2011 MAC women's basketball tournament explained

Year:2011
Conference:MAC
Division:I
Gender:Women's
Teams:12
Arena:Quicken Loans Arena
City:Cleveland, Ohio
Champions:Bowling Green
Coach:Curt Miller
Mvp:Lauren Prochaska
Mvpteam:Bowling Green

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]

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

SeedSchoolConference recordDivision
1† Toledo14–2West
2†Bowling Green13–3East
3†Central Michigan11–5West
4†Kent State11–5East
5Eastern Michigan10–6West
6Buffalo8–8East
7Northern Illinois7–9West
8Akron6–10East
9Western Michigan5–11West
10Ohio4–12East
11Ball State4–12West
12Miami3–13East
† – Received a Bye to quarterfinals.
Overall record are as of the end of the regular season.

Bracket

[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

All-Tournament Team

Tournament MVP – Lauren Prochaska, Bowling Green[12]

PlayerTeam
Melissa GoodallToledo
Tavelyn JamesEastern Michigan
Cassie SchrockEastern Michigan
Tracy PontiusBowling Green
Lauren ProchaskaBowling Green

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Falcons earn automatic NCAA bid with win vs. Eagles . https://web.archive.org/web/20220118153247/https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=310710189 . dead . January 18, 2022 . ESPN . June 4, 2022.
  2. Web site: Mid-American Conference women's basketball championship history . FOX News . June 4, 2022.
  3. Web site: MAC presidents cut MAC basketball tournament in Cleveland back to eight teams . Cleveland . June 4, 2022.
  4. Web site: MAC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND RESULTS . Mid-American Conference. June 4, 2022.
  5. Web site: Toledo 73, Akron 65 . ESPN . June 4, 2022.
  6. Web site: Eastern Michigan 69, Kent State 65 . ESPN . June 4, 2022.
  7. Web site: Bowling Green 66, Ohio 57 . ESPN . June 4, 2022.
  8. Web site: Central Michigan 90, Buffalo 69 . ESPN . June 4, 2022.
  9. Web site: Eastern Michigan 61, Toledo 55 . ESPN . June 4, 2022.
  10. Web site: Bowling Green 80, Central Michigan 72 . ESPN . June 4, 2022.
  11. Web site: Bowling Green 51, Eastern Michigan 46 . ESPN . June 4, 2022.
  12. Web site: BOWLING GREEN CAPTURES SECOND CONSECUTIVE MAC CROWN. Mid-American Conference Conference. June 5, 2022.