was the tournament MVP.[3] Bowling Green defeated Oklahoma State and Vanderbilt before losing to Arizona State in the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA tournament.[4] [5] [6] Ball State played in the WNIT.[7]

Preseason Awards

The preseason poll was announced by the league office on October 24, 2006.[8]

Preseason women's basketball poll

(First place votes in parentheses)

East Division

  1. (40) 245
  2. (1) 193
  3. 136
  4. Ohio 115
  5. 112
  6. 60

West Division

  1. (21) 214
  2. (8) 188
  3. 996) 157
  4. (6) 142
  5. 94
  6. 66

Tournament Champion

Bowling Green (35), Kent State (2), Western Michigan (2), Toledo (1)

Honors

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HonorRecipient
Preseason All-MAC EastKate Achter, Bowling Green
Liz Honegger, Bowling Green
Ali Mann, Bowling Green
Heather Turner, Buffalo
Rachel Frederick, Ohio
Preseason All-MAC WestJulie DeMuth, Ball State
Patrice McKinney, Eastern Michigan
Stephanie Raymond, Northern Illinois
Danielle Bishop, Toledo
Carrie Moore, Western Michigan

Postseason

Mid–American tournament

See main article: 2007 MAC women's basketball tournament.

NCAA tournament

See main article: 2007 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.

Women's National Invitational Tournament

See main article: 2007 Women's National Invitation Tournament.

Postseason Awards

  1. Coach of the Year: Curt Miller, Bowling Green
  2. Player of the Year: Ali Mann, Bowling Green and Carrie Moore, Western Michigan
  3. Freshman of the Year: Alyssa Pittman, Eastern Michigan
  4. Defensive Player of the Year: Patrice McKinney, Eastern Michigan
  5. Sixth Man of the Year: Amber Flynn, Bowling Green

Honors

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HonorRecipient
Postseason All-MAC first teamAli Mann, Bowling Green
Carrie Moore, Western Michigan
Julie DeMuth, Ball State
Amanda Jackson, Guard, Miami
Stephanie Raymond, Northern Illinois
Postseason All-MAC second teamLa’kia Stewart, Kent State
Kristin Peoples, Kent State
Kate Achter, Bowling Green
Sarah VanMetre, Eastern Michigan
Lauren Kohn, Ohio
Postseason All-MAC third teamNiki McCoy, Akron
Carin Horne, Bowling Green
Patrice McKinney, Eastern Michigan
Kristin Wiener, Northern Illinois
Rachel Frederick, Ohio
Postseason All-MAC honorable mentionKelsey Corbin, Ball State
Liz Honegger, Bowling Green
Heather Turner, Buffalo
Ann Skufca, Central Michigan
Danielle Bishop, Toledo
All-MAC freshman teamAlyssa Pittman, Eastern Michigan
Sarah Tokodi, Akron
Audrey McDonald, Ball State
Jamilah Humes, Kent State
Jennifer Bushby, Ohio

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: MAC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL ANNOUNCES POST SEASON HONORS. 2022-06-13.
  2. Web site: No. 20 Bowling Green beats Ball St., wins MAC bid . ESPN . June 13, 2022.
  3. Web site: Mid-American Conference women's basketball championship history . FOX News . June 13, 2022 . June 4, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220604151741/https://www.foxnews.com/sports/mid-american-conference-womens-basketball-championship-history . live .
  4. Web site: Falcons get by Cowgirls to earn first NCAA tourney win since '89. ESPN. June 13, 2022.
  5. Web site: Bowling Green moves to round of 16, makes school history. https://web.archive.org/web/20220613223223/https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=274000044. dead. June 13, 2022. ESPN. June 13, 2022.
  6. Web site: Orsillo's 16 lead Sun Devils to comfortable win over Falcons. ESPN. June 13, 2022.
  7. Web site: 2007 Postseason WNIT Bracket. WNIT. June 13, 2022.
  8. Web site: BOWLING GREEN AND EASTERN MICHIGAN MAC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL PRESEASON PICKS. 2022-06-13.
  9. Web site: MAC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL PRESEASON TEAM ANNOUNCED. Mid-American Conference. 2022-06-13.