| 2018–19 Mid-American Conference women's basketball season | |
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| League: | NCAA Division I |
| Sport: | Basketball |
| Pixels: | 200px |
| No Of Teams: | 12 |
| Season: | Regular season |
| Season Champs: | Central Michigan |
| Season Champ Name: | Champions |
| Second Place: | Ohio |
| Mvp: | Reyna Frost |
| Mvp Link: | Mid-American Conference women's Basketball Player of the Year |
| Finals: | Tournament |
| Finals Link: | 2019 MAC Women's Basketball Tournament |
| Finals Champ: | Buffalo |
| Finals Runner-Up: | Ohio |
| Finals Mvp: | Cierra Dillard |
| 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: | 2017–18 |
| Nextseason Year: | 2019–20 |
The 2018–19 Mid-American Conference women's basketball season began with practices in October 2018, followed by the start of the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November. Conference play began in January 2019 and concluded in March 2019. Central Michigan won its third straight regular season title with a record of 15–3 by one game over Ohio. Cierra Dillard of Buffalo was named MAC player of the year.[1]
Fourth-seeded Buffalo won the MAC tournament by beating Central Michigan in the semi-finals and Ohio in the final.[2] [3] Central Michigan was given an at large bid as an eight-seed in the Chicago Region of the NCAA tournament where they lost to Michigan State 89–88.[4] Buffalo was the ten-seed in the Albany Region where they defeated Rutgers before losing to the eventual winner of the region Connecticut 84–72[5] [6] Ohio, Kent State, Miami, and Toledo all qualified for the WNIT. Ohio won three games before losing to Northwestern and reached 30 total wins on the season.[7] [8]
The preseason coaches' poll and league awards were announced by the league office on October 31, 2018.[9]
(First place votes in parentheses)
Central Michigan (9), Miami (2), Ohio (1)
Central Michigan (8), Buffalo (3), Northern Illinois (1)
| Honor | Recipient |
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| Preseason All-MAC East | Cierra Dillard, Buffalo, Senior, Guard |
| Summer Hemphill, Buffalo, Junior, Forward | |
| Lauren Dickerson, Miami, Junior, Guard | |
| Kendall McCoy, Miami, Senior, Guard/Forward | |
| Cece Hooks, Ohio, Sophomore, Guard | |
| Preseason All-MAC West | Reyna Frost, Central Michigan, Senior, Forward |
| Presley Hudson, Central Michigan, Senior, Guard | |
| Danielle Minott, Eastern Michigan, R-Senior, Guard | |
| Courtney Woods, Northern Illinois, Senior, Guard/Forward | |
| Kaayla McIntyre, Toledo, Senior, Center | |
See main article: 2019 MAC women's basketball tournament.
See main article: 2019 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.
See main article: 2019 Women's National Invitation Tournament.
| Honor | Recipient |
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| Postseason All-MAC First Team | Cierra Dillard, Buffalo |
| Reyna Frost, Central Michigan | |
| Presley Hudson, Central Michigan | |
| Lauren Dickerson, Miami | |
| Cece Hooks, Ohio | |
| Postseason All-MAC Second Team | Megan Sefcik, Akron |
| Summer Hemphill, Buffalo | |
| Savannah Kluesner, Miami | |
| Mikayla Voigt, Northern Illinois | |
| Kaayla McIntyre, Toledo | |
| Postseason All-MAC Third Team | Andrea Cecil, Bowling Green |
| Micaela Kelly, Central Michigan | |
| Megan Carter, Kent State | |
| Amani Burke, Ohio | |
| Erica Johnson, Ohio | |
| Postseason All-MAC Honorable Mention | Oshlynn Brown, Ball State |
| Danielle Minott, Eastern Michigan | |
| Kendall McCoy, Miami | |
| Mikaela Boyd, Toledo | |
| Deja Wimby, Western Michigan | |
| All-MAC Defensive Team | Reyna Frost, Central Michigan |
| Alexa Golden, Kent State | |
| Cece Hooks, Ohio | |
| Kaayla McIntyre, Toledo | |
| Deja Wimby, Western Michigan | |
| All-MAC Freshman Team | Thelma Dis Agustsdottir, Ball State |
| Morgan McMillen, Bowling Green | |
| Asiah Dingle, Kent State | |
| Lindsey Thall, Kent State | |
| Erica Johnson, Ohio | |
2018–19 Mid-American Conference men's basketball season