| Year: | 2022 |
| Conference: | MAC |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Women's |
| Teams: | 8 |
| Arena: | Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse |
| City: | Cleveland, Ohio |
| Champions: | Buffalo |
| Titlecount: | 3rd |
| Coach: | Felisha Legette-Jack |
| Coachcount: | 3rd |
| Mvp: | Dyaisha Fair |
| Mvpteam: | Buffalo |
| Television: | CBSSN, ESPN+ |
The 2022 MAC women's basketball tournament was the postseason basketball tournament that ends the 2021–22 college basketball season in the Mid-American Conference. The entire tournament was held at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, in Cleveland, Ohio between March 9 and 12. The MAC Women's Tournament champion received the conference's automatic bid into the 2022 NCAA tournament.[1] Second seeded Buffalo won the tournament with a 79–75 win over .[2] Dyaisha Fair was named the tournament MVP.[3]
As with the 2021 MAC women's basketball tournament only the top 8 finishing teams qualify and all games were played on a neutral court.
The 2022 MAC tournament was held at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse for the 22nd consecutive season. The venue is 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]
8 out of the 12 MAC teams will qualify 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 | 19–1 | |||
| 2 | Buffalo | 16–4 | ||
| 3 | 13–7 | |||
| 4 | 11–9 | |||
| 5 | 11–8 | |||
| 6 | 10–10 | |||
| 7 | 10–10 | |||
| 8 | Ohio | 9–10 | ||
| DNQ | 10–10 | |||
| DNQ | 4–16 | |||
| DNQ | 4–16 | |||
| DNQ | 2–18 |
| Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarterfinals – Wednesday, March 9 – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland, OH | ||||
| 1 | 11:00 am | No. 8 Ohio vs. No. 1 Toledo | 67–80 | ESPN+ |
| 2 | 1:30 pm | No. 5 Ball State vs. No. 4 Northern Illinois | 60–54 | |
| 3 | 4:00 pm | No. 7 Western Michigan vs. No. 2 Buffalo | 49–63 | |
| 4 | 6:30 pm | No. 6 Bowling Green vs. No. 3 Akron | 67–81 | |
| Semifinals – Friday, March 11 – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland, OH | ||||
| 5 | 10:00 am | No. 5 Ball State vs. No. 1 Toledo | 71-66 | ESPN+/ESPN3 |
| 6 | Approx. 12:30 pm | No. 3 Akron vs. No. 2 Buffalo | 43-82 | |
| Championship – Saturday, March 12 – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland, OH | ||||
| 7 | 11:00 am | No. 5 Ball State vs. No. 2 Buffalo | 75-79 | CBSSN |
| Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seed | ||||
Tournament MVP – Dyaisha Fair, Buffalo[10]
| Player | Team | |
|---|---|---|
| Sophia Wiard | Toledo | |
| Jordyn Dawson | Akron | |
| Ally Becki | Ball State | |
| Dyaisha Fair | Buffalo | |
| Georgia Woolley | Buffalo |
2022 MAC men's basketball tournament